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Week 3 Vocabulary
"Lady or the Tiger"
Prepositions
"Lamb to the Slaughter"
Week 4 Vocabulary
100
What is an ending that leaves an audience in suspense?
A cliffhanger.
100
Where did the king punish criminals?
In the arena.
100
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "The fly landed on the table."
On
100
What did Mary use to kill her husband?
A leg of lamb.
100
Which word refers to categories of literature? Some common examples include fantasy, science fiction and mystery.
Genre
200
Which word means having more than one meaning or more than one interpretation?
Ambiguous
200
Why did the king sentence the commoner to the arena?
Because he loved the king's daughter.
200
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "Bill was sitting between Jessica and James."
Between.
200
How did Mary dispose of her murder weapon?
She fed it to the police.
200
Which word refers to a literary style that portrays fantastic tales dealing with horror, despair, the grotesque, and other "dark" subjects?
Gothic
300
Which word means savagely cruel or exceedingly brutal?
Barbaric.
300
What came out of the door--the lady or the tiger?
We are not told.
300
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "We met the day before yesterday."
Before
300
Why did Mary Maloney murder her husband?
It is implied that he asked her for a divorce.
300
Which word refers to a recurring object, concept or structure in a work of literature?
Motif
400
Which word means a feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen?
Suspense.
400
What phrase is often used to describe the king?
Semi-Barbaric
400
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: "The parade came by our street."
By.
400
What kind of weapon did the police believe killed Mary's husband?
A metal club
400
Which word refers to a collection of connected events that tell a story?
Narrative.
500
Which word refers to the dominant emotional atmosphere evoked by a text?
Mood.
500
Why are we led to believe that the princess may have sent her lover to the tiger?
Because she felt he was cheating on her with another woman.
500
What are the three things that prepositions name?
Distance Location Time
500
What was the name of Mary Maloney's husband?
Patrick
500
Which word refers to the speaker or "voice" of a literary work?
Narrator