Vocabulary SHOWDOWN
Finish this sentence
Who Said It?
Test your SKILL
English 3 Potpourri
100
allusion
What is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside the text, including another literary work?
100
Use the message _____. Bookmark it. Refer back to it.
What is board?
100
"You'd drink water out of a gutter if you was thirsty."
Who is George, Of Mice and Men?
100
About how many sentences does a short answer response need to be?
What is 3-5?
100
The feeling or association a word suggests.
What is connotation?
200
archetype
What is an idea, symbol, behavioral pattern, or character in a story that conveys a universal meaning?
200
Use ACES for ________ responses.
What is written?
200
"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing."
Who is Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451?
200
Describe an open book test.
What is "you can use your notes and past lessons to find correct answers?"
200
Based on faulty or misleading information.
What is fallacious?
300
mood
What is the underlying feeling or atmosphere of a work of art?
300
Never leave written responses ______!
What is blank?
300
"Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes."
Who is Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
300
There are 38 multiple choice questions and no short answer.
What is THE FINAL EXAM?
300
Repetition of words at the beginning of sentences.
What is anaphora?
400
theme
What is a central, unifying idea an author is trying to convey in a piece of literature?
400
The last day to turn in work for English 3B.
What is May 22nd?
400
"Doth the universe lie within the compass of yonder town, which only a little time ago was but a leaf-strewn desert, as lonely as this around us? Whither leads yonder forest track? Backwards to the settlement, thou sayest! Yes; but onward too! Deeper it goes, and deeper, into the wilderness, less plainly to be seen at every step! until, some few miles hence, the yellow leaves will show no vestige of the white man’s tread. There thou art free!"
Who is Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter?
400
Problem/Solution
Cause and Effect
Chronological
Descriptive
Compare/Contrast
What are text structures?
400
The structure of a story.
What are the elements of plot?
500
cultural context
What is the historical, social, and cultural background that influences a work of writing?
500
Don't forget to do your RELEARNING on teacher graded assignments you score below ___ on.
What is 70, seventy?
500
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!"
Who is Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby?
500
Allusion
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
What are rhetorical and language terms?
500
Quotes of details used to support ideas.
What is text evidence?