Literary Terms
What is the genre of "The Last Dog"?
science fiction (dystopian)
What is the point of view of "The Scholarship Jacket"?
first person
Name someone who is valiant.
Superman; firemen; police officers
What kind of sentence is this:
I like coffee but not tea.
simple
"This is a story of a great war."
There will be a lot of fighting in the story.
Name the climax of any of the stories.
Jimmy being asked to open the safe; Brock biting Brog and her biting back; the rat hole; Grandfather reminds Martha of what the scholarship jacket represents.
Name an external and internal conflict in "A Retrieved Reformation".
Jimmy vs. Ben; Jimmy whether to keep quiet and be Ralph or admit to who he was.
Name somewhere you wouldn't want to linger.
the doctor's office; out in the cold; the dump
What kind of sentence is this:
I have three siblings, and I am the oldest.
compound
"The scholarship jacket was our only chance."
It is of the utmost importance to her to win the scholarship jacket.
Name a dynamic character from any of the stories
Jimmy; Brock; Martha
Who are the protagonist and antagonist in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"?
Rikki and Nag/Nagaina
Name something a criminal might falsify.
their I.D.; their criminal records; their statement to the police
What kind of sentence is this:
I can't stand this smell, it's absolutely vile!
run-on
"Ever since he had said he wanted to go outside the dome, people had treated him strangely."
It wasn't normal to leave the dome.
Name a moment of suspense in any of the stories.
Will Jimmy save Agatha?; Rikki and Nagaina in the rat hole; Brock breathing in the air; Martha asking her grandfather for the money
What is the setting of "A Retrieved Reformation"?
cities across the middle east; Elmore; olden days; prison
Name something that would be to a student's dismay.
a pop quiz; a bad grade; a lot of homework; having to stay after school
Fix this "sentence":
My mom loves ice cream her favorite flavor is chocolate she's on a diet now she doesn't eat it much anymore.
My mom loves ice cream, and her favorite flavor is chocolate. She's on a diet now, so she doesn't eat it much anymore.
"I knew I had to be honest with Grandpa. It was my only chance."
Martha has a good, honest relationship with her grandfather.
Which of the stories' resolutions are happy?
all but R.R.
Which main character of the 4 stories is static?
Rikki
Name something in tefillah that we say in unison.
Amen; kiddusha; vayehi binsoah haaron;
Name three ways to correct a run-on sentence.
Make it into simple sentences, add a conjunction to make it compound, or rearrange the sentence altogether.
"He said he would carry up his suitcase himself. It was rather heavy."
The suitcase contained his safe cracking tools and therefore didn't want anyone else to handle it.