Vocabulary 1
Continuous is a synonym for what vocabulary word?
ceaseless
Which vocabulary word completes the sentence: Even though Kino felt rage thinking about the doctor, he had to act ________________ because he was ready to beg the doctor for help.
suppliant
____________ have been around for hundreds of years and are very important to Kino and his people as they hear them every day.
songs
Acive or Passaive: Juana acts quickly to get the poison from her infant’s wound.
Active
Fill in the blank: ____________ wrote the Pearl. Who wrote the Pearl?
John Seinbeck
The neighbors gathering together and following Kino and Juana to the doctor's house is an example of what vocabulary word?
Procession
bulwark
What type of story is The Pearl as suggested by the first two paragraphs?
parable
Kino is overcome ____ fear after the scorpion stings Coyotito. What word should go in the blank to complete this passive voice sentence.
by
Kino is overcome by fear after the scorpion stings Coyotito.
What two vocabulary words can describe someone who is poor and of a lower social position?
Indigent & Suppliant
Indigent means someone poor. Suppliant means someone who pleads/begs to someone in authority. Someone who is indigent is often suppliant.
What vocabulary word do the following people represent: Spanish colonialists, the doctor, and a bank robber who can't stop robbing banks.
avarice
Neosporin, Aquafor, and Cortisone are examples of what vocabulary word?
poultice
Kino usually has this drink for breakfast.
Pulque
Which sentence is active? a) Mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States has been proposed by several congressional bills.
b) Several congressional bills have proposed mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States.
b) Several congressional bills have proposed mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods in the United States.
Name three facts about John Steinbecks life.
Locked himself in his room, knew he wanted to be a writer at a young age, he was born in California, he dropped out of college, he moved to New York, he worked as a WWII correspondent, Tortilla Flat was his first popular book, he was a hobo, he won a Pullitzer Prize, he won a Nobel Prize, wrote 27 books.
Which word completes the definition for indigent? __________ the necessities of life
Lacking
A dark room is a non-example of what vocabulary word?
incandescence
"...his (the doctor) whole subsequent life was memory and longing for ____________." What land/country completes this sentence from Chapter 1?
France
Coyotito is stung by a scorpion while he lies sleeping in the brush house. To convert the above sentence to the active voice, what word should be the subject of the active voice sentence.
scorpion A scorpion stung Coyotito while he lay sleeping in the brush house.
Acive or Passive: During the beginning of Chapter One, the baby was stung.
PASSIVE! During the beginning of Chapter One, the baby was stung. >>> When the doer of the action is unknown, the sentence is passive.
What do the words Procession, Avarice, and Indigent have in common? (Based on Vocabulary Word List Information)
They all have Latin roots
What do the following words have in common? weakness, dimness, authority
All the words are antonyms.
weakness is an anonym of bulwark, dimness is an antonym of incandescence, authority is an antonym of suppliant.
"...(they) followed the procession, these endless searchers after perfect knowledge of their fellow men, to see what the fat lazy doctor would do about the indigent baby with a scorpion bite." Who is described in this sentence from Chapter 1?
the (four) beggars. (I'll take beggars as the answer.)
If you were a lawyer trying to convict Mr. Bolden of stealing expensive pudding, what voice should you use when making your closing arguments to the jury--the active voice or passive voice?
Mr. Bolden stole the pudding... or The pudding was stolen by Mr. Bolden....
ACTIVE VOICE! The active voice would be best because the acive voice puts focus on the subject or the doer of the action. Passive voice shifts the focus to what happened and/or the object instead of the person who did it.
What are two possesions the docttor has (as describe in the book) that show he is rich?
silk dressing gown (pajamas) from Paris , chocolate, china,