Parts of Speech
What part of speech is "a person, place, thing, or idea"?
Noun.
Select the word that means emphasize:
University of Missouri professor Bill Benoit recommends that politicians accentuate the positive in their advertisements.
Accentuate.
Which vocabulary word that we previously studied means:
"to determine the significance, worth, or condition of by careful appraisal or study"
Evaluate.
Which character thinks they were born under a lucky star?
Filiberto.
Which character shoots another character in the story?
Charlie.
What part of speech shows an action?
Verb.
Select the SYNONYM of the word in capital letters:
Brad is studying veterinary medicine at university, so he often reads books and magazines that PERTAIN to animal health issues. Articles that relate to the latest medications and treatments available for horses are of particular interest to him.
Relate.
Which vocabulary word from Josephine's Tales means:
"to hold inside of"
Contain.
What are the words written in italics and parentheses called?
Stage directions.
In the video version of Monsters, are there actual aliens? Who are they?
Yes. Two humans at the end of the video.
What part of speech describes a noun?
Adjective.
Select the antonym of the word in CAPITAL letters:
In Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man, spends Christmas Eve alone. That night, the ghost of the his dead business partner and three other spirits MATERIALIZE in Scrooge's home. They teach him important lessons, and then disappear.
Disappear.
Which vocabulary word from Josephine's Tales means:
having a belief without evidence of something out of the ordinary
superstition
What was growing out of Elvira's head?
Pumpkin vines.
At the end of the text, whose lights on, causing the mob to suspect them?
Charlie's.
What part of speech describes a verb?
Adverb.
What is the meaning of the word SOJOURNS as it appears in the passage?
Astronauts usually live on the ISS for six-month periods, although some SOJOURNS last for up to a year.
visits - vacations - guests - investigations
Visits.
Which vocabulary word from Josephine's Tales means:
a result or effect of an earlier event
consequence
What is the Old Man's message to La Tia?
"Rodolfo is waiting for you."
Which character gets shot in the story?
Pete Van Horn.
What part of speech shows direction, time, place or location?
Preposition.
What is the meaning of TARIFFS as it is used in the passage?
Before the act, the company had to pay taxes when the tea arrived in England from India, and then additional TARIFFS when the tea reached America.
products - goods - trade - charges
Charges.
Which vocabulary word from Josephine's Tales means:
a separate section of a legal document, such as a contract or bill
clause
What are the three things generous things that Elvira, Filiberto, and La Tia say they are going to build for the town at the end of the story?
A library, an orphanage, and a garden.
Based on the video version of Monsters, who are the actual monsters?
Human beings.