Let's ____ this exam before Ms. Iafrate shows up!
a) Proliferate
b) Revile
c) Incinerate
d) Compensate
What is c) Incinerate
100
Do not ___ me with empty, outrageous promises.
a) Tantalize
b) Relinquish
c) Terminate
d) Revile
What is a) Tantalize
100
This is the person or entity that carries the plot; usually the audience is rooting for it.
What is PROTAGONIST
100
This part of the plot-triangle gives you information like the setting and main characters.
What is EXPOSITION
100
Identify this as a run-on sentence, fragment, or regular sentence:
We've got to run quickly, it's almost boarding time.
What is a RUN-ON?
200
Your position has been ___-ed, but we will find you a role within some area of the organization.
a) Facilitated
b) Subjugated
c) Terminated
d) Dissented
What is c) Terminated
200
Hidden, not immediately obvious:
a) Morose
b) Arbitrary
c) Eminent
d) Latent
What is d) Latent
200
This is the thing that changes things for the main character(s), the moment when the story starts to get interesting.
What is the INCITING INCIDENT
200
This is the turning point or major shift in the story.
What is the CLIMAX
200
These are the names of Ms. Iafrate's niece and nephew.
What is Hazel and Luca?
300
___ movement and flying sparks from out of the machine revealed to us that there was something wrong with the engine.
a) Morose
b) Spurious
c) Irate
d) Spasmodic
What is d) Spasmodic
300
A break, opening
a) Precipice
b) Expulsion
c) Fodder
d) Breach
What is d) Breach
300
Leaving clues to help the reader make predictions.
What is FORESHADOWING
300
This type of character does not do a lot of developing from start to finish.
What is a STATIC CHARACTER
300
Choose the right vocabulary word:
Ignorant, power-thirsty leaders have a tendency to try and ____ those who threaten their leadership.
a) Proliferate b) Tantalize c) Compensate d) Subjugate
What is D, subjugate
400
___ objects, despite the plot of Toy Story, can not and will not ever come to life while we are out of the room.
What is INANIMATE
400
To hate, despise
a) Abscond
b) Spasmodic
c) Dissent
d) Revile
What is d) Revile
400
An example is when Edgar Allan Poe references Greek Mythology.
What is an ALLUSION
400
This is a type of literature that uses symbolism as a way of illustrating a major point about politics or human nature.
What is an ALLEGORY
400
A good definition of "fodder" might be
a) useful material
b) wasteful excess
c) malicious secret
d) total misunderstanding
What is A) useful material
500
Some people need to use ugly, ignorant slander against others in order to ___ for their own insecurities and fears.
What is COMPENSATE
500
Foreign or unfamiliar:
a) Paramount
b) Alien
c) Arbitrary
d) Spurious
What is b) Alien
500
This device relies upon an understanding of the five senses.
What is IMAGERY
500
These types of characters act as sort of "opposites" to one another, and help bring out the others' qualities.
What is a FOIL?
500
The tallest, highest; the peak
a) Dissent
b) Altercation
c) Precipice
d) Pauper