The Feather Pillow
Short Stories
Vocabulary
Essays
Wheeler
100
Jordan, Alicia, servant, doctor
Who are the characters of The Feather Pillow?
100
a description of where and when the story takes place
What is the setting?
100
the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating.
What is resonance?
100
This part of the essay includes the thesis statement.
What is the introductory paragraph?
100
Mr. Gillihan
Who is the principal of Wheeler High School?
200
The doctor's initial diagnosis of Alicia.
What is anemia due to influenza?
200
The main sequence of events that make up the story.
What is plot?
200
in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
What is insidiously?
200
This sentence includes an opinion backed by at least three verified reasons.
What is the thesis statement?
200
What is the mascot of Wheeler High School? or What is a wildcat?
300
Alicia and Jordan have been in wedded bliss for this amount of time.
What is 3 months?
300
The person telling the story.
What/Who is the narrator?
300
astonished or shocked
What is stupefied?
300
Logical, empirical, anecdotal
What are types of evidence?
300
If you arrive late to school, this is where you check in.
What is the attendance office?
400
A human form, creature, demon..
What is an anthropoid?
400
The people involved in the story
Who are the characters?
400
dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.
What is monotonous?
400
Which of the paragraphs in an argumentative essay outlines the topic and states the thesis?
What is the introductory paragraph?
400
This number of tardies will get you a day of ISS.
What is 8?
500
A cold house, most likely in the 1700's or 1800's
What is the setting of The Feather Pillow?
500
The vocabulary, use of imagery, tone, or feeling of the story.
What is the author's style?
500
causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.
What is vertiginous?
500
This paragraph states a reason that contradicts or goes against your opinion.
What is the counterargument?
500
How many minutes late to class (even with a tardy slip) will be considered skipping?
What is 15 minutes?
600
Horacio Quiroga
What is, "who wrote the Feather Pillow"?
600
This element is built on the topic, such as death, hope, etc., and how the topic affect the human condition, society, or life.
What is theme?
600
shout loudly and insistently.
What is clamoured?
600
To persuade someone to agree with your opinion or side.
What is an argumentative essay?
600
Honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility
What is WHS fundamentals of academic integrity?