A | B |
ambidextrous | able to use both hands |
augument | to make larger |
dour | stern, gloomy |
opulent | wealth |
reiterate | to say again |
deploy | to arrange |
fortitude | courage |
tentative | uncertain |
benevolent | kind |
cursory | hasty |
comtemplate one's future | muse |
showing extreme attention to details | meticulous |
stare at in amazement | gape |
a deceptive appearance | guise |
look over carefuly and critically | scrutinize |
What is the subject? The girls' basketball team elected Mary as the captain. | tean |
What is the verb? Call me after school. | call |
You (was, were) responsible for getting the costumes. | were |
In most insects, a network of tubes (carries, carry) air throughout the body. | carries |
What is the type of poetry that tells a story? | narrative |
What is the type of poetry that is briek and reveals the author's innermost feelings? | lyric |
What is the type of poetry that presents characters in tense situations who speak? | dramatic |
What is a comparison using like or as? | simile |
What is giving a human characteristics to non human things? | personification |
What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds? | alliteration |
What is a comparison between 2 things? | metaphor |
What is something that stands for something larger than itself? | symbol |
What is a reference to a person, place, or event from literature, history | allusion |
What is the main character | protagonist |
opposition between 2 forces | conflict |
code of behavior for medieval knights | chivalry |
a long, perilous journey in search of something of value | quest |
imitation of a work of literature | parody |
the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature | theme |
traditional story that is roted in a particular culture, is basically religious, severs to explain a belief | myth |
The romance as a form of literature developed in | France |
Romances began in the ___ century | 12th |
The primary purposes of romances was to celebrate the ideals of | chivalry |
Wandering story singers are called | troubadours |
The key word in the trial of Jefferson is | hog |
Grant's students send Jefferson | a bag of pecans |
The woman whom Grant confides his feelings is | Vivian Baptiste |
An African-American sports figure who serves as a hero in the novel is | Jackie Robinson |
Everyone (was,were) offered a prize. | was |
opposite of "perpetuate" | discontinue |
opposite of "amicable" | quarrelsom |
opposite of "exhilarate" | depress |
opposite of "inclement" | pleasant |
opposite of "pliable" | rigid |
Sentence/Fragment During the nigt of the huge storm | fragment |
Sentence/Fragment I like the book she likes the movie. | fragment |
Sentence/Fragment Bring your books to class. | sentence |
What is the subject? There is a football game tonight. | game |
William Shakespeare is my favorite "poet". | predicate noun |
The principal wrote "me" a letter. | indirect object |
The necklace s "beautiful". | predicate adjective |
The students took the "exam" on Friday. | direct object |
The winner of the lottery is "Julie". | predicate noun |
Alex or the other boys (is, are) going to the game. | are |
The other boys or Alex (is, are) going to the game. | is |
Alex and Emily(is, are) sisters. | are |
The machine is not being nice to me. What is the poetic device | personification |
My mother washed (her,his) car last Saturday. | her |
Peanut butter and jelly (is, are) my favorite type of sandwich. | is |
Grant teaches | in a church |
The reader learns that ___ is the narrator of the novel. | Grant Wiggins. |