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jmccaffery english 9
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define: paddy | flooded field were 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 theoutside of |
| Define: courage | strength and determanation |
| Define: inertia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| Define: mortor | 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 | an account of something before the story started |
| Define: realism | vivid descriptions of what the character sees or does |
| Define: inferences | something gathered but not out right said |
| Define: pen name | is a name used by the author that is not his real name |
| Define: quarry | the object of the hunt |
| Define: tangible | with form,and easy to describe |
| Define: suspence | uncertanty, tension in the story |
| Define: inferior | less important |
| Define: condone | to forgive or overlook |
| Define: plot | important events from the story |
| Define: inperitive | necessary |
| Define: uncanny | remarkable, outstanding |
| Define: conflict | struggles between two opposing forces or people |
| Define: scruple | moral uneasiness |
| Define: zealous | intensely enthusiastic |
| Define: fore shadow | hint early one in story of something that will happen later on |
| Define: prospects | chances or opportunities |
| Define: incessantly | continually or constantly |
| Define: pauper | a poor person |
| Define: aghast | with shock or horror |
| Define: gamut | an entire range of series |
| Define: askew | crooked or slanted |
| Define: paste | imitation or fake gems |
| Define: Seine | river in France |
| Define: franc | monetary unit in France in 1800s |
| Define: character | people in a story or personality trait |
| Define: aperture | an opening |
| Define: preclude | to make impossible |
| Define: subside | to decrease in amount |
| Define: immolation | death or destruction |
| Define: termination | to end |
| Define: repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| Define: abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| Define: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| Define: prospects | chances or opportunities |
| Define: incessantly | continually or constantly |
| Define: pauper | a poor person |
| Define: aghast | with shock or horror |
| Define: gamut | an entire range of series |
| Define: askew | crooked or slanted |
| Define: paste | imitation or fake gems |
| Define: Seine | river in France |
| Define: franc | monetary unit in France in 1800s |
| Define: character | people in a story or personality trait |
| Define: aperture | an opening |
| Define: preclude | to make impossible |
| Define: subside | to decrease in amount |
| Define: immolation | death or destruction |
| Define: termination | to end |
| Define: repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| Define: abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| Define: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| Define: prospects | chances or opportunities |
| Define: incessantly | continually or constantly |
| Define: pauper | a poor person |
| Define: aghast | with shock or horror |
| Define: gamut | an entire range of series |
| Define: askew | crooked or slanted |
| Define: paste | imitation or fake gems |
| Define: Seine | river in France |
| Define: franc | monetary unit in France in 1800s |
| Define: character | people in a story or personality trait |
| Define: aperture | an opening |
| Define: preclude | to make impossible |
| Define: subside | to decrease in amount |
| Define: immolation | death or destruction |
| Define: termination | to end |
| Define: repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| Define: abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| Define: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| Define: static character | stays the same throughout the story |
| Define: Dynamic character | a person that changes throughout the story |
| Most dangerous game | Reinsford, Zarroff, Ivan |
| Cask of Amontillado | Montressor, Fortunato |
| coat of arms | a crest or family symbol |
| irony | refers to contrast between appearence and reality |
| mood | the atmoshpere the aouthor creates |
| The necklace | Mademe Liosel, Monseir Loisel, Madame Frosteir |
| Call of the wild | Buck, Thorton, Pete, Spitz |
| Where have you gone charming billy | Private first class paul berlin, Billy boy watkins, buffolo toby |
| Call of the wild author | John Griffith Channey,pen name jack london |
| Charming billy author | Tim O'Brian |
| The necklace author | Guy de Mupasit |
| Most dangerous game author | Richard Connell |
| Cask of Amondillado author | Edgar allen poe |
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