VOCABULARY #1
FAIRY TALE
A STORY MOSTLY FOR CHILDREN
CANDID
HONEST
GIGANTIC
VERY BIG
ANDERSEN WAS BORN IN THIS YEAR ___, AND DIED IN THIS YEAR AND IN WHAT COUNTRY?
1805; 1875; DENMARK
ANDERSEN WAS ___ YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER DIED.
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BACHELOR
AN UNMARRIED MAN
HOMELY
TOO PROUD OF YOUR APPEARANCE OR ABILITIES
WHAT ARE TWO JOBS/CAREERS HE HAD?
TRAVEL WRITER, NOVELIST, POET, PLAYWRIGHT
AT AGE ___, ANDERSEN LEFT HOME AND WENT TO ___ TO WORK IN THE THEATER.
14; COPENHAGEN
JET-SETTER
A RICH, FASHIONABLE PERSON WHO TRAVELS A LOT
GANGLY
TALL AND THIN
EFFEMINATE
ACTING LIKE A WOMAN
ANDERSEN WAS MOCKED (MADE FUN OF) BECAUSE HE WAS TALL, AWKWARD, THIN, AND ____.
HOMELY
EFFEMINATE
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH HIS FIRST LOVE?
SHE MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE
GENRE
A CATEGORY OR TYPE OF LITERATURE
WIT/WITTY
FUNNY
PLATONIC
A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WHERE A MAN AND WOMAN ARE JUST FRIENDS
WHAT ARE 3 COUNTRIES HE TRAVELED TO?
FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY, PORTUGAL, SWEDEN
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH HIS SECOND LOVE?
SHE ONLY LIKED HIM AS A FRIEND.
PROLIFIC
PRODUCING A LOT OF SOMETHING
EPIPHANY
A MOMENT WHEN YOU SEE THINGS IN A NEW AND CLEAR WAY WHICH LEADS TO CHANGE
TOAST (OF THE TOWN)
A POPULAR PERSON WHO IS ADMIRED IN A PARTICULAR PLACE
WHAT WAS HIS FATHER'S JOB?
SHOEMAKER
HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE WROTE HIS NOVEL TITLED THE IMPROVISATORE?
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