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ELA MIDTERM 1/13/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Germane | closely or significantly related, relevant; pertinent |
| Indigent | lacking food, clothing, and other necesites of life because of poverty, needy, poor, impoverished |
| Judicious | wise |
| Lethargy | being drowsy or dull |
| Parable | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
| Petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| Plaintively | expressing sorrow; mournful |
| Prophecy | the for telling or prediction of what is to come |
| Sinister | theatening or potending evil, harm or troube; ominous |
| Stalwart | strongly and stoutly built |
| Suppliant | |
| Bulwark | a wall built for defesne |
| A Simile is? | a compasrison using like or as |
| A Metaphor is? | a compasrison that is either direct or indirect |
| Personificaion is? | Making an object appear as if it is alive |
| How old is Willie? | Really 43 looks 12 |
| How is Willie Different from other children? | He never grows old |
| What is Wille's "job"? | To make people happy |
| What is the Conflict of "Hail and Farewell" ? | A grown man appering as a Child |
| What ,in "Hail and Farewll", is the Climax? | there is no climax |
| What is the Theme in "Hail and Farewell" ? | Make the best of a bad situation |
| What is the Genre in "Hail and Farewell"? | Science Ficton/ Fansty |
| What is the Genre of "The Drummer Boy at Shiloh"? | Historical Ficton-Short Story |
| What is the Setting for "The Drummer Boy at Shiloh"? | Evening in a peach prchard near owl creek and a church-- spring April 6-7 1862 |
| Who are the Main Characters in " The Drummer Boy at Shiloh" ? | Joby (age 14) General Johnson |
| What is the Climax in "The Drummer Boy at Shiloh" ? | When the General Tells Joby he is the heart of the army |
| Who is the Protagonist in the play Twelve Anger Men? | Juror 8 |
| Who is the Antagonist in the play Twelve Anger ? | Juror 3 |
| What is the Evidence againist the accused in the play Twelve Anger Men? | -- The Knife --Background --Bad Father/Son relationship --Witnesses --Cant remeber what movie he saw |
| What is the Climax in Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3? | --Act 1- Two of the Same Knifes--Act 2- 3 says to 8 "I am going to Kill you" proving 3's point--Act 3- When 3 finally gives in |
| Who is Juror 8? | He is the Fair One--Wants to give the boy a chance |
| Who is Juror 10? | The Biggot--Judges the boy by a sterotype |
| Who is Juror 3? | The Loud One--Has a bad experince with his son--wants to punish this boy because of his son |
| Jurors- Number and Sterotypes! | 2--Meek Follower4--Facts5--Grew up in slums7--Salesman/complains9--Doesnt say much11--Justice is important 12--Job was important |
| Sally went to the story | Simple |
| Bob went to pick up cheese and bread. | Simple |
| Susan is cleaning while mom is baking | Complex |
| Lily is watching tv and Bob is making dinner | Compound |
| Rules for Noun Clause | --if its not an adverb or an adjective its a noun |
| Rules for Adverb Clause | --Introduced by a Subordinating Conjuction--Remove the COnjuction you have a complete sentance--Can move the clause |
| Rules for Adjective Clause | --Modifys a noun or pronoun--Intoduced by a reltive pronoun |
| Verb Subject Agreement | --Agrees in Number |
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