Unit 1-2: Short Stories/I am Malala
In this short story, a town holds a yearly drawing, the winner of which is stoned to death.
The Lottery
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In "The Outsiders", Ponyboy and Cherry are members of these two rival groups.
Greasers and Socs
In "Diary of Anne Frank", Anne and her family must hide in this city in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam
Locate the independent clause: "Even after the movie was over, I couldn't stop thinking about that cliffhanger!"
"I couldn't stop thinking about that cliffhanger!"
What time is it?
Time to get a watch!
In "I am Malala", this is the group that threatens Malala's way of life with their extremist beliefs.
The Taliban
In "The Outsiders", this member of the Greasers gives Ponyboy and Johnny money and a gun with which to escape their troubles with the law.
Dallas Winston (Dally)
In "Diary of Anne Frank", this character, a former dentist, is brought into the annex later in the story.
Mr. Dussel
Fix the misplaced modifier: "Laying on the ground, I found $20 bill."
"I found a $20 bill laying on the ground."
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If you're the team in last place...
Have 200 free points!
In "I am Malala", this is the country that Malala and her family are originally from.
Pakistan
In "Hitler Youth", Hitler made a deal with this country in exchange for land in Poland before betraying them and invading.
The Soviet Union (Russia)
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In "The Giver", Jonas is given a memory of this supposedly made-up animal.
Elephant
Determine the type of sentence (simple, compound, or complex): "Though the weather was rough, they still held the party outside."
Complex
This is the name of Mr. Piersma's nephew, who played the character "Baby Yoda" on the hit TV show "The Mandalorian."
Angus
In this short story, a man is given an experimental procedure intended to make him more intelligent, with tragic side effects.
Flowers for Algernon
In "Hitler Youth", this German youth is killed by communists, an act which the Nazis use to gain sympathy.
Herbert Norkus
In "Brown Girl Dreaming", Jackie includes a poem by Langston Hughes that compares life to these two things (half credit for 1 answer)
"A broken winged bird that cannot fly" and "a barren field covered in snow"
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Locate the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "When you are done, put your assignment on my desk."
Move over, Starbucks! Mr. Piersma regularly comes to school with coffee from this local coffee shop.
Beans Coffee (Mrs. Piersma!)
In this short story, a boy tries to start a revolution on live TV by removing the "handicaps" meant to make him "equal" to everyone else.
Harrison Bergeron
In "The Outsiders", this Soc approaches Ponyboy about Bob's death, revealing that Bob's parents never gave him what he really wanted: limits.
Randy
In "Diary of Anne Frank", Otto Frank returns to the annex, where he finds this object, made for him by Anne.
A scarf
Cumulative or coordinate adjectives? "Did you see the fancy new car their family bought?"
Cumulative
This is the name for the comma used before the "and" in a list, such as "Please buy butter, milk, and eggs."
Oxford comma
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