Vocab I
Vocab II
Short Stories I
Short Stories II
Grammar
100
Define "broad"
Wide
100
Define sanitarium
medical facility for long term illness
100
In "Lamb to the Slaughter", what does the wife kill the husband with?
A leg of frozen lamb
100
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find", what is the name of the murderer?
The Misfit
100
Find the noun(s) in the following sentence: The dog jumped with joy.
Dog, joy
200
Define "predicament"
Problem
200
Define seldom
rarely
200
In "Indian Camp", how does the mother die?
In childbirth
200
In "Ham on Rye", what does Henry's dad try to steal, only to be chased away by the owner and his shotgun?
Oranges
200
Find the verb(s) in the following sentence: The student farted and blamed the kid next to him.
farted, blamed
300
Define Weary
Tired
300
Which rhetorical device appeals to emotion?
Pathos
300
Fill in the blank from "Framing Invasion:" "____'s Crew!"
Barney
300
Fill in the blank from the end of "Indian Camp", "In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never _____"
"die"
300
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: "The black cat is thought to be a sign of bad luck."
Black, bad
400
Define "Hospitality"
friendly treatment of guests
400
Which rhetorical device appeals to logic, often using facts, statistics, or numbers?
Logos
400
In "Indian Education", what, and how much of it, does the main character's dad drink every day?
Gallon of vodka
400
Define "dark comedy"
genre which seeks to find humor in unpleasantness
400
Identify the adverb in the following sentence: "I had to speak loudly at the beginning of the period so that everyone could hear me."
Loudly
500
Define "rhetoric"
Art of persuasive speaking or writing
500
Which rhetorical device appeals to credibility?
Ethos
500
Define "bildungsroman"
Coming of age story
500
Define "dramatic irony"
A technique used in literature/film in which the audience is aware of something the characters are not.
500
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "The bird flew under the cloud."
Under