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roothb english 9
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is acting like someone else? | pretended |
| what is a flooded feild where rice is grown? | paddy |
| what is a short range muzzle loading weapon? | mortar |
| what is it called to produce much growth? | fecund |
| what are secret actions or movements? | stealth |
| what is strength or determination? | courage |
| what is tendancy to continue to what one is doing? | inertia |
| what is it to go around the outside of? | skirted |
| what is uncontrolable laghter? | giggles |
| what is another word for focus? | diffuse |
| whos is the author of the story, "where have you gone charming billy?"? | Tim o' Brien |
| what makes Tim o'Brien qualified to write about the war? | he was in it. |
| Whos the main character in the srory? | pfc paul berlin |
| name two minor character in the story? | billy boy watkins, and buffalo toby. |
| what is the main characters physical goal in this story? | to get to the sea. |
| what is the main characters mental goal? | to control his fear. |
| which of the following are sensory phrases used in the story? | it smelled of mud, allgae, and cow manure... |
| what three things did the main character do to keep his mind of fear? | sang, counted, and thought of home. |
| the author demonstrates that his short sentances show what? | to reveal thoughts and feelings. |
| the authors long sentances stand for what? | to describe events and the enviorment. |
| the authors style can best be described as? | realistic and informal. |
| what was the social feeling behind the war? | political unrest. |
| where is vietnam located? | southeast asia. |
| what years does the story take place? | 1965-1973 |
| the only part of the story where the main character smells a perfumy smell is where? | when he's in the graveyard. |
| what is a quary? | the object of a hunt. |
| what does tangable mean? | an object with form that is easily described. |
| what is suspense? | tension in the story. |
| what does inferior mean? | less important. |
| what is it to condone? | to forgive or overlook. |
| what is a plot? | important events out of a story. |
| what does imparative mean? | more than one. |
| what is uncanny? | outstanding or remarkable. |
| what is a scruple? | moral uneasieness. |
| what is it to be zealous? | intensily enthusiastic. |
| what is a conflict? | a struggle between two opposing forces or people. |
| what is it to foreshadow? | a hint of what will happen later on. |
| what are the elements in a a plot? | into, hook, rissing action, climax, fa;;ing action, and resolution. |
| what is an apeture? | an opening. |
| what does preclude mean? | to make impossible. |
| what does it mean to subside? | to decrease in amount. |
| what is immolation? | death or distruction. |
| what is termination? | to end. |
| what does it mean to repose? | to lie dead. |
| what is it to abscond? | to go away suddenly or secretly. |
| what is impunity? | freedom from penalty or harm. |
| what is the differnece between niter irony, dramatic irony, and verbal irony? | dramatic-readers know more than a character knows, verbal-when character sais one thing but means another, and irony-a descriptive word that recreates sensory expiriences. |
| what are the setting, mood, and what is imagery? | setting-time and place, mood-the atmosphere the author puts into his or her story, and imagery-descriptive words that recreate the story. |
| what is a coat of arms? | a familys descriptive sign. |
| what is suspence? | |
| what are prospects? | chances. |
| what is incessantly? | continually. |
| what is a pauper? | a poor person. |
| what is it to aghaust? | with shock or horror. |
| what does gamut mean? | an entire range or series. |
| what is it to askew? | crooked. |
| what is paste? | imitation or fake gems. |
| who where seine and franc? | french currency. |
| what is the difference between character static and dynamic characters? | static character-someone who changes throughout a story line, and dynamic character-those who go throught the story and dont change. |
| what is a pen name? | a fake name an author makes up for himself. |
| what is a action verb? | a verb showing action. |
| what is a transitive verb? | |
| what is a intransitive verb? | |
| what is a linking verb? | conecting words like: is or are. |
| what is an auxiliary or helping verb? | a verb that helps the verb in a verb phrase. |
| what is a verb phrase? | in the rain, outside the house, or something like that. |
| what is a personal pronoun? | i, me, my, refering to ones self. |
| what is a singular pronoun? | a pronoun signifying one particular thing. |
| what is a interogotive pronoun? | a pronoun proprosing a question. |
| what is a reflexive pronoun? | a pronoun showing the things self. |
| what is a common noun? | a noun used in everyday language, but not a particular noun. |
| what is a proper noun? | a particular noun. |
| what is a singular noun? | a noun showing possesion to ones object of matter or self. |
| what is a plural noun? | a noun showing two or more objects or beings. |
| what is a possesive noun? | a noun showing ownershi. |
| label the wuthors to all the storys. | the necklace:guy de mauppsaut. where have you gone charming billy?: tim o'brien. the most dangerous game: richard connel. call of the wild: john london=pen name. |
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