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Vocabulary
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Short stories 2
Grammar/Misc.
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What word means: given to carrying out lawsuits; quarrelsome a. litigious b. mea culpa c. brandish
What is litigious
100
Identify the common nouns: Ms. Smith went to the store to buy cookies and milk.
What is store, cookies, milk
100
At the beginning of the excerpt from The Giant’s House, James wants to find information on which of the following subjects? a. Ornithology b. Tall people c. Astronomy
What is tall people
100
In the Cask of Amontiallado With whom does Montresor have a conflict? a. Fortunato b. Himself c. No one
What is Fortunato
100
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) We ran toward the barn when the storm broke from the clouds.
What is toward the bard, from the clouds
200
What word means: influence or power, especially in politics or business a. en masse b. palliative c. clout
What is clout
200
Identify the proper nouns: Mike ate candy while talking with John at Family Video.
What is Mike, John, Family Video
200
In Sonata for Harp and Bicycle, which detail leads you to predict that something very strange is going on? a.Jason is a new employee b.Loudspeakers announce odd messages c. Every employee must leave the building at exactly five p.m.
What is Every employee must leave the building at exactly five p.m.
200
Which of the following literary elements identifies the perspective from which a story is told? a. Character b. Point of view c. Plot
What is point of view
200
In the form stage of the media literacy ladder, the viewer is to: a. Figure out through which type of medium (news, billboards etc) the message is delivered b. Figure out who created the message and why c. Figure out what words, images, or sounds are used to create the message
Figure out through which type of medium (news, billboards etc) the message is delivered
300
What word means: think deeply about something a. insatiable b. ruminate c. unobtrusive
What is ruminate
300
Is the following noun concrete or abstract: Hats
What is concrete
300
Which word best describes the mood, or atmosphere, of Poe’s story? a. Humorous b. Serious c. Suspenseful
What is suspenseful
300
Why is Walter Mitty a static character, not a dynamic one? a. He is weak and timid b. At the end of the story, he decides to give up daydreaming c. He has not changed or learned anything by the end of the story
What is He has not changed or learned anything by the end of the story
300
Identify the adverb clause: We left the bicycle where we had found it.
What is where we had found it
400
What word means: having no match or equal; unrivaled a. palliative b. ensconce c. nonpareil
What is nonpareil
400
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: I always eat and chew my food loudly.
What is eat, chew
400
What kind of nonfiction is Desiderata? a. Biography b. Speech c. Reflective essay
What is a reflective essay
400
How is an autobiography different from a biography? a. It tells about the life of a real person b. It tells about the writer’s life c. There is no real difference
What is It tells about the writer’s life
400
In the reality stage of the media literacy ladder, the viewer is to: a. Figure out how the message makes he/she feel b. Figure out the message-makers point of view c. Figure out through which medium the media message is delivered.
what is figure out the message-makers point of view
500
What word means: to establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place a. ensconce b. coy c. minutiae
What is ensconce
500
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: I saw three red apples on the brown table
What is three, red, brown
500
What is the climax in Sonata for Harp and Bicycle? a.When Ms. Golden and Jason jump off the fire escape and kiss b.When Daisy rides the bicycle c.When Daisy and William are reunited
What is When Daisy and William are reunited
500
What is a negative of have a story told in first person point of view? a. It is very rare b. The reader may not have all the information about events c. The narrator does not have access to any of the character's thoughts or feelings.
What is The reader may not have all the information about events
500
32) In the construction stage of the media literacy ladder, the viewer is to: a. Figure out what words, images, or sounds are used to create the message b. Figure out through which medium the message is delivered c. Figure out the message-maker’s point of view
What is Figure out what words, images, or sounds are used to create the message