Vocab Words
The welcoming and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers
What is hospitality?
The shape of a stop sign
What is an octagon?
Anne Franks' age when she went into hiding
13
The main character in A Christmas Carol
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
What is the rarest eye color?
Gray 🩶
To have little value
What is trifle?
How many months have 28 days?
All of them
What ways did the Stanford Prison go bad?
Mental problems, physical abuse, people took it too seriously
How did Herbert die in Monkey's Paw?
A machine accident
What is bright orange with a green top and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
To do something on a sudden impulse
What is spontaneous?
There is only one word spelled wrong in the dictionary. What is it?
W-R-O-N-G
Why do people follow the crowd?
Herd behavior; to fit in
Why does the main character in The Tell-Tale Heart murder the old man?
Because of the man's eye
What has an eye but can’t see anything?
A needle
To be energetic, cheerful, and lively
What is boisterous?
What is brown, has a head, and tails, but no legs?
A penny
Why do people try to make themselves look good?
So they can be better than others
A central idea that is explored and expressed implicitly throughout a text
What is theme?
The more you take away, the bigger it gets.
A hole
To be a pleasant and warm person
What is genial?
Can you lick your elbow?
No (Bet you just tried)
What is the Dust Bowl?
A massive drought that caused many dust storms
The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader
What is mood?
What must be broken before you can use it?
An egg