Vocabulary
Shocking or very bad
What is appalling?
Combine the following sentences correctly:
The cat chased the mouse.
The cat caught the mouse.
The cat chased and caught the mouse.
The location or time the story takes place.
What is setting?
The name of Elie's mentor who survived the deportation of the foreign Jews, and who returned to Sighet to warn the rest of the town.
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
This item first appears in the knothole of the Radley tree.
What is the chewing gum?
The feeling of being confused
What is bewilderment?
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Thomas Edison held over 1000 patents for his inventions.
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and held over 1000 patents for his inventions.
The use of objects to represent ideas
What is symbolism?
The SS’s process of choosing who is too weak to go on, and sending them to the gas chambers
What is "selection"?
Where Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout, to the horror of Aunt Alexandra.
What is her church, First Purchase?
Uninteresting, colorless, or unexciting
What is vapid?
This sentence is missing a comma. Where should it go?
I wanted to go for a bike ride after school but it was too cold.
I wanted to go for a bike ride after school, but it was too cold.
The central argument of the author; the lesson they hope to teach through the telling of their story
What is theme?
Elie's age when he gets to Auschwitz, and the age he told the SS Officers he was.
14 and 18
The reason it is a sin to kill a mockingbird
What is because they do nothing but sing for everyone to enjoy?
To tell someone something with confidence
What is assure?
Combine the following sentences:
Her brother is a cross-country skier.
Her brother won a medal at the big race.
Her brother, a cross-country skier, won a medal at the big race.
In a story, _________ sets the plot in motion.
What is conflict?
As a young boy, Elie wanted to study _________.
What is Kabbalah?
Boo Radley's real name.
What is Arthur Radley?
Reserved or withdrawn; unwilling to speak about one’s thoughts or feelings
What is reticent?
Combine the following sentences:
Although final exams can be stressful, students who study a little at a time often find success.
Final exams are cumulative tests at the end of the semester.
Although final exams, cumulative tests at the end of the semester, can be stressful, students who study a little at a time often find success.
When the opposite of what was expected occurs.
What is irony?
The reason the men fight on the train to Buchenwald.
What is some passersby threw crusts of bread into the train?
The item inside the box that Mrs. Dubose gives to Jem.
What is a white camellia flower?