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mdavey Review Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition: prospects | chances or oppurtunities |
| Definition: incessantly | continual or constantly |
| Definition: pauper | poor person |
| Definition: aghast | shocked or horrified |
| Definition: gamut | a series or range |
| Definition:askew | crooked or at an angle |
| Definition: paste | fake diamonds or gems |
| Definition: Seine | a river in Paris |
| Definition: franc | monetary unit in France in the 1800s |
| Definition: character | people in the story/moral values |
| Definition: quarry | object of the hunt |
| Definition: tangible | having form, or substance |
| Definition: suspense | tension or uncertainty |
| Definition: inferior | less important |
| Definition: condone | to forgive or overlook |
| Definition: plot | events in a story |
| Definition: imperative | neccesary |
| Definition: uncanny | remarkble or outstanding |
| Definition: conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces |
| Definition: scruple | moral character |
| Definition: zealous | intensley enthusiastic |
| Definition: foreshadow | a hint, early in the story, of something that is going to happen later |
| Who wrote "The Necklace"? | Guy de Mau Passant |
| What is the setting of the Necklace? | Paris, in the 1800s, in a rundown apartment, with a tragic, anguished mood |
| Who is the main character? | Madame Loisel |
| List 2 supporting characters. | Monsieur Loisel and Madame Forestier |
| List 2 internal conflicts from the story. | rich vs poor and lie vs truth |
| List 2 themes from the story. | Don't envy what others have AND be happy with yourself |
| Name a static character. | Monsieur Loisel |
| Define a static character. | A character that doesn't change throughout the story. |
| Name a dynamic character. | Madame Loisel |
| Define a dynamic character. | A character that changes throughout the story |
| What point of view is the story written? | Third Person Omniscient |
| What is the main character's reaction to the invintation? | Scornful |
| What is her husband's reaction to the invintation? | Proud |
| At the beginning of the story, how are Madame Loisel and her husband different? | She is unhappy; he is satisfied |
| What 'twist' occurs at the end of the story? | Madame Loisel learns that the necklace was fake |
| What is the pen name of the author of Call of the Wild? | Jack London |
| What are some internal and external conflicts of The Most Dangerous Game? | Internal: Rainsford vs the Fight or Rainsford vs Composure External: Ransford vs Nature or Rainsford vs Dogs |
| What is an example of foreshadowing in The MDG? | The crew being nervous on the ship, or the opening conversations |
| What are the elements of the plot? | Intro: Rainsford with Whitney on a hunting trip to Rio Hook: Zaroff hunts humans Rising Action: Sleeps in a tree, Malay Man Cather, Burmese Tiger Pit, Knife kills Ivan. Climax: Rainsford and Zaroff fight in bedroom CONTD ON NEXT SLIDE |
| Element of plot (cont'd) | Falling Action: Rainsford kills Zaroff Resolution: Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff's bed |
| Definition: aperture | an opening |
| Definition: preclude | to make impossible |
| Definition: subside | to decrease in amount |
| Definition: immolation | death or destruction |
| Definition: termination | to end |
| Definition: repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| Definition: abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| Definition: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| Definition: niter | a white mineral found in most, dark places |
| Definition: irony | refers to the contrast between appearance |
| Definition: dramatic irony | occurs when readers know more about that situation in the story than the character does |
| Definition: verbal irony | when a character states one thing but means another |
| Definition: setting | the time and place of the storie's action |
| Definition: mood | the atmosphere the author creates |
| Definition: imagery | descriptive words that recreate sensory expiriences |
| Definition: suspense | a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions |
| Definition: coat of arms | a specific crest characterizing your family's family |
| Definition: paddy | flooded field where rice is grown |
| Definition: stealth | secret actions or movements |
| Definition: pretended | acted like someone else |
| Definition: fecund | producing much growth |
| Definition: diffuse | unfocused |
| Definition: skirted | to go around the outside of |
| Definition: courage | strength and determination |
| Definition: intertia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| Definition: mortar | muzzle-loading firing weapon for short ranges |
| Definition: giggles | uncontrollable laughter |
| Definition: style | the way a piece of work is written |
| Definition: voice | the personality of the author |
| Definition: flashback | an account of something before the story started |
| Definition: realism | vivid description of what the character sees or does |
| Definition: inferences | something gathered but not outright said |
| Who wrote Charming Billy? | Tim O Brien |
| Who are the major and minor characters of Charming Billy? | PFC Paul Berlin,(main) Doc peret, Billy Boy Watkins, Toby (supporting) |
| The author's style can be best described as: | realistic and informal |
| The only part of the story where Paul Berlin smells a perfumy smell is: | the graveyard |
| What are the 3 tricks Berlin used to pass time? | counting steps, thinking of home, sang |
| Definition: interrogative pronoun | introduces a question |
| Definition: relative pronoun | introduces a subordinate clause |
| Definition: intensive pronoun | emphasizes a noun or pronounn in the same sentence |
| Definition: indefinite pronoun | refers to unidentified persons, places, thins, or ideas |
| Definition: pronoun | a word used in place of a noun. The word it stands for is its antecedant |
| Definition: reflexive pronoun | reflects action back upon the subject of its sentence or clause |
| Definition: demonstrative pronoun | points out specific persons, places, or ideas |
| Definition: action verb | expresses a physical or mental action |
| Definition: helping verbs | combined with verbs to form verb phrases. Also called auxillary verbs. |
| Definition: linking verb | link the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate |
| Definition: transitive verb | action verb that appears with a direct object |
| Definition: intransitive verb | an action verb that appears without a direct object |
| Definition: common noun | nouns refer to general, unspecific categories of entities |
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