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Vocabulary
Poems
Sentence Types
Miscellaneous
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Define killjoy...
Something that kills the fun.
100
What are tanka poems frequently about?
Love, seasons, sadness, with strong images.
100
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
100
Which word (brake/break) is a device which inhibits motion?
Brake.
200
Define irksome...
Annoying person.
200
Syllables per line in a tanka?
5-7-5-7-7
200
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence with multiple independent clauses but no dependent clauses.
200
Which word (desert/dessert) means a sweet course eaten at the end of a meal?
Dessert
300
Define gridlock...
A traffic jam affecting a whole network of intersecting streets.
300
What is another name for a tanka poem?
Waka.
300
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
300
What is dramatic irony?
A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know.
400
Define transpire...
Occur; happen
400
Haiku poems are originally from?
Japan.
400
What is a complex-compound sentence?
A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
400
What is situational irony?
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected.
500
Define countenance...
A person's face or facial expression.
500
What are haiku poems usually about?
Love and nature.
500
What type of sentence is this? After Mary added up all the sales, she discovered that the lemonade stand was 32 cents short.
Complex sentence.
500
What is parallelism?
Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses. Also called parallel structure.