Novels
Writing
Literature
Vocabulary
100
They believed that with their superior knowledge they should be the leaders. Instead of doing any physical labor, the pigs supervised and planned.
Animal Farm -Why don’t the pigs do any physical labor?
100
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
What is a ballad?
100
Maya Ying Lin
Who was the person who won the Vietnam Veterans Memorial competition?
100
to speak clearly
What does articulate mean?
200
Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket. He wants to keep it because it is soft and he can touch it as they are walking.
Of Mice And Men -What does Lennie have in his pocket? Why does he want to keep it?
200
a stanza of four lines, esp. one having alternate rhymes.
What is a Quatrain?
200
1421
How many people participated in the competition? 1421? 1300? 1450? 1500?
200
a rope; to fasten with a chain or rope
What does tether mean?
300
Lots of dead bodies.
Z for Zachariah -When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
300
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba
What is a Limerick?
300
-requires every name, missing or dead -must be taal, and noticable
What are the conditions of the wall that has to be built?
300
annoy
What does vex mean? >annoy >calm down >delight >soothe
400
True
Animal Farm -Windmill → Russian industry True?.....or.....False?
400
aabba
What is the rhyme sequence for a limerick?
400
written works, esp. those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
What is literature?
400
think out, plan
What does devise mean?
500
Candy
Of Mice And Men -Who is a swamper? >Curley >Slim >Carlson >Candy
500
15,16,15
How many stanzas did we have to do for our ballad? The minimum? The maximum?
500
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What did Sr. Eman teach you about literature?
500
regret
What does rue mean?
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