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gage test reveiw
Gage Brklacich
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aperture | an opening |
| preclude | to make impossible |
| subside | to decrease in amount |
| termination | to end |
| impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| dramatic irony | occurs when readers know more about the situation than the character does |
| verbal irony | when a character states one thing, but means another |
| settings | the time and place of the story |
| mood | the atmosphere the author creates |
| irony | refers to the contrast between appearance and reality |
| imagery | descriptive words that recreate sensory experiences |
| quarry | the object of the hunt |
| tangible | with form and easy to describe |
| suspense | uncertainty or tension in the story |
| inferior | less important |
| condone | to forgive or overlook |
| plot | important events from the story |
| imperative | necessary |
| uncanny | remarkable, outstanding |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces or people |
| scruples | moral uneasiness |
| zealous | intensly enthusiastic |
| foreshadow | hint early in the story of something that will happen later on |
| pronoun | a word used in place of a noun |
| subordinate clause | has a subject and a verb but is not a complete thought |
| reflexive pronoun | reflects on the subject of the sentence |
| relative pronoun | introduces a subordinate clause |
| interrogative pronoun | introduces a question |
| demonstrative pronoun | points out aq noun |
| possessive pronoun | shows ownership |
| antecedent | the noun to which the pronoun refers |
| indefinite pronoun | not definite |
| intensive pronoun | repeats to magnify or intensify the meaning |
| possessive noun | a noun that shows ownership or possession |
| plural noun | more than one person, place, thing, or idea |
| concrete noun | name of something perceived by the senses |
| abstract noun | name of an idea, quality or state |
| singular noun | one person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | a particular person, place, thing, or idea |
| collective noun | the name of a group of people or things |
| compound noun | single noun formed from two or more words |
| common noun | general name for a person, place, or thing |
| paddy | flooded field where rice is grown |
| stealth | secret actions or movements |
| pretended | acted like somebody else |
| fecund | producing much growth |
| diffuse | unfocused |
| skirted | to go around the outside of |
| courage | strength and determination |
| inertia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| mortar | muzzle-loaded firing weapon for short ranges |
| giggles | uncontrollable luaghter |
| style | the way a peice of work is written |
| voice | the personality of the author |
| flashback | an account of something before it started |
| realism | vivid descriptions of what the character sees or does |
| inferences | something gathered but not outright said |
| prospects | chances of |
| incessantly | continuosly, constantly |
| pauper | poor person |
| aghast | shock or horror |
| gamut | range or series |
| askew | crooked |
| paste | fake gems |
| Seine | a river in Paris |
| franc | monetary unit in France |
| character | the people in the story |
| static character | a character that DOES NOT change throughout the story |
| dynamic character | a character that DOES change throughout the story |
| what is the pen name of the author in Call of the Wild? | Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) |
| what is the main character in Call of the Wild | Buck |
| what are some minor characters in the call of the wild? | Mercedes, the foolish girl who buys the dog; Judge Miller, who was the origional owner of the dog; and Thornton, the dogs second owner. |
| what is the setting of the story call of the wild? | the story took place in the 1700s, during the KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NEAR ALASKA |
| what is the theme of the story call of the wild? | the power of survival and the wilderness |
| what was the author that wrote the story THE NECKLACE | Guy de Maupassant |
| who was a main character of the story THE NECKLACE? | Madame Loisel |
| who was the supporting/minor characters in the story THE NECKLACE | Monsieur Loisel, Madame Forestier |
| two themes from the story THE NECKLACE | be happy with what you have, dont covet the belongings of others |
| setting of the story THE NECKLACE | Paris during the 1800s, rundown apartment, desperate, sad. |
| the author of the story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | Richard Connell |
| main characters of the story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | Sanger Rainsford, General Zarroff |
| minor characters in the story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | Whitney, Ivan, Dogs |
| theme of the story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | survival of the fittest animal rights-animals as prey |
| internal conflicts in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | moral issues: Rainsford fight or not, rainsford VS. Fight, Rainsford VS. wits |
| external conflicts | Rainsford VS. Zarroff, Rainsford VS. nature, Rainsford VS. dogs, Rainsford VS. Ivan |
| setting of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME | ship trap island, caribean sea |
| Action verb | expresses a physical or mental action |
| auxiliary verb | combined with verbs to form verb phrases |
| linking verb | link the subject of a sentence3 to a word in the predicate |
| transitive verb | action verb that appears with a direct object |
| intransitive verb | action verb that appears without a direct object |
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