Vocabulary I
Define the adjective: "abrupt."
Sudden and unexpected.
Define "hostile," and provide its part of speech.
unfriendly, adjective
This part of speech is used to identify people, places, things, ideas, and emotions.
What is a noun?
This part of speech is used to identify non-specific people, places, things, or ideas.
What is a common noun?
This violent and confusing culture was studied in our class to begin our unit on satire.
What is the Nacirema?
Define the noun: "notion."
Idea
Define "contradictory," and provide its part of speech.
This part of speech is used to describe nouns.
What is an adjective?
This part of speech is used to identify specific people, places, things, or ideas.
What is a proper noun?
In Sherman Alexie's "Because My Father...", this famous guitarist was blamed for the breakup of the author's family.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
Define the verb: "to cherish."
To feel or show affection toward something.
Define "undesirable," and provide its part of speech.
not wanted / adjective
This part of speech is used to signify an action, occurrence, or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This part of speech is a short adjective used to introduce nouns (hint: we DEFINITELY covered these).
What is an article?
Raymond Carver's "The Cathedral," ends with these two characters holding hands?
The narrator and Robert.
Define the verb: "to prolong."
To make something last longer.
Define "detrimental," and provide its part of speech.
Harmful, adjective
This part of speech is used to modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
What is an adverb?
This part of speech takes the place of other nouns to help us avoid being unnecessarily repetitive.
What is a pronoun?
This material decides who is the most powerful in the Nacirema society.
What is paper?
Define the adjective: "erroneous."
incorrect
Define "preliminary," and provide its part of speech.
Opening, beginning. Adjective
This part of speech is often used to demonstrate where something is or when something happened.
What is a preposition?
This noun has been replaced by a pronoun, and has been previously identified in the sentence.
What is an antecedent?
This music festival changed the life of Sherman Alexie's father in "Because My Father..."
What is Woodstock?