Vocab & Literary Terms
T or F?
A speech is a text to tell facts and evidences to an audience.
False
When is the baseball season?
April-October
What is the main idea of the speech?
Be strong and decent
What kind of king was King Alfred?
Kind, decent, loving, powerful
What was the first food they Agnes ate escaping from Albania?
Chocolate
The author's purpose is to:
persuade, entertain, inform
Who established the rules for playing baseball?
Knickerbocker Baseball Club
Who was the speaker of the speech?
Why did the king hide his identity?
He was running away from the war
What happened in Pearl Habor in 1941? Why?
The Japanese attacked to weaken the US military
What is jeopardizing?
putting something in danger
How can baseball help children's community? (3)
Teaches teamwork, fairplay, good sportsmanship
Who was the audience of the speech?
Police officers of the Society of Holy Nace
What was the king's task and what happened? Why did that happen?
The King had to see the cakes to not let it bur but it burned because the he was thinking about the war
What are the nurses' nickname and how did they get it?
Angels of Mercy, the nurses cheered the soldiers and those suffering during the dark war times.
What are the types of conflict?
Give an example of one of them
Man vs. Man / Self / Society / Nature
Example may vary
What is Little League Baseball and how is it different form MLB?
Little League Baseball is a baseball game for children and MLB is a professional game.
What is the most important thing to do to be a great example?
Practice it yourself
What did the woman assume about the king when the cakes were burned and what did the king learn from it?
That the king is lazy and the king learned that he has to do the tasks although it is a small one
Why was Japan and US having tensions?
Japan did not want US to help in wars and US wanted Japan to stop attacking other countries.
Fill in a vocab word to complete the sentence:
It is ______ to do your homework to get an A in your grade.
mandatory
When were the rules for baseball first established and what are 3 rules that were first established?
1845,
1. distance between bases are 42 paces
ball outside of 1st and 3rd base is foul
3 outs means change of team to bat
If you hit with a ball, it is forced to be out
Give an example of a strong and decent person. Tell how should that person be to be strong and decent.
Answers may vary
What kinds of conflicts were in the story? (Tell 3)
Answers may vary
Who was Mildred Irene Clark and what is she known for?
Then who is Agnes Mangerich and what is she known for?
Irene - nurse during the Pearl Harbor attack and she was the captaion fo Army Nurse Corp
Agnes- Flight nurse that escaped from Albania when it got lost during their operation from Sicily to Bari (Italy)