Farewell to Manzanar
What is the direct translation of the Japanese word "Inu"
Dog
What's the meaning of the word Ravenous
Intensely hungry
What is the meaning of sufficed in the following sentence?
"One gallon of paint sufficed to cover the inside walls."
Was enough
If a city street can correctly be described as teeming, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of teeming.
It's swarming with people
A brief, often humorous, personal story or incident is a what?
Anecdote
What is an example of a collaborator?
Someone who cooperates with or assists an enemy
What is the meaning of the word Absurd?
Extremely unreasonable/impossible
In “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” what does the speaker compare to a frog?
How many concrete nouns are in this sentence?
"Fame is a bird that calls out from the rooftop of life."
Two
“Employers do not want employees who don’t show up on time, nor do they want workers who are lazy”
What FANBOYS is being used here?
Nor
Why do the two women leaving the latrine call Papa an Inu
They think he's an informer
What are the possible causes of our fears? Give two examples.
Genetic memories from ancient humans and childhood memories that we have locked inside us.
What could be a vital experience
Something super important that you can't life without
What group of workers does Whitman focus on in "I Hear America Singing"
Laborers
Are these complete sentences or is one of them a fragment?
"Sirius Black is not very good in a staring contest. Blinking every few seconds."
Fragment
When she was a child, Papa locked himself away in the cubicle. Whey did he choose to do this?
He can't bring himself to confront the camp residents who believe him to be a traitor
According to the author, in what wat are our fears unreasonable?
They often focus on things that do not pose an actual threat while ignoring
"Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate" (from “Fame is a fickle food”)
What literary element is being used in this quotation?
Paradox
"All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love.…"
What poetic structure is used here?
Catalogue
Spider-Man can smile through any hardship he’s dealing with because of his compassionate heart
Direct or indirect characterization?
What does Papa sing at the end of the story and why does he sing it in the first place?
He's singing the Japanese national anthem from when he was a boy. He sang it because he was still proud of his heritage.
The author of “What Are You So Afraid Of?” observes that people are not afraid of some of the most dangerous things around us, such as guns, knives, and cars. What explanation does she give for our lack of fear of these things?
Humans have lived with these dangers only relatively recently, so our
reaction to them has not built up into a natural or inborn fear.
Which of Thoreau’s philosophical assumptions is most clearly illustrated this statement from Walden?
"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest"
He wants to live life as simple a life as possible
America does not repel the past or what it has produced under its forms or among politics or the idea of castes or the old religions … accepts the lesson with calmness … is not so impatient as has been supposed that the slough still sticks to opinions and manners and literature while the life which served its requirements has passed into the new life of the new forms….
How does Walt Whitman feel about the past?
Whitman recognizes that Americans learn from the past while making a new way of life.
"It was hotter than an oven in our neighborhood that day."
What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence?
Hyperbole