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SL 11-24 Vocab. 1
SL 11-24 Vocab.2
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Random Recall
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1.) Eating ice cream on a windy day/can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair. The first part of the above sentence is this kind of phrase...
What is a gerund phrase?
100
The intention or desire to do evil, ill will
What is malice?
100
lie or move abjectly on the ground with one’s face downward; act in an obsequious manner in order to obtain someone’s forgiveness or favor
What is grovel?
100
What is the three part method of quotation analysis we learned in class this week?
What is say-mean-matter or says-means-matters?
100
What color was the wallpaper in the short story we read a few weeks ago?
What is yellow?
200
David Akinola, an English student, had a positive attitude. The phrase offset with commas is an example of this phrase.
What is an appositive?
200
To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
What is "balk?"
200
in its original condition; unspoiled; clean and fresh as if new; spotless
What is pristine?
200
"Next Sunday we all went to church (Huck, the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons), about three mile, everybody a-horseback. The men took their guns along...it was a pretty ornery preaching--all about brotherly love...but everybody said it was a good sermon" (114). What is ironic about this scene?
What is they go to church with their guns, hear a sermon about brotherly love, say its a good sermon, and then leave with their guns, apparently not acting in accordance with the sermon?
200
The color of Faith's ribbons in "Young Goodman Brown."
What is pink?
300
Washing and polishing the car, Andrew developed sore muscles. The introductory phrase is an example of this phrase.
What is a participial phrase? Bonus. Is it past or present participle?
300
Something existing but not yet developed.
What is "latent?"
300
cause a large amount of damage or harm; inflict vengeance
What is wreak?
300
When the Grangerford daughter and the Shepherdson boy elope, this star-crossed romance is reminiscent of what Shakespearian play?
What is Romeo and Juliet?
300
What Huck and Jim find in the house that has been washed down the river in a big flood?
What is a dead body?
400
His arms folded across his chest, Mr. O'Connell warned the class about the penalties of plagiarism. The sentences first phrase is an example of a/an ....
What is an absolute phrase?
400
period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, esp. to keep watch or pray
What is vigil?
400
a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand; a riddle or paradox
What is enigma?
400
Who are two of the Kings that Huck tells Jim about during their voyage down the river?
What is King Louis the XVI and King Solomon?
400
The city where the big slave market is located.
What is New Orleans?
500
TEAM SPEED TIME TRIAL Be the first to write the following clause/phrases accurately in a complete sentence on the whiteboard. Everyone in your team needs to participate, and yes, you can help each other edit the sentences. 1. Participial 2. Gerund 3. Appositive 4. Absolute 5. Two successive prepositional phrases 6. Adjective Clause 7. Infinitive phrase
What is answers may vary.
500
feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong
What is penitence?
500
an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
What is propensity?
500
Do a Say-Means-Matters of a key passage from Chapters 17-18. The best analysis wins (I will judge along with the scorekeeper). You have four minutes.
500
The so-called names of the two hucksters/con-artists that Huck and Jim meet in Chapters 19-20.
What is the Duke and the Dauphin?