Grammar
He arrived late to class and received a detention.
What is an adverb?
How the reader feels while reading/ the atmosphere the author creates
What is mood?
To be obsessed with someone or something
What is infatuated?
complicated/complex
intricate
In "Button, Button," Norma presses a button in order to get $10,000, but her husband dies. What was her husband's name?
Arthur
Their car is the same color as ours.
What are pronouns?
The most intense moment in the story/ usually the moment when a character confronts a problem
What is the climax?
to be replaceable/ unnecessary
What is expendable?
to help someone without expecting anything in return
altruistic/ altruism
In "Catch the Moon," Luis belonged to a gang at school. What was the name of the gang he belonged to?
Tiburones/ Sharks
Colorful birds are a popular attraction at the zoo.
What is an adjective?
Where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
The teacher was concerned by the student's lack of _____________. He never seemed to care about his classmates' feelings.
Plagiarizing is a _____________ form of cheating and could get you expelled from college.
flagrant
In "A Sound of Thunder," Eckles changes the course of history by stepping on what animal?
butterfly
What is a verb?
A character who changes and learns a lesson
What is a dynamic character?
She faced a difficult __________when she had to decide whether not she should take the new job offer.
dilemma
Though he originally ___________, he refused to quit the race and kept going.
faltered
blue suede shoes
Now I am more careful.
What is a linking verb?
Write an example of indirect characterization. Make it at least two complete sentences.
student answers will vary
Write a sentence using the word scoff.
Write a sentence using the word irrevocable.
answers will vary
In the short story "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, a young Amy wishes she could change her family so that they could be more American. What vocabulary word reflects Amy's desire?
assimilation, mortified