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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Comprehension Q's
MYSTERY
100
Which vocabulary term means not showing good manners?
What is discourteous
100
Which vocabulary term means "involving physical strength, effort, or energy"?
What is vigorous
100
“What demon scratches under your skin tonight?”
What is a metaphor comparing restlessness to a demon.
100
Describe Kang's new technique when making pottery.
What is placing red and white slip to incise black and white designs into the clay.
100
Min is a proud man. Give one example from the chapters 5-7 to show that this trait describes Min.
Teacher judgment.
200
Which vocabulary term means very difficult?
What is arduous.
200
Which vocabulary term means "having no marks, faults, or other imperfections; perfect"?
What is unflawed
200
What form of figurative language is the author using in the following sentence? "Hope shouted from the face of every man, though not one spoke of his desire."
What is personification.
200
What does Min's wife give to tree-ear as a gift? What does he do with the gift?
What is her son's jacket and pantaloons to keep him warm in the harsh winter. He gives the jacket to Crane Man and keeps the pants.
200
What does Tree-ear add to Min's display to help get the emissary's approval.
What is a plum branch.
300
Which vocabulary term means "a person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization"?
What is emissary
300
What does the word "diversion" mean as used below: “The endless cycle of work for Min continued: chopping wood, cutting clay, draining clay. Sometimes there would be a small diversion, like the time Min sent him to the beach for seashells.”
What is the act of changing the direction or use of something; something that takes attention away from what is happening.
300
What form of figurative language is the author using in the following sentence? "As if the news of the emissary’s impending visit had pulled the string of village life taunt."
What is a simile.
300
Why doesn't Tree-ear tell Min about Kang's new incising technique BEFORE the emissary's visit?
What is Crane-man taught him that that would be stealing another man's secret idea and that he should wait until Kang shows the public his new idea.
300
What is the vocabulary term that means-a group of people who go with and assist an important person
What is entourage.
400
What does the word "congregate" mean in the sentenced below: “As he returned one evening from the kiln, he noticed several young men and boys congregated about the wine shop. Every night there were a few who stopped by for a drink or two, but tonight there were so many that not all could fit inside.”
What is to come together in a group or crowd
400
What does the word "vigilance" mean as used in the sentence below: “Over the next few days as Tree-ear trotted about the village to and from work or on errands for Min, he kept his eyes wide in search Kang. His vigilance was rewarded on the fourth day.”
What is the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
400
What form of figurative language is the author using in the following sentence? “The flame of hope that burned in him was smaller now, but no less bright or fierce, and he tended it almost daily with visions of the pot he would make.”
What is a metaphor comparing hope to a flame.
400
Tree-ear replaced one of Min's flower petals with own of his own in a piece that will be judged my the emissary. Give a character trait that describes Tree-ear in this situation AND evidence from the story to justify your response.
Teacher judgment.
400
Why didn't Crane-Man go to the temple when he lost his belongings?
What is a fox scared him from continuing down the road because he feared old legends.
500
What does the word "feigned" mean as it is used in the sentence below: "Tree-ear feigned disinterest as did the other potters."
What is to pretend to feel or be affected by
500
What does the word "incising mean in the sentence below: “He was working on a small wine cup. With an incising awl, he inscribed the leather-hard clay – a simple chrysanthemum design, far cruder than much of the incision work for which the potters of Ch’ulp’o were known.”
What is to cut or carve something into a surface; something carved into a surface
500
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? "No answer surfaced among the questions that darted about like fish in his mind."
What is a simile comparing fish to his questions.
500
What problem caused Min to smash his vases?
What is he was frustrated that the pots had brown spots after the firing and there isn't much time to make another batch.
500
Describe what Kim likes about Min AND Kang's pottery.
What is he likes Min's perfectly shaped and glazed pottery and Kang's innovative incising work.