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Cgerdes Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Quarry | the object of a 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 |
| Scruple | moral uneasinesss |
| Zealous | intensely enthusiastic |
| Foreshadow | hint early on in the story of something that will happen later on |
| Aperture | an opening |
| Preclude | to make impossible |
| Subside | to decrease in amount |
| Immolation | death or destruction |
| Termination | to end |
| Repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| Abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| Impumity | an opening |
| Irony | refers to the contrast between appearance and reality |
| Dramatic Irony | occurs when readers know more about the situation in the story then a character |
| Verbal Irony | when a character states one thing but means another |
| Setting | the time and place of the story's action |
| Mood | the atmosphere the author creates |
| Imagery | descriptive words that recreate sensory experiences |
| Prospects | chances or opportunities |
| Incessantly | continually or constantly |
| Pauper | a poor person |
| Aghast | with shock or horror |
| Prospects | chances or opportunities |
| Incessantly | continually or constantly |
| Pauper | a poor person |
| Aghast | with shock or horror |
| Gamut | an entire range or series |
| Askew | crooked or slanted |
| Character | people in a story or a personality trait |
| Paste | imitation |
| Seine | river in Paris |
| Pretended | acted like someone else |
| Franc | monetary unit in France in 1800's |
| Character | people in a story or a personality trait |
| Paddy | flooded field where rice is grown |
| Stealth | secrret actions or movements |
| Pretended | acted like someone else |
| Fecund | producing much growth |
| Diffuse | unfocused |
| Skirted | to go around the outside of |
| Courage | strength and determination |
| Interia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| Mortar | muzzle-loading firing weapon for short ranges |
| Giggles | uncontrollable laughter |
| Style | the way a piece of work is written |
| Voice | the personality of the author |
| Flashback | an account of something before the story started |
| Fecund | producing much growth |
| Diffuse | unfocused |
| Skirted | to go around the outside of |
| Courage | strength and determination |
| Interia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| Mortar | muzzle-loading firing weapon for short ranges |
| Giggles | uncontrollable laughter |
| Style | the way a piece of work is written |
| Voice | the personality of the author |
| Flashback | an account of something before the story started |
| realism | vivid descriptions of what the character sees or does |
| inferences | something gathered but not outright said |
| Possessive Noun | a noun that shows ownership or possession |
| Plural Noun | more than one person place or 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 thing or idea |
| Reflexive Pronoun | Reflects on the subject of the sentence |
| Relative Pronoun | introduces a subordinate clause |
| Interragative Pronoun | introduces a question |
| Demonstrative Pronoun | Points out a noun |
| Antecedent Pronoun | the noun to which the pronoun refers |
| Indefinite Pronoun | not definite |
| Intensive Pronoun | Repeats to magnify or intensify the meaning |
| Action Verb | expresses a physical or mental action |
| Transitive Verb | an action verb that appears with a direct object |
| Intransitive Verb | an action verb that appears without a direct object |
| Linking Verb | link the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate. Some of those include is are was were am be been being |
| Helping/Aixilary Verb | Thes are combined with verbs to form verb phrases. Some of these include ex- be had do might would |
| Elements of the Plot | exposition hook rising action climax falling action resolution |
| internal Conflict | Moral decision |
| external Conflict | Real world Problem |
| Verb Phrase | Complete Verb |
| Static Characters | Stays the same |
| Dynamic Charactrs | Changes |
| MDG Main Charachers | Zaroff Rainsford |
| MDG Minor Characters | Ivan Whitney |
| MDG Setting | Dark Island, Ship trap Island |
| Cask Main Characters | Fortunato Montressor |
| Cask Setting | Italy during Carnival in montresor's basement. mood glomy and scary |
| Billy Author | Tim O'Brien |
| Billy MAin Character | Private First Class Paul Berlin |
| Billy Minor Characters | BUffalo Toby Billy Boy Watkins |
| Billy Setting | 1965-1973 Vietnam Mood is fearful |
| neck Author | Guy de Maupassant |
| neck setting | PAris 1880s Rundown Apartment mood is sad desperate |
| neck main Character | Madam Loisel |
| neck minor character | Muensel Loisel Madam Forestier |
| wild Author | Jack london John Griffeth Cheney |
| wild setting | late 1890s klondike are alaska |
| wild main character | buck |
| wild minor characters | judge miller, thorton, spitz |
| MDG author | Richard Connell |
| Cask author | Edgar allan poe |
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