Various Vocab
The meaning of partition in this quote "The first task was to divide up what space we had for sleeping. Bill and Woody contributed a blanket each and partitioned off the first room: one side for Bill and Tomi, one side for Woody and Chizu and their baby girl."
What is to divide?
The word that best fills in the blank:
The carnival performer's exaggerated makeup, combining distorted features and unnatural colors, created a decidedly _____ effect on the audience
a) whimsical
b) elegant
c) grotessque
d) delicate
What is D, grotesque?
What is analogy
Between Jeannie and Papa, the person who has the more modern view of American culture is
Who is Jeanne
The person who immediately jumps in to try and make things more pleasant at Mananzar.
Who is Woody?
The meaning of the word emigrate in this sentence: "The entire area around Hiroshima, mainly devoted to agriculture, was suffering a severe depression. In 1886 Japan had for the first time allowed its citizens to emigrate,....."
To move from the country of one's birth to a new nation.
Adolf Hitler's attempted _______ known as the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, was an unsuccessful effort to overthrow the Weimar Republic and seize power in Germany.
What is coup?
Being a baton twirler for the Boy Scouts gave Jeanne a sense of __________.
What is belonging, pride, accomplishment, acceptance.
The word "malice" most closely means what in the following sentenance: "She acted with malice, deliberatly trying to ruin his reputation."
kindness
hatred
confusion
sympathy
The Day of Infamy is both an important historical event and the name of __________.
In Farewell to Manzanar, the inference can be made about how Jeanne feels when she observes her family's changing dynamics after arriving at the camp is:
A) She feels comforted by the new routines they establish.
B) She feels proud of her family’s ability to adapt quickly.
C) She feels confused and alienated by the shifts in family roles.
D) She feels indifferent to the changes happening around her.
What is C
The meaning of remote in this quote "The desert was a remote and alien landscape, the mountains in the distance like jagged teeth against the sky."
What is secluded/far away
This strategy was used with success against both the Jewish people in Germany and the Japanese Americans during WWII to make people hate/mistrust them.
What is propoganda?
The sentence that correctly uses commas to set off the interrupter.
A) Maria is, without a doubt the best singer in the choir.
B) Maria is without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.
C) Maria is, without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.
D) Maria, is without a doubt the best singer in the choir.
What is c:
Maria is, without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.