SAT Vocabulary: Fill-in-the-Blank
Hero's Journey
What's the Tone?
Main Idea/SD/SOAPS
SAT Vocabulary: Definition
100
My friend _______________ the argument by refusing to listen to my side of the story and continuing to accuse me of talking behind her back. Choices: deployed, coerced, scrutinized, perpetuated, demised
What is perpetuated?
100
The hero is compelled to leave a mundane life and seek adventure or begin a quest for something specific.
What is the Call to Adventure?
100
The Ministry of Transportation is investing a great deal of money in a new campaign about the dangers of a using a cell-phone while driving. I doubt it will stop many people from talking on the phone while they drive. Choices: optimistic, skeptical, supportive, humorous, exasperated
What is skeptical?
100
A writer’s primary message. It may be the central idea of an entire work, or a thought expressed within any given paragraph.
What is a main idea?
100
Lively and enthusiastic
What is ebullient?
200
His ___________________ for getting his chores done quickly was a trip to Six Flags with his friends. Choices: nostalgia, impetus, gibe, dour, fallow
What is impetus?
200
The hero realizes he can be at home in two worlds.
What is Mastery of Two Worlds?
200
Although not many schools are using laptop computers in schools at the moment, I'm confident that in the future, as the costs go down, we will find that every student has access to one. Choices: skeptical, negative, neutral, optimistic, calm
What is optimistic?
200
facts, examples, anecdotes, opinions, or additional thoughts that help a writer prove his main idea.
What are supporting details?
200
done or made quickly
What is cursory?
300
My sister's _________________ behavior finally caught up to her when she was suspended from school for three days after being sent to the principal for the fifth time this week. Choices: belligerent, aversion, tepid, negligible, harass
What is belligerent?
300
The hero succeeds in his/her mission.
What is the Ultimate Boon?
300
Airlines have stopped giving peanuts to passengers on flights. This was done to help people who are allergic to peanuts. They can become ill even after breathing air containing the nut. However, some people have complained of being deprived of their precious peanuts and have threatened to sue the airlines. What do they care if other people become ill? Choices: supportive, neutral, sarcastic, humorous, outraged
What is sarcastic?
300
This part of the SOAPS model explains what the author wants the reader to believe or understand.
What is Purpose?
300
not hot and not cold
What is tepid?
400
When he donated his life savings to The Breast Cancer research foundation, the man's ___________________ was rewarded with a plaque in his honor. Choices: meticulousness, benevolence, belligerence, alienation, guise
What is benevolence?
400
The hero has to face his greatest fear, and he must face it alone.
What is Into the Abyss?
400
The woman was a terrible singer. But she was rich, so she made her own albums which she called (incredibly) "the beauty of the human voice"!!! It was so bad that people bought them as a joke. Choices: pessimistic, anxious, supportive, humorous, pedantic
What is humorous?
400
This part of the SOAPS model explains the topic or theme of the piece.
What is the Subject?
400
to make something impure or weaker by adding something of poor quality
What is adulterate?
500
The baseball player was so focused on the game that he was ___________________ to to the taunts, jeers, and insults from the fans of the opposing team. Choices: redressed, mused, dour, impervious, impetus
What is impervious?
500
Hero conquers Abyss and overcomes his fears. He undergoes a major change in how he views his life.
What is Transformation and Revelation?
500
The British football team was punished after there were acts of violence at the game against the Italian team. It isn't fair – the British players were polite and followed the rules. It was all the fault of the Italian players but the judge doesn't see that. He must love Italian players. Choices: biased, neutral, optimistic, supportive, thoughtful
What is biased?
500
This part of the SOAPS model explains to whom the author is writing.
What is the Audience?
500
Pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again
What is nostalgia?
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