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short stories, grammar, of mice and men, a lesson before dying

1
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at the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”, what is Mary Maloney doing?

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happily waiting for her husband

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what are some common helping verbs?

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am, is, are, was, were, being, been, be, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, should, will, would

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which of the narrator’s senses seem heightened throughout “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

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hearing

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how the reader feels about the story

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mood

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what is ironic about the conclusion of this story?

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the men become victims of the land they have been fighting over for years and the feud might very well continue as the men die

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what does Mrs. Mallard whisper repeatedly when she looks out her window?

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“free, free, free”

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common nouns

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names any person, place, or thing
ex: holiday

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what is the true intention of the men being in the forest on this night?

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they are hunting each other

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this period signifies the beginning of the story, setting the scene with main characters, setting, point of view, etc.

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exposition

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10
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what are the two categories of nouns?

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common and proper

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vivid description using the 5 senses to detail

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imagery

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which object in the story symbolizes the narrator’s guilty conscience?

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the sound of the beating heart

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compound nouns

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noun consisting of more than a single word
ex: dining room, physical education, sister-in-law

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14
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true or false:
the paraphernalia the village currently uses for “The Lottery” has been handed down from the original lottery ceremony dating back to 1767

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false

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15
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what Mrs. Maloney’s reaction as her husband gives his “news” to her?

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she is in denial and shock

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what does the narrator mean when he says, “Object there was none. Passion there was none”?

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he didn’t feel anger towards the old man

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17
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“like a goddess of victory” what part of speech is this?

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simile

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helping verbs

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assists the main verb in a sentence

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what was it about the old man that the narrator was obsessed with?

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his eye

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true or false:
Brently Mallard died in a train accident

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false

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21
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who are the final interlopers to show up in the story?

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the wolves

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22
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by what order does Mr. Summers call the villagers by name in “The Lottery”?

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randomly

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23
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this series of events is when loose ends are tied up and the end of our story becomes clearer

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falling action

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24
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“she was drinking in a very elixir of life” what part of speech is this?

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metaphor

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25
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what is a pronoun?

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a word used in place of one or more nouns

26
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what is the dispute between the two men regarding in “The Interlopers”?

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land

27
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what are the three types of verbs?

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action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs

28
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a word or phrase that represents a sound effect

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onomatopoeia

29
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“fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her” what part of speech is this?

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personification

30
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when something is described using contradictory terms

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oxymoron

31
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when authors give human traits to animals or objects

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personification

32
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what is an adverb?

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a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

33
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proper nouns

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names a particular person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter
ex: Christmas

34
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what agreement do the men reach under the tree?

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they choose to let the feud go and call a truce

35
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“feverish triumph” what part of speech is this?

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oxymoron

36
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who does the doctor announce to be dead at the end of “The Story of an Hour”?

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Mrs. Mallard D. Josephine

37
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what are the three most common adjectives?

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a, an, & the

38
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the author’s attitude about her subject/writing

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tone

39
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linking verbs

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connects a subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate

40
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how many people live in this village in “The Lottery”?

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300 people

41
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a literary device involving a discrepancy between what is expected to happen in a story and what actually occurs

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irony

42
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what does Mrs. Mallard suffer from?

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heart trouble

43
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the following sentence from the short story belongs during which portion of its “plot diagram”?
“Now and again, she glanced at the clock, but without anxiety: She merely wanted to satisfy herself that each minute that went by made it nearer the time when he would come home.”

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exposition

44
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what four questions do adjectives answer?

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  1. what kind?
  2. which one?
  3. how many?
  4. how much?
45
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what four questions do adverbs answer?

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  1. where?
  2. when?
  3. how?
  4. to what extent?
46
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a struggle between opposing forces driving the story

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conflict

47
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what is the annual date of “The Lottery” in this village?

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june 27th

48
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what is a noun?

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the name of a person, place, thing, or idea

49
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what is an adjective?

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modifies a noun or pronoun

50
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what is Mrs. Maloney’s husband’s job?

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police officer

51
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the repetition of the same letter/sound in a phrase

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alliteration

52
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this event sets the plot in motion

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inciting incident

53
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Mrs. Maloney rehearsed what she was going to say to:

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the grocer

54
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this is the most dramatic part of the story

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climax

55
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this series of events that continue to drive the action

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rising action

56
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“You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!” What is the narrator trying to explain here?

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that he is sane; a madman would not be able to do what he did

57
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other than running “The Lottery” programming, Mr. Summers was also the owner of:

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the coal buisness

58
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action verbs

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tells what action a subject is performing, has performed, or will perform in the future

59
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collective nouns

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a group of people or things
ex: Jury, flock, family

60
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when do we use pronouns?

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  • to refer to a noun (called its antecedent) that usually comes before the pronoun
  • make our writing clearer, smoother, and less awkward

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