Vocab
word for word; exactly as written or spoken
What is verbatim?
What famous person did Christopher admire and relate to?
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
I slept like a rock last night.
These heels are killing me.
What is hyperbole?
Keith and he / him were standing in line about an hour.
What is he?
Courage in facing difficulty
What is fortitude?
Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
What is averse?
This is the transformation of low-value areas to high-value
What is gentrification?
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words/phrase?
What is alliteration?
There / Their / They're are various explanations for how Stonehenge, a huge ring of stones set in place 4,000 years ago in southern England, came to be.
What is there?
Robert Frost wrote in a poem, "Who's / Whose woods these are I think I know?"
What is whose?
a longing for something past; homesickness
What is nostalgia?
Race is ____________; ethnicity is ______________.
What is biological versus cultural?
The setting of story includes
What is the time, place, and mood?
I need one of them / those paperclips.
What is those?
What is muse?
able to use both hands equally well
What is ambidextrous?
The House on Mango Streets was written as a series of ____________.
What is vignettes?
Clues the author uses to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Name the prepositional phrases (2):
People with blue eyes see better in the dark.
What is "with blue eyes" and "in the dark"?
Which sentence is correct?
a) Neither the defendants nor the lawyer is going to talk to the press.
b) Neither the defendant nor the lawyer are going to talk to the press.
What is "A"?
knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
What is omniscient?
This person appears only in one Holmes' story and outsmart him.
Who is Irene Adler?
The perspective that the narrator holds in relation to the events of the story - the way the story is seen through a character
What is point of view?
The word "good" is an ___________; while the word "well" is a _______________.
What is adjective and adverb?
Something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting
What is a red herring?