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Grammar and Punctuation
Rice Husband
Two Kinds
Literary Terms and Vocabulary
RANDOM!
100
Waverly is a snob Jing Mei has a good heart. Where does the semicolon go?
What is after "snob".
100
What "special power" did Lena's mother have?
What is to see the future.
100
What did Jing Mei's mother want her daughter to be?
What is "a prodigy".
100
Define: Personification
What is giving human traits to non-human things.
100
The percentage chance that we will get thunderstorms tonight?
What is 20 percent?
200
Write a complex sentence: Hint: it could start with "Even though" or "Although"
Although Lena and Harold tried to have a "balanced" marriage, their marriage was loveless.
200
What does Lena's mother say that Lena should NOT be expected to pay for?
What is the ice cream.
200
The name of Jing Mei's piano teacher.
What is Mr. Chong
200
"The sky was like a bright jewel" Simile, symbol, metaphor, or personification?
What is simile?
200
Name all of the animals that live on campus
What are stray cats and seagulls?
300
Write a sentence about the novel that uses a semicolon correctly.
Jing Mei wanted to just be herself; her mother wanted her to be a prodigy.
300
Harold earns __________ times more money than Lena
What is 7 times
300
What inspired Jing Mei's mother to make Jing Mei play the piano?
Watching a Chinese girl on the Ed Sullivan show.
300
Use "prodigy" in a sentence.
Waverly is a chess prodigy while Jing Mei is not particularly talented at anything.
300
What movie is at the top of the box office right now?
What is Avengers 2
400
Say a semicolon sentence about the novel that uses ";as a result," "however," "therefore,"
Jing Mei only wanted to be herself; therefore, she would not play the piano.
400
When Lena eats rice, Arnolds receives...
What is pock marks
400
What song did Jing Mei have to play at the recital?
What is "pleading child"?
400
Lena's mother reproached Harold for being "loveless". What is the definition of "reproach" in this context?
What is "hated", "despised."
400
Name two possible 2016 presidential candidates
Who are Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.
500
Explain how and when to use a semicolon in your writing.
What is when you want two sentences to "flow together" and half less of a pause between them.
500
Harold and Lena both work at an ____________ firm.
What is an architecture firm.
500
What was the other half of Schuman's song, that went along with "Pleading Child"?
What is "perfectly contented"?
500
Create your own example of personification, or point out an example of personification from the novel.
Answers will vary
500
What extreme weather is our COUNTRY facing right now.
What are TORNADOS (in Kansas)