The Things They Carried
Song Tra Bong
Resumes
Speaking of Courage
Vocabulary
100

The Things They Carried is centered around what war?

The Vietnam War

100

Rat Kiley had a reputation for this

Exaggeration and overstatement

100

This is placed at the top of your resume in a big font

Your name

100

This person is who the chapter is about

Norman Bowker

100

People killed or injured in war

Casualties

200

This man is the author of The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

200

Fossie flew this person in to visit and stay at the compound

His girlfriend, Mary Anne

200

A resume is used to get one of these

An interview (or a job)

200

The lake Norman drives around is this long

Seven miles

200

Seduced is this part of speech

Verb

300

Soldiers carried essentials and personal items in this item

Backpack

300

Mary Anne was with this group when she disappeared

The Green Berets (aka Greenies)

300

This part of speech is used to write your statements on the resume

Action verbs
300

Thanks to the war, Norman is good at doing this without looking

Telling time

300

To move back or away from a previous position

Recede

400

The Things They Carried is written as a series of these

Short stories

400

The Song Tra Bong is this body of water

River

400

A resume is broken down into different parts and organized by these

Headings

400

Norman almost won this award, and wished he had

The Silver Star

400

Affluent is this part of speech

Adjective

500

Men had to fight in the Vietnam War because they were automatically enlisted in this

The draft

500

Mary Anne had this around her neck by the end of the chapter

A necklace of human tongues

500

"Objective," "Personal Statement," and "References" are all this word

Fillers
500
This is another name for the seven medals/awards that Norman won?

Seven honeys

500

"Best and Most" in the yearbook are examples of this word

Superlatives