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Englit assess
Village schoolmaster, Last Leaf, Christmas Carol
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Straggling | Haphazard, not straight |
| What is Visual Imagery | It helps paint a picture with words |
| What does the sentence "Full well they laughed in counterfeited glee" mean | They Laughed even though the joke wasn't funny just to please the schoolmaster |
| Define Subtext | Subtext is reading between the lines |
| What literary device is used here: "Busy Whisper" | Personification |
| What is a paradox | Two opposites in one sentence |
| Define Inversion | Rephrasing a sentence to add exaggeration |
| Who is a parson | A priest |
| "Still they gazed and still wonder grew", which literary device is used? | Anaphora |
| Define Foreshadowing | Saying something that is going to happen in the future before it happens |
| Behrman was a procrastinator, true or false? | True |
| Define a Euphemism | A euphemism is a less harsh way to say something |
| What was Johnsy comparing herself to? | A leaf on a Ivy Plant |
| What was Behrman's 'masterpiece' | The leaf he painted for Johnsy |
| What does handsomely mean in old english? | Generously |
| Define Sinner | Somebody who does something that isn't criminally but ethically wrong |
| Was Scrooge's presance happy? | No, his spirit was very cold |