| A | B |
|---|
| expresses an action or state of being | verb |
| modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb | adverb |
| shows emotion | interjection |
| names a person, place, thing, or idea | noun |
| shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word | preposition |
| connects words or word groups | conjunction |
| used in place of a noun | pronoun |
| modifies a noun or a pronoun | adjective |
| Which is a noun? girl or think | girl |
| Which is a preposition, many or into? | into |
| Which is a pronoun there or himself? | himself |
| Which is an interjection within or ouch? | ouch |
| Which is an adverb, hurry or quickly? | quickly |
| Which is a conjunction, run or and? | and |
| Which is a verb, slowly or jump? | jump |
| Which is an adjective, dog or red? | red |
| Pam is ( older, more older) of the two. | older |
| Of the three dogs, the cocker spaniel obeys ( better, best). | best |
| The machinery is working ( less efficiently, least efficiently) than it did yesterday. | less efficiently |
| What is the ( more, most) mountainous state in the US? | most |
| A work of fiction that centers on a single idea and can be read in one sitting is | short story |
| The ___ is at the beginning of a story and gives background information. | exposition |
| The conflict of a short story is resolved in the | falling action |
| The message about life that the author tries to get across to the reader is called | theme |
| time and place | setting |
| a person in a story | character |
| highest point in a story | climax |
| conversation between 2 characters | dialogue |
| use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot | foreshadowing |
| Kate | Helen's mother |
| Keller | Helen's father |
| Helen | a blind and deaf girl |
| Annie Sullivan | Helen's new teacher |
| James | Helen's half brother |
| Viney | the family's cook |
| Aunt Ev | the Keller's relative |
| Anagnos | Perkins Institution director |
| Martha | a servant's daughter |
| Percy | a servant's son |
| When Della realized she had only $1.87 to spend on Christmas, she ( cried, got angry). | cried |
| Jim's middle name on their mailbox was a sign of ( prestige, former prosperity) | former prosperity |
| Della's most valued possession was ( her beauty, her long hair) | her long hair |
| Both Della and Jim acted with ( hope, generosity). | generosity |
| Madame Loisel was a pretty and charming woman who ( complained, laughed) | complained |
| Madame Loisel had been avoiding her wealthy friend who later ( loaned, bought) the diamond necklace. | loaned |
| Verbal irony occurs when Fortunato says one thing but means another. Which is an example of it? Montresor's words are kind, but his intentins are cruel or Montresor is genuinely polite to Fortunato. | Montresor's words are kind, but his intentions are cruel |
| Montresor calls Fortunato "dear" is verbal or dramatic irony | verbal irony |
| Montresor declines to take Fortunato into his vault is verbal or situational irony | verbal irony |
| The ice show drew a ( more small, smaller) crowd than the hockey game. | smaller |
| The album is the (better, best) of the five. | best |
| citizen of a foreign country | alien |
| noisy, heated quarrel | altercation |
| careful to consider all possibilities | circumspect |
| seize for military purposes | commandeer |
| loose in one's morals or behavior | dissolute |
| one who lives by plunder or robbery | brigand |
| bring to a conclusion | terminate |
| rescue property in danger | salvage |
| make indistinct by wearing away | efface |
| rise superior to | surmount |
| distract attention from the intended point of attack | feint |
| holding stubbornly to one's own judgment | opinionated |
| choice between two undesirable courses of action | dilemma |
| without unnecessary words | terse |
| differ in opinion | dissent |
