Vocabulary I
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
The Most Dangerous Game I
The Most Dangerous Game II
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(noun) noisy quarrels
What is Debate Disagreement A phrase Affrays
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(adjective) very steep
Precious Precocious Precipitous Perfectionist
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(Noun) a point of view held as truth but lacking support to be proved as true
Dogma Karma Fact Subjective
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(Noun) a contrast or difference between what is expected and what really happens (one word)
Reality Irony Unreality Romance
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Which of the following makes Zaroff’s game dangerous?
Courage Cunning Reason Instinct
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Since Georg and Ulrich von Gradwitz are both hunters, both vengeful, and near the end, both forgive each other, they could be said to ___________ each other.
Resemble Parallel Reflect Compliment
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(Verb) accepted, complied with.
Actualized Affinity Acquiesced Acquired
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(Adjective) being what it really seems
Spirit Phantasm Authentic Artistic
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When the speaker means the opposite of what he says. If you refer to a clumsy basketball player as the next LeBron James, you are using ___________ ______________.
Verbal irony. Dramatic irony. Ironic irony. Situational irony.
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Rainsford uses a number of maneuvers to throw Zaroff off his trail. Which of the following is not one of them?
He crosses and re-crosses his trail, like a fox. He hides high in a big tree, like a cat. He hides in a cave overlooking the sea. He builds three deadly traps.
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“The Interlopers” is told by . . . (POV)
Georg Ulrich First-person narrator Third person narrator
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(Noun) people who roam in search of loot
Marauders Myrmidons Cicones Phaeacians
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(Noun) the state or quality of being complete; sound
Integrity Intentional Timbre Prosody
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“The Most Dangerous Game” A literary term for the ways that Rainsford and Zaroff are similar is
Plagiarism Politicized Parallelism Resemblance
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We can infer that the heads Zaroff offers to show Rainsford in the library are probably ____________ heads.
Fresh Human Gorilla Transparent
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When the audience of a play or the reader knows something that the characters do not know it is called ___________ ____________.
Verbal irony. Dramatic irony. Ironic irony. Situational irony.
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(Verb) pinned, as if chained or tied up
Drafted Pinioned Choked Bared
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(Noun) the quality of poetic devices in our speech
Enjambment Grammar Mechanics Agreement Prosody
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The animal that the general has hunted and Rainsford plans to hunt that was said to be a challenge was ____________.
Jaguar Coyote Bear Elephant
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When Rainsford tells Zaroff he is still “a beast at bay,” he means he is
as dangerous as a wounded animal Like an animal held on a leash without food and shelter a hunted creature, forced to fight
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The thought that holding grudges and looking for vengeance is a bad idea could be the _______________ of “The Interlopers.” Since Georg and Ulrich von Gradwitz evolve from hating each other to forgiving each other, we could describe each as a ________________ character.
Static Flat Stock Dynamic Theme Conflict Plot Dogma
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(Noun) weakness, weariness
Languor Anger Danger Fealty
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(Noun) the quality given to a sound by its overtones
timbre volume
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Before Rainsford reaches Ship-Trap Island, we learn several important facts about him. Which of the following is not a fact about Rainsford?
What is He is a skillful hunter. He has sympathy for the hunted creatures. He is a strong swimmer. He keeps his head in dangerous situations.
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“The second week of school, Scott wore the seer-sucker suit that he bought on sale,” is an example of
Prosody Rhyme Alliteration Iambic pentameter
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