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Malala's World
Vietnam Anyone
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Hodge Podge
Vocabulary
100
This group tried to prevent girls from going to school.
Who are the Taliban
100
This is the term given to the stress many military people feel when they come home.
What is PTSD (post traumatic stress syndrome)?
100
This is used in writing to separate a list of three or more items or phrases.
What is a comma?
100
Before you begin writing anything, it is important to know who you are writing to. This is known as your...
What is audience?
100
This root word means to carry.
What is "port".
200
This is the number of times Malala was shot for speaking out for girls.
What is three times.
200
These are two differences between people who served in World War II and people who served in Vietnam.
What is 1)they weren't treated well when they came back home or 2) they didn't have help dealing with their problems.
200
You use this punctuation after statements or words of surprise or excitement.
What is an exclamation point.
200
In writing about a process, it is important to include every one of these so no one is confused.
What are details.
200
This root means to do again
What is "re".
300
The article states that Malala is "the apple of his eye." What is the term for this type of literary element?
What is a metaphor.
300
This type of warfare was fought in Vietnam.
What is guerilla warfare?
300
Write this sentence correctly: Mary my dear friend is coming home today from Salt Lake City Utah I cant wait
What is Mary, my dear friend, is coming home today from Salt Lake City, Utah. I can't wait!
300
This writer wrote "All Summer in a Day"
Who is Ray Bradbury.
300
This is another word for a poor person.
What is a pauper.
400
This is what Malala and other females wear to cover their faces in many Muslim countries.
What is a burka.
400
These are the two types of warfare fought in World War II and in Vietnam.
What is front line warfare and guerilla warfare?
400
Punctuate this correctly: Wow she said I am so happy
What is : "Wow," she said. "I am so happy!"
400
These clauses can stand alone as a sentence.
What are independent clauses
400
This word means "bride price".
What is a dowry.
500
This is where Malala and her family live.
What is Pakistan or the SWAT Valley.
500
This is the organization that is supposed to help our returning veterans.
What is the Veteran's Administration or the Veteran's Hospital?
500
This type of punctuation ends a complete thought.
What is a period?
500
These clauses cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What are dependent or subordinate clauses.
500
This word is when something alternately stops and starts with pauses in between
What is intermittent