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CPetri Review
Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Paddy? | Flooded field where rice is grown. |
| Define: Stealth | Secret actions or movements |
| Define: Pretended | Acted like someone else |
| Define: Fecund | Producing much growth |
| Define: Diffuse | Unfocused |
| Define: Skirted | To go around the outside of |
| Define: Courage | Strength and Determination |
| Define: Inertia | Tendency to continue doing what one is doing. |
| Define: Mortar | Muzzle-loading firing weapon for short ranges. |
| Define: Giggles | Uncontrollable laughter. |
| Define: Style | The way a piece of work is written |
| Define: Voice | The Personality of the author |
| Define: Flashback | Vivid descriptions of what the character sees or does. |
| Define: Realism | An account of something before the story started. |
| Define: Inferences | Something gathered but not outright said. |
| Define: Pronoun | A word used in place of a noun |
| Define: Subordinate clause | Has a subject and verb but is not a complete thought. |
| Define: Reflexive | reflects on the subject of the sentence. |
| Define: Relative | Introduces a subordinate clause. |
| Define: Interrogative | Introduces a question. |
| Define: Demonstrative | Points out a noun. |
| Define: Possessive pronoun | Shows Ownership |
| Define: Antecedent | The noun to which the pronoun refers |
| Define: Indefinite | Not Definite |
| Define: Intensive | Repeats to magnify or intensify the meaning. |
| Who is the Author of "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"? | Tim O'Brien |
| Main Character of "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"? | Private First-Class Paul Berlin |
| Minor Characters of "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"? | Sgt. Buffalo Toby and Billy Boy Watkins |
| Example of a plural Noun? | Women, Fingers, Wolves. |
| Who was the author of "Call of the Wild"? | John Griffith. Pen Name: London |
| Main Character of "Call of the Wild"? | Buck (The Dog) |
| Minor Characters of "Call of the Wild"? | John Thorton, Caliapi and Spitz. |
| Setting of Call of the Wild? | During the Gold Rush, Yukon Gold Rush area. |
| State a Theme from "Call of the Wild"? | Being rude and greedy wont get you far, while being honest and caring will get you much further. |
| Define: Arepture | An Opening |
| Define: Preclude | To Make Impossible |
| Define: Subside | To lie dead or at rest |
| Define: Immolation | Death or Destruction |
| Define: Termination | To End |
| Define: Repose | To decrease in amount |
| Define: Abscond | To go away suddenly or secrety |
| Define: Impunity | Freedom from penalty or harm |
| Define the Literary Term: Irony | Refers to the contrast between appearance and reality |
| Define the Literary Term: Dramatic Irony | Occurs when readers know more about the situation in the story than a character does. |
| Define the Literary Term: Verbal Irony | When a character states one thing but means another |
| Define the Literary Term: Setting | The time and the place of the Story's action. |
| Define the Literary Term: Mood | The atmosphere that the author creates |
| Define the Literary Term: Imagery | Descriptive words that recreate sensory experiences. |
| Who is the author of "Cask of Amontillado"? | Edgar Allen Poe |
| What is the author of "Call of the Wild"'s Pen Name? | London |
| Define: Niter | White chalky dust from lime deposits on the wall. |
| Define: Quarry | The Object of the Hunt |
| Define: Tangible | With form and easy to describe. |
| Define: Suspense | Uncertainty or Tension in the story |
| Define: Inferior | Less Important |
| Define: Condone | Forgive of Overlook |
| Define: Plot | Important events from the story |
| Define: Impairitive | Necessary |
| Define: Uncanny | remarkable, outstanding |
| Define: Conflict | Struggle between two opposing forces or people |
| Define: Scruple | Moral Uneasiness |
| Define: Zealous | Intensely Enthusiastic |
| Define: Foreshadow | Hint early in the story of something that will happen later on. |
| What are the two main characters in "The Most Dangerous Game"? | General Zarok and Rainsford |
| What are the two minor characters in The Most Dangerous Game? | Whitney and Ivan |
| Describe the Setting of the story | Shiptrap Island Located in the Carribean Sea |
| What is a Proper Noun? | A particular person, place, thing or idea. |
| What is a Compound Noun? | Single noun formed from two or more words. |
| What is a Singular Noun? | One person, place, thing or idea |
| What is a Common Noun? | General name for a preson, place or thing. |
| What is a Collective Noun? | The name of a group of people or things. |
| What is a Plural Noun? | More then one person place thing or idea. |
| What is a Abstract Noun? | Name of an idea quality or state |
| What is a Concrete Noun? | Name of something percieved by the senses. |
| What is a Possessive noun? | A noun that shows ownership or possession. |
| What is an Action Verb? | Expresses a physical or Mental Action. |
| What is a Transitive verb? | An Action verb that appears with a direct object. |
| What is an intransitive verb? | An action verb that appears without a direct object. |
| What is a linking verb? | Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate. EX: Am, is, was and were. |
| What is an auxiliary/helping verb? | Auxiliary Verbs AKA Helping Verbs are combined with verbs to form VERB PHRASES. |
| What is a Verb Phrase? | The result of auxiliary verbs combined with verbs. Some common auxilary verbs are Had, do, might, would, will, must, could and would. |
| Who is the author of "Cask of Amontillado"? | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Who are the two main characters in "Cask of Amontillado"? | Fortunato and Montressor |
| Define: Prospects | Something Presented to the eye |
| Define: incessantly | Endless ; Continuing without interuption |
| Define: Pauper | A person who is very poor. |
| Define: aghast | Struck with fear ; dead. |
| Define: Gamut | A complete range or extent ; A face that displayed gamut expressions. |
| Define: Askew | Turned or Twisted |
| Define: paste | Fake Gem |
| Define: seine | A French River |
| Define: Franc | A Currency from france |
| Define: Static and Dynamic Characters | Static characters stay the same throughout a story while dynamic characters make changes. |
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