"The Happy Prince"
Why is the Happy Prince crying in the beginning of the story?
What is he can see the misery in his city and is sad.
Which word has the most similar definition to the Spanish word soledad?
solitude | |
sorrow | |
sacrifice | |
aspire |
What is solitude
Which option contains a misplaced adjective phrase?
Question options:
I have an urge for Chinese food. | |
The computer needs repair in the car's trunk. | |
The first president of the United States was George Washington. | |
Our drive to Alabama was long. |
What is: The computer needs repair in the car's trunk.
Which best identifies a theme of "A Psalm of Life"?
Question options:
All people experience birth and death alone. | |
Do your best to be remembered after you die. | |
Life is nothing but an empty dream. | |
Having children is one way you can live forever. |
What is: Do your best to be remembered after you die.
Which best explains what causes the Happy Prince's lead heart to break?
He gives away his second eye. | |
The city leaders tear him down. | |
The Swallow dies. | |
It is burned in the furnace. |
What is the Swallow dies
Louis was despondent after the untimely death of his best friend.
Which hint is most useful in determining the meaning of the underlined term?
An antonym for the term is enthusiastic. | |
A cognate for the term is the Spanish word desalentado. | |
The word despondence is part of this word's family. | |
Despondent is a noun. |
What is an antonym for the term is enthusiastic
Which sentence contains a misplaced adjective phrase?
Question options:
Mr. Sargent bought a sweater for his dog with purple and pink spots. | |
French is the language of France. | |
The daisies and snapdragons in the garden look glorious. | |
The new roof on that house is gray. |
What is: Mr. Sargent bought a sweater for his dog with purple and pink spots.
Read the first stanza from "Perseverance" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
We must not hope to be mowers,
And to gather the ripe gold ears,
Unless we have first been sowers
And watered the furrows with tears.
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
What is abab
Which best explains the Prince's motivation for insisting that the Swallow pluck out his sapphire eyes?
So he can give the jewels to needy people in the city | |
So the Swallow can afford to pay for a ship to take him to Egypt | |
So he no longer has to see the misery in the city | |
So the Swallow can give them to his beloved Reed |
What is so he can give the jewels to needy people in the city
Which is the best example of captivity?
Yun Ok winning the tiger's trust over a period of six months | |
Chura marrying Marwe | |
The caged bird longing for freedom | |
Scarface resembling Morning Star after leaving the sweat lodge |
What is the caged bird longing for freedom
Mrs. Johnson,worrying about burglars, took in the neighbors' packages when they were away.
Which correctly identifies the type of phrase underlined in the sentence?
participle | |
participial phrase | |
infinitive | |
infinitive phrase |
What is Participle phrase, it modifies
What is the rhyme scheme
I had a dog
Who ate my cat
How about that
What is abb
What does the Swallow's dead body best symbolize?
love and devotion | |
laziness and greed | |
anger and jealousy | |
hunger and loss |
What is love and devotion
Which word has the most similar definition to the Spanish word generoso?
generous | |
gaudy | |
generally | |
gene |
What is generous
Identify the prepositional phrase.
I did not miss the sounds of city life.
did miss | |
did not miss | |
of city life | |
sounds of city |
What is of city life
| Remember: A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun |
Read the stanza from "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Which is the best summary of this stanza?
Question options:
We're not destined to be happy or sad. | |
We shouldn't focus too much on happiness or sadness, but just live life to the fullest. | |
With each new day, we get closer to death. | |
We should plan carefully for tomorrow. |
What is we shouldn't focus too much on happiness or sadness
What is a possible theme from "The Happy Prince"?
What is don't worry about worldly things such as jewels, gold and appearances; worry about what is on the inside.
What is help take care of others in need in you are more fortunate.
Which of the following pairs of words are antonyms?
despondent, ecstatic | |
solitude, lonely | |
captivity, slavery | |
essay, clarity |
What is despondent, ecstatic
Feathers from wings and tails make the best quill pens.
Which best identifies the adjective phrase and the word it modifies in the sentence?
feathers; modifies from wings | |
from wings and tails; modifies feathers | |
make; modifies feathers | |
the best quill pens; modifies make |
What is from wings and tails; modifies feathers
Remember: An adjective phrase is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying.
Read the stanza from Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "The Courage That My Mother Had":
The golden brooch my mother wore
She left behind for me to wear;
I have no thing I treasure more:
Yet, it is something I could spare.
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
What is abab