English Exam Flashcards
What do quotations add to an article?
Adding quotations adds credibility and insight to an article.
What is a main message?
The main message is the central idea the author wants to convey to the reader.
What is the headline?
The first paragraph that contains the 5ws as well as the most important information.
Person vs. Person conflicts in Ghost boys:
-Jerome and the bullies.
-Carlos and the bullies.
Person vs. Self conflicts in ghost boys
- Sarah’s conflict between forgiving her father.
- Jerome taking the toy gun.
What’s the introduction in the novel Ghost Boys?
-officer Moore standing over Jerome’s dead body.
-goes back in time, with information about Jerome.
What’s the rising action in the novel ghost boys?
-we discover Jerome gets bullied.
-his teacher announces a new student.
-him in Carlos hide and eat in the bathroom.
-the bullies threaten Jerome, and Carlos pulls out a toy gun to protect Jerome.
Whats the climax in the novel ghost boys?
-Jerome takes the toy home to play with and gets shot by a police officer without warning.
What’s the falling action in the novel ghost boys?
-Jerome sees the ghost of a other black boy.
-a preliminary hearing begins.
-he discovers the officers daughter can see him.
-he finds out the black boy is emmett till.
What’s the conclusion in the novel ghost boys?
-Carlos and Jerome’s family have a picnic together on Jerome’s grave.
-Jerome tells the readers to bear witness so stories like this wouldn’t have to be told.
Violence explanation:
The intentional or unintentional use of force or power against a person.
Examples of violence in the novel ghost boys:
-when officer Moore shoots Jerome.
-when emmett tells Jerome how he died.
Bullying explanation:
The repetitive, intentional hurting of a person to another.
Examples of bullying in the novel ghost boys:
When Jerome would walk up to school and get tormented by Eddie, snap, and Mike.
Forgiveness explanation:
The act of letting go of anger or resentment towards someone who’s wronged you.
Examples of forgiveness in the novel ghost boys:
-When Jerome’s grandmother forgave Carlos for giving Jerome the toy gun.
Relationship explanation:
A connection between two or more people.
Examples of relationships in the novel ghost boys:
- Carlos taking Kim to school and befriending her.
-Carlos trying to protect Jerome with the toy gun.
Injustice explanation:
Lack of fairness or justice.
Examples of injustice in the novel ghost boys:
-officer Moore shooting Jerome without taking the right steps to assess.
-emmett getting murdered and the judge letting the men who murdered him roam free.
Grief explanation:
An emotional response to loss.
Examples of grief in the novel ghost boys:
-Carlos making an afrenda of Jerome for day of the dead.
What is the main message in dinner for two?
The main message is that everyone deserves the right and freedom to be who you want to be without worrying of what others think.
What is the introduction in dinner for two?
-Jenny cooking dinner, the same meal at the same time.
-we learn that Gerald is a perfectionist and quick to scold.
What is the raising action in dinner for two?
-jenny greets Gerald at the door.
-they don’t have children, and Jenny doesn’t want any.
-her mom was a nervous woman.
-her mom always thought her husband was trying to poison her.
What is the climax in dinner for two?
-Gerald realizes Jenny poisoned herself to frame him.
What is the falling action in dinner for two?
-Gerald attempts to get Jenny to confess to poisoning herself.
-he realizes she won’t admit to anything.
What is the conclusion to dinner for two?
-She begins to feel free now that she is dying.
What are the conflicts in dinner for two?
-person vs. Self -> Jenny and herself
-person vs. Person -> Jenny and Gerald
-person vs. Society -> Jenny and society standards.
Character development in dinner for two:
Jenny - as the story progresses, we learn that Jenny isn’t actually haply with her life. She doesn’t like cooking, having the same routine every day just to serve her husband.
The themes in dinner for two:
- injustice -> the way women were told to act.
What is the main message in OTSB?
The main message is to never judge a book by it cover. After Andy died, when the police and his girlfriend find him, the officer only saw him as a royal, not who he truly was.
Character development in OTSB:
-Andy -> in the beginning we see Andy as a thug in a fight with his rivals after buying cigarettes which we stereotyped him as nothing but a thug. As the story continues we realize that’s never what Andy wanted. He wanted to leave the Bronx, live in the suburbs, and have children with his girlfriend Laura.
Themes in OTSB:
-injustice -> no one helped because of their misjudgment of Andy.
Conflicts in OTSB:
-person vs. Person -> royals and Guardians.
- person vs. Self -> andy and himself + Freddie and himself.
