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VOCABULARY
GENERAL GRAMMAR
PARTICIPIAL & ABSOLUTE PHRASES
LITERARY TERMS
CHARACTERIZATION
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Pi says, "Several times I started bringing the hatchet down, but I couldn’t complete the action. Such [a tendency to have or express feelings of love, sadness, etc., especially in a way that seems foolish or excessive] may seem ridiculous considering what I had witnessed in the last days, but those were the deeds of others . . ." This is the vocabulary word that means "a tendency to have or express feelings of love, sadness, etc., especially in a way that seems foolish or excessive"?
What is sentimentalism?
100
Along the side is this type of phrase in the following sentence. I brought it along the side, keeping very low.
What is a prepositional phrase?
100
What type of phrase is "keeping very low" in the following sentence? I brought it along the side, keeping very low.
What is a participial phrase?
100
Pi says, “At that precise instant there was a vibration in the air and we were struck by a school of flying fish. They came like a swarm of locusts." This is the type of figurative language demonstrated here?
What is a simile?
100
These characters are "those that show both strengths and weaknesses and experience a mix of emotions. They have a variety of reasons, or multiple motivations, for behaving and reacting as they do. As the story progresses, they change" (Pearson).
What are complex characters?
200
Pi says, "Several times I started bringing the hatchet down, but I couldn’t complete the action. Such [a tendency to have or express feelings of love, sadness, etc., especially in a way that seems foolish or excessive] may seem ridiculous considering what I had witnessed in the last days, but those were the deeds of others, of [inclined or intended to injure others for personal gain or profit] animals." This is the word that means "inclined or intended to injure others for personal gain or profit."
What is predatory?
200
How is the prepositional phrase of blood functioning in the following sentence? A razor blade slipping from her grip, the detective looked at the young lady in the pool of blood.
What is an adjective?
200
What type of phrase is "Tears flowing down my cheeks" in the following sentence? Tears flowing down my cheeks, I egged myself on.
What is an absolute phrase?
200
Pi says that some of the flying fish "crashed into its side, sounding like firecrackers going off.” This is the literary term demonstrated here.
What is a simile?
200
This is the word used to describe characters WHO CHANGE by the end of a work.
What is dynamic?
300
Pi says, "I felt I was dealing fate a serious blow by engaging such a handsome [opponent or enemy]. With this fish I was retaliating against the sea, against the wind, against the sinking of ships, against all circumstances that were working against me." This is the word that means "opponent or enemy."
What is adversary?
300
What is the direct object of the main verb in the following sentence? Eaten by the birds, the decorations lost their appeal in the yard.
What is their appeal?
300
What is the participial phrase modifying in the following sentence? Taken by the kidnapper, the girl was sent to a private location in the woods.
What is the girl?
300
Pi says, “Standing unprotected as I was, I felt I was living the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Every fish that hit me was like an arrow entering my flesh. I clutched at a blanket to protect myself while also trying to catch some of the fish. I received cuts and bruises all over my body.” Other than the simile ("like an arrow entering my flesh"), this is the literary term demonstrated here.
What is an allusion? *martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sebastian): Saint Sebastian (died c. 288 AD) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows. Despite this being the most common artistic depiction of Sebastian, he was rescued and healed by Irene of Rome. Shortly afterwards he went to Diocletian to warn him about his sins, and as a result was clubbed to death. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
300
This is the word used to describe characters who do NOT change by the end of a work.
What is static?
400
Pi says, “The riddle seemed [not capable of being resolved or figured out and understood]: to fish I needed bait, but I would have bait only once I had fish. What was I supposed to do? Use one of my toes? Cut off one of my ears? This is the vocabulary word that means "not capable of being resolved or figured out and understood."
What is irresolvable?
400
What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence? Studying grammar for hours, the student took a break to get some rest.
What is to get some rest?
400
What is the object of the participle in the following sentence? Her wings providing shelter for the baby birds, the hen covered her young ones during the storm.
What is shelter?
400
Pi says, "It was not only their numbers; there was also something insect-like about the clicking, whirring sound of their wings." This is the type of literary term demonstrated here.
What is onomatopoeia*? *the use of words whose sound suggests the meaning
400
Because Pi was always THIS, he can be considered a complex, dynamic character because he ends up killing a fish in chapter 61 of Life of Pi.
What is a vegetarian?
500
Pi says, “Several lucky ones returned to the water after a bounce on the tarpaulin. Others, less fortunate, fell directly into the boat, where they started a racket of flapping and flailing and splashing. And still others flew right into us. Standing unprotected as I was, I felt I was living [the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith] of Saint Sebastian. Every fish that hit me was like an arrow entering my flesh. I clutched at a blanket to protect myself while also trying to catch some of the fish. I received cuts and bruises all over my body.” This is the word that means "the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith."
What is martyrdom?
500
What are the main verbs (or main verb phrases) in the following sentence? Finding nothing, I sat up to discover that the tiger was staring at me.
What are sat and was staring?
500
The beginning of the following sentence contains this type of phrase. Their wings beating in his mouth, the tiger was eating the flying fish whole and alive.
What is an absolute phrase?
500
Pi says, "They burst out of the water, dozens of them at a time, some of them flick-flacking over a hundred yards through the air." This is the literary term demonstrated here.
What is alliteration*? *the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
500
The following passage demonstrates that Pi is a complex, dynamic character. “You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado.” This is a third adjective that can be used to describe a character who is complex and who undergoes a change.
What is round?