Vocabulary
This word means excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money.
What is extravagance?
This punctuation mark is used at the end of an emotional statement or exclamatory sentence.
What is an exclamation point?
In Mr. Know All, the pearls in question were this.
What is real?
Give a brief description of the difference between the Sheridan's house and the lower village in The Garden Party.
--house is on a hill; village is below
--house is elaborate; village is poverty stricken
In Shooting an Elephant, the narrator feels this way about imperialism.
What is he hates it?
This word means a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe.
What is reverence?
This punctuation mark is used in order to make an inquiry.
What is a question mark?
In A Shocking Accident, Jerome tries to make the circumstances of his father's death seem boring for this reason.
Briefly describe the contrast between the inside of the house and outside garden in Lady in the Looking Glass.
--inside is constant movement; outside is still
--inside is gloomy; outside is bright
What is to keep from being made a fool?
This word means shortness of time or duration.
What is brevity?
This punctuation mark can be used inside or outside the quotation marks depending on whether it was in the original quoted material.
What is a question mark?
If someone says they are "recreating God," they mean to imply they are doing this.
What is putting someone on a pedestal, creating a fictional picture of a person, etc.?
At the end of Lady in the Looking Glass, the narrator ultimately finds this.
In No Witchcraft for Sale, Gideon and Teddy's relationship changes for this reason.
What is because Gideon sees that Teddy is beginning to believe the natives are "below" him?
This word means boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
What is audacity?
In general, this is when you capitalize something like a title or an occupation.
What is when it replaces or adds onto a personal name?
From Mr. Know-All, name three things Mr. Kelada does that annoys the other passengers.
--Will argue until you see things his way
--Is in everybody's business
--Doesn't realize when he's not welcome
--Does card tricks
--Tells the narrator how to play his card game
At the end of The Garden Party, Laura struggles to describe this, but her brother seems to understand.
What is life?
In No Witchcraft for Sale, describe the difference between the Farquars' and Gideon's reactions to the Big Baas's arrival.
--excited and humbled; scared and angry
This word means an instance of talkativeness or garrulity.
What is loquacity?
This punctuation mark ALWAYS goes inside the quotations marks.
What is a period?