ELA 30-2 Diploma Text

Question 1

Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-Time

Answer 1

Mark Haddon

Question 2

Director of the Peanut Butter Falcon

Answer 2

Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz

Question 3

Main character in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Answer 3

Oskar

Question 4

The name of Christopher’s pet rat

Answer 4

Toby

Question 5

Mrs. Shears’s dog was named this?

Answer 5

Wellington

Question 6

The name of Elroy Berdahl’s lodge?

Answer 6

The Tip Top Lodge

Question 7

Why was Tim O’Brien wanting to flee to Canada?

Answer 7

He was conscripted to fight in the Vietnam war. He thought he was too good for the war. So he thought about fleeing to avoid his civic duty.

Question 8

Spell the author’s name of “On the Rainy River”.

Answer 8

T-I-M O-‘-B-R-I-E-N

Question 9

Where is Midnight Dogrib Runner’s set?

Answer 9

Fort Smith, NWT, Canada

Question 10

Who is the author of Midnight Dogrib Runners?

Answer 10

Richard Van Camp

Question 11

Define Despair

Answer 11

Hopeless or a loss of hope

Question 12

Define Endeavour

Answer 12

to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive:

Question 13

Define Foreboding

Answer 13

A strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.;
presentiment.

Question 14

Define Gullible

Answer 14

easily deceived or cheated.

Question 15

Define Impending

Answer 15

about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.

Question 16

Define Monotonous

Answer 16

Lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.

Question 17

Define Predatory

Answer 17

pertaining to, or characterized by plunder, pillage, robbery, or exploitation:
predatory tactics.

Question 18

Define Reconcile

Answer 18

Reconcile: to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was
reconciled to his fate.

Question 19

Define Suppress

Answer 19

To put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress
the Communist party.

Question 20

Define Traditionalist

Answer 20

Adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.

Question 21

Define Vivid

Answer 21

Strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.

Question 22

Define Withdrawn

Answer 22

Removed from circulation, contact, competition: shy, reticent

Question 23

Define irony

Answer 23

you expect something to happen but the opposite actually happens.

Question 24

Define metaphor

Answer 24

comparison made between two things that are unalike. A way of saying something without saying it.

Question 25

Define personification

Answer 25

Giving life like features to an object

Question 26

Define onomatopoeia

Answer 26

using words to imitate the sound associated with sounds or objects. BOING

Question 27

Define hyperbole

Answer 27

an exaggeration

Question 28

Define Allusion

Answer 28

reference to something like a book within a different story.

Question 29

Define Oxymoron

Answer 29

figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear next to each other JUMBO SHRIMP.

Question 30

Define Simile

Answer 30

a comparison using like or as.

Question 31

Define Analogy

Answer 31

A comparison between two different things to highlight some point of similarity. “As a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer”.

Question 32

Format of a speech

Answer 32

Hook
Address your audience/thank them
Introduce oneself - use name provided from diploma
Explain why you are speaking to them today
Bring up 3 main points
Personal anecdote/joke
Thank them for their time
Finalize with main point.

Question 33

Format of a Literary Essay

Answer 33

Intro:
Hook/explore the topic
Introduce the text, author and character in use
Introduce your personal connection
Thesis

Body 1 - Text 3 examples.

Body 2 - personal example.

Conclusion:
restate thesis
reintroduce text/author and character
End with a mic drop.

Question 34

Format of a VR

Answer 34

Write a response about an image. Come up with an idea. Use evidence from the photo to prove it.
Add a personal example or relate it to your life in some way.
End with a summary response.
(shorter response)