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What's In a Name?
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Stories
Potpourri
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His penname was Samuel Langhorne Clemen's.
Who is Mark Twain.
100
rundown, in poor condition.
What is dilapidated.
100
the feeling created by a piece of writing.
What is mood.
100
What does Mrs. Jones give Roger after they eat supper in "Thank You, M'am"?
What is Mrs. Jones gives Roger $10.00 to buy blue suede shoes.
100
severe
What is drastic.
200
She received the Pulitzer Prize for her novel : The Color Purple.
Who is Alice Walker.
200
burning
What is scalding.
200
all writing that is not poetry.
What is prose.
200
How is Maggie's smile different at the end of "Everyday Use"?
What is she is truly happy. Mama stuck up for her and Dee did not get her way.
200
hard to deal with
What is cantankerous.
300
He is best known for his poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes.
300
a leave of absense, in the military.
What is furlough.
300
the main character, also called the hero.
What is protagonist.
300
Why doesn't the Dan'l jump in the contest in the story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?
What is Dan'l is full of quail shot. He can't jump.
300
"Thank You, M'am" is an example of what kind of fiction?
What is sudden fiction.
400
She travels around the country to share her experiences as a Latina woman.
Who is Judith Ortiz-Cofer.
400
to guess or suppose
What is conjecture.
400
brief short stories
What is sudden fiction.
400
Who dies in "American History"?
What is President John F. Kennedy.
400
What do we call the events of the plot that aadd to the conflict.
What is rising action.
500
He was the camp historian at the Topaz Relocation Center.
Who was Toshio Mori.
500
a moment in a story when a character recognizes an important truth.
What is an epiphany.
500
the relationship of the narrator to the story.
What is point of view.
500
What does the narrator tell his mother that the doctor said about his brother's condition in "Unfinished Message"?
What is the doctor was not too hopeful that Kazuo would walk.
500
"American History" is a story about an important day in the life of a Japanese girl living in a rundown part of a New Jersey city. True or False?
What is False, she is Puerto Rican.