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Flowers for Algernon

100

Before receiving the surgery to increase his intelligence, Charlie tried to become smarter by going to this place

Night school for adults

200

Charlie falls in love with this character before eventually realizing he has become too smart to have a meaningful conversation with them

Miss Kinnian

300

Charlie realizes that his co-workers have been making fun of him behind his back when he overhears them using this phrase to describe making a mistake

"pulling a Charlie Gordon"

400

Charlie realizes that his intelligence gain is only temporary after witnessing this

Algernon's regression and death

500

In the final progress reports, Charlie asks his landlady to do this for Algernon after he leaves New York.

Leave flowers on Algernon's grave

Vocabulary

100

return to a former or less developed state

regress

200

to become worse or disintegrate

deteriorate

300

having or showing a lack of intelligence or thought

vacuous

400

to prove a statement false or incorrect

refute

500

capable of being physically touched or felt

tangible

Literary Terms

100

Both "So I Ain't No Good Girl" and "Flowers for Algernon" are told from this point of view (POV)

first person POV

200

The way in which a writer reveals the personality (character traits) of a character.

characterization

300

this acronym is used when analyzing characters

SLATE

400

an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work

allusion

500

this book is one of the most commonly alluded to pieces of literature in history

The Bible

Grammar

100

The person, place, or thing that is performing an action or being described in a sentence is known as this

the subject

200

Some verbs do not show an action (example: is, are, am). Instead, they link the subject to details stated in the sentence. They are known as this

linking verbs

300

This type of noun is used for a group of multiple people but is treated as singular

collective noun

400

This type of verb has two or more verbs or verb phrases that are joined by a conjunction and share the same subject.

compound verb

500

Write a sentence that has a collective noun as the subject and uses correct subject-verb agreement

example: The committee decides our fate this afternoon.

Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?

100

What is the capital of New York?

Albany

200

What is the square root of 81?

9

300

How many bones are in the human body?

206

400

This country has the longest border with the United States

Canada

500

How many sides does a quadrangle have?

4