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wfeng review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Verbs:action, auxiliary(helping verb), transitive, intransitive, linking, verb phrases | Action verb: an action verb expresses a physical or mental action Auxiliary(helping verb):combined with verbs to form verb phrases LV:link the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate Tran:an action verb with DO Int:an action verb without DO |
| What is a pronoun? | A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun. |
| What is Subordinate clause? | Has a subject and verb but is not a complete thought. |
| What is Reflexive? | Reflects on the subject of the sentence. EX:herself himself themselves |
| What is Relative? | Introduces a subordinate clause. EX:who what when |
| What is Interrogative? | Introduces a question. EX:who what when |
| What is Demonstrative? | Points out a noun. EX:this thst these those |
| What is Possessive pronoun? | Shows ownership. EX:his hers theirs |
| What is Antecedent? | The noun to which the pronoun refers. |
| What is Indefinite? | Not definite EX:few many one some |
| What is Intensive? | Repeats to magnify or intensify the meaning. EX:herself himself themselves |
| Who is the author of The Most Dangerous Game? | Richard Connell |
| Significant fact about Richard Connell | Won the O Henry Memorial Award in 1924, traveled the world, graduated from Harvard,went through WW1 |
| Setting of The most dangerous game | Ship trap Island in the Caribbean Sea, 21th Century, dark thick night, hot crew on ship are nervous |
| main characters in TMDG and supportive characters | Rainsford, Zaroff/Whitney, Ivan, dog |
| internal conflict in TMDG External conflict | rainsford VS the fight,/rainsford vs zaroff, rainsford vs ivan |
| TMDG Vocab quarry | the object of the hunt |
| tangible | with form and easy to describe |
| suspense | uncertainly or tension in the story |
| inferior | less important |
| condone | to forgive or overlook |
| plot | important events in the story |
| imperative | necessary |
| uncanny | remarkable, outstanding |
| conflict | struggle between 2 opposing forces or people |
| scruple | moral uneasiness |
| zealous | intensely enthusiastic |
| foreshadow | hint early in the story of some thing that will happen later on |
| introduction(exposition) of TMDG | rainsford and whitney are on a ship in the Caribbean headed to Rio to hunt jaguar |
| The hook of TMDG | R'sford finds that z'rf hunt human |
| Rising action of TMDG | sleeps in a tree |
| climax of TMDG | z'rf and r'sford in bedroom |
| falling action of tmdg | r'sford killed z'rf |
| resolution of tmdg | r'sford sleeps in z'rf bed |
| z'rf calls hunting game what? | outdoor chess |
| tree traps for tmdg | 1. malay man catcher 2.burmese tiger pit 3.vganda (native tricks) |
| Vocab for Cast of Amontillado aperture | an opening |
| preclude | to make impossible |
| subside | to decrease in amount |
| immolation | death or destruction |
| termonation | to end |
| repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| Vocab for the necklace 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 |
| paste | imitation or fake gems |
| seine | river in paris |
| franc | monetary unit in france in 1800's |
| character | people in a story or a peronality trait |
| Facts of The Necklace | Guy de Maupassant, he is also the greatest French writer ever setting:in Paris, 1800's, rundown apartment Main character:Madame Loisel Other characters:Monsieur Loisel and Madame Forestier Internal conflicts:rich vs poor, needs vs wants |
| Theme of The necklace | be happy what you have be yourself |
| The necklace | was wrote in third person omniscient |
| Call of the wild | Pen name of author:Jack London real name:John Griffith setting:1897, a place in Canada near to Alaska Main character:Buck, Thorton Minor:Choyle(thorton's GF), Mercedes(girl that died in lake), Spitz(the old lead dog) |
| why did Spitz that Buck's sleeping place? | because Spitz didn't like Buck being treated special |
| vocabs for where have you gone charming billy? paddy | flooded field where rice is grown |
| stealth | secret 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 |
| inertia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| mortar | muzzle-loading firing weapon for short ranges |
| giigles | uncontrollable laughter |
| style | the way a piece of work is written |
| voice | the personality of the author |
| falshback | an account of something before the story started |
| realism | vivid descriptions of what the character sees ro does |
| infernces | something gathered but not outright said |
| where have you gone charming billy? | author O'brien(quaified to write about the war because he went through the war) setting:Vietnam1965~1973 Mood is fearful social condition:political unrest Characters: PFC Paul Berlin(main) DOCTER Peret, Billy Boy watkins, Toby(buff) goal;physical,get |
| "" | to the sea mental: control his fear |
| what did he do to keep from being scared | counted sang thought of his father |
| what is 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 a idea, quality or state |
| singular noun | one person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | a praticular person place thing or idea |
| collective noun | name of a group of people or things |
| compound noun | Ex:watermelon |
| common noun | general name for a person place or thing |
| some lit terms:irony | refers to the contrast between appearance and reality |
| dramatic irony | occurs when readers know more about the situation in the story than a character does |
| 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 |
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