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Lit. Quarter 3 Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The highest point | Acme |
| A belief, principle, or teaching; a system or such beliefs or principles; a formation of such beliefs or principles | Doctrine |
| Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking | Haggard |
| A person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks | Menial |
| Preying on, plundering, or piratical | Predatory |
| To join at one end or be next to; to support, pop up | Abut |
| To be of use or benefit to; to make us of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit | Avail |
| A very close friend, chum, buddy | Crony |
| Hatred, ill-will | Enmity |
| Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren | Gaunt |
| Capable of being grasped by the senses or mind | Perceptible |
| To plunge straight down | Plummet |
| In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course | Awry |
| To end resistance, give up, throw in the towel | Capitulate |
| dreadful , causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster | Dire |
| Charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion | Disarming |
| In bad humor, disconnected, annoyed | Disgruntled |
| To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality | Endow |
| Freedom from punishment | Impunity |
| Air, manner; appearance; expression | Mein |
| A boy on the Wooden box: How would you described Leon's family life prior to the German invasion? | Happy; Loving |
| Which of the quotes from the text does no support your answer to the previous question: How would you described Leon's family life prior to the German invasion? | "As the youngest child, I always got the hand-me-down: shirt, shoes, pants, and toys." |
| Which of the following on of Leon's siblings is rebellious and ultimately goes to live in Krakow with his father? | Hershel |
| On page 7, Leon writes the following: "Not even the scariest of fairy tales would have prepared me for the monsters I could confront just a few years later...."what are the monsters that Leon refers to? | The monsters were the Germanss |
| Why did Leon's family move to Narewka to Krakow? | Leon's father worked Krakow and moved his family to be near him. |
| When Leon was very young (prior to the invasion/war), the only time he regularly experienced prejudice or mistreatment as a result of his religion of his religion was during __________________. | Holy Week |
| When Leon moves to Krakow, what does one of his teachers do that reveals the teacher's prejudice against Jews? | The teacher calls Leon a meaning "Little Moses" |
| What is something that happens to Jews once the Nazis take over Krakow? | Jews may no longer use transportation such as the streetcar. |
| What skill get Leon's father a job working for Oskar Shindler? | He breaks open a safe. |
| The Germans successfully used propaganda to brainwash others into thinking badly about the Jewish people. Why would they do this? | Germans would do this to make Jews seem disgusting and like bad people so everybody else would treat them horriblely. |
| How is Leon affected when he sees his father beaten in front of him? What realization does he have? | Leon becomes scared after he sees his father get beaten in front of him. Leon realizes how unsafe it is for Jews now. |
| Summarize your research on the Holocaust. | In the Life of the Ghettos families would be stuffed into one tiny apartment. Children's education was taken away so adults would set up learning classes for them. Some people would trade items for money to get food. |
| A Stranger Came Ashore: Which of the character(s) could be considered a protagonist of the novel? | Robbie is the only protagonist. |
| Why is Yarl Corbie reluctant to help Robbie? | Yarl Corbie is worried that others on the island will learn that he practices magic. |
| Why Yarl Corbie ultimately decide to help Robbie? | Yarl Corbie wants to get revenge for what happened to hie lost love. |
| How does Elpseth react when Nicol gives her ribbons on Up Helly Aa? | She seems drown to him until Finn interrupts the moment. |
| Tam howls a mournful howl when he believes that Elspeth will be taken. When else had Robbie heard that type of howl from him? | Robbie heard that when Old Da died. |
| What can be inferred by Tam's actions in the previous question? | Tam does not trust Finn |
| What term for a type of character changes over the course of a story? | Dynamic character |
| Read the following passage and identify the point of view : "As campers settled into their tents, Zara hoped her eyes did not betray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for the night to quickly end" | Third person omniscient |
| Which type of POV is identified by the narrator being in the story and using pronouns such as I, me, we, or us? | First person |
| Which type of POV is used in A Stranger Came Ashore? | Third person limited |
| How would the story change if it were written in third person omincient? | All of there POV |
| Who said this quote: "That's right....There's nothing like a taste of fear to remind you of what could happen if you break the promise you made me!" | Yarl Corbie |
| Who said this quote: "I'll not let Elspeth go without a fight....That's on thing I can promise you." | Nicol |
| Who said this quote: "Leave him! .....Let him live - or you'll never see the Great Selkie's skin again!" | Robbie |
| Who said this quote: ".....he will still be able to hunt the seas the way a Selkie does, but never again will he be able to come ashore in the shape of a handsome young man." | Yarl Corbie |
| What question does the conflict of the novel pose, and how does the climax answer it? | The question that the conflict poses is will "Finn hurt Elspeth?". The climax answers it through the fight with Nicol, Finn, Elspeth, and Robbie. |
| Give one example of a time when Finn appears to use his magic to "control" someone. Who did he control, how did he do it, and what was the outcome? | One time Finn appears to use his magic is when he was controlling Tam. Finn did it by staring into Tam's eyes. The outcome was that Tam stopped barking. |
| What is the definition of a round character? Give any example of a round character from the book | The definition of a round character is a character who has human traits, doesn't seem fake, and has a lot to their personality. A round character is Yarl Corbie. |
| Explain how Yarl Corbie is a round character? | He is a round character because of how felt with what happened to Anne, and his stubborness. |
| is more about feelings than about telling a story; no always about feelings; it may or may not rhyme | Lyric poetry |
| is a type of lyric poetry that does not rhyme and has no set rhythm. | Free Verse |
| is an ancient Japanese form of poetry that is made up of exactly 17 syllables and three lines | Haiku |
| is a poetry that is written in such a way that the words of the poem a shape that relates to the poem in some way. | Concrete poetry |
| is a type of poem that must meet the following requirements: it must be 5 lines The 1st, 2nd, and 5th, line must rhyme It must follow a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (rhythm) It must be amusing/funny | Limerick |
| The comparison of two unlike things using words LIKE or AS | Simile |
| The comparison of two unlike things without using the words LIKE or AS | Metaphor |
| The repetition of consonant sounds | Alliteration |
| Giving human characteristics to non-human things | Personification |
| is a statement of extreme exaggeration | Hyperbole |
| This the term used for words that sound the same as they represent | Onomatopoela |
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