english midterm

Question 1

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

Answer 1

happily waiting for her husband

Question 2

what are some common helping verbs?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

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

Answer 3

hearing

Question 4

how the reader feels about the story

Answer 4

mood

Question 5

what is ironic about the conclusion of this story?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

“free, free, free”

Question 7

common nouns

Answer 7

names any person, place, or thing
ex: holiday

Question 8

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

Answer 8

they are hunting each other

Question 9

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

Answer 9

exposition

Question 10

what are the two categories of nouns?

Answer 10

common and proper

Question 11

vivid description using the 5 senses to detail

Answer 11

imagery

Question 12

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

Answer 12

the sound of the beating heart

Question 13

compound nouns

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

false

Question 15

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

Answer 15

she is in denial and shock

Question 16

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

Answer 16

he didn’t feel anger towards the old man

Question 17

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

Answer 17

simile

Question 18

helping verbs

Answer 18

assists the main verb in a sentence

Question 19

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

Answer 19

his eye

Question 20

true or false:
Brently Mallard died in a train accident

Answer 20

false

Question 21

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

Answer 21

the wolves

Question 22

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

Answer 22

randomly

Question 23

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

Answer 23

falling action

Question 24

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

Answer 24

metaphor

Question 25

what is a pronoun?

Answer 25

a word used in place of one or more nouns

Question 26

what is the dispute between the two men regarding in "The Interlopers"?

Answer 26

land

Question 27

what are the three types of verbs?

Answer 27

action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs

Question 28

a word or phrase that represents a sound effect

Answer 28

onomatopoeia

Question 29

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

Answer 29

personification

Question 30

when something is described using contradictory terms

Answer 30

oxymoron

Question 31

when authors give human traits to animals or objects

Answer 31

personification

Question 32

what is an adverb?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

proper nouns

Answer 33

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

Question 34

what agreement do the men reach under the tree?

Answer 34

they choose to let the feud go and call a truce

Question 35

"feverish triumph" what part of speech is this?

Answer 35

oxymoron

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Mrs. Mallard D. Josephine

Question 37

what are the three most common adjectives?

Answer 37

a, an, & the

Question 38

the author's attitude about her subject/writing

Answer 38

tone

Question 39

linking verbs

Answer 39

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

Question 40

how many people live in this village in "The Lottery"?

Answer 40

300 people

Question 41

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

Answer 41

irony

Question 42

what does Mrs. Mallard suffer from?

Answer 42

heart trouble

Question 43

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."

Answer 43

exposition

Question 44

what four questions do adjectives answer?

Answer 44

1. what kind? 2. which one? 3. how many? 4. how much?

Question 45

what four questions do adverbs answer?

Answer 45

1. where? 2. when? 3. how? 4. to what extent?

Question 46

a struggle between opposing forces driving the story

Answer 46

conflict

Question 47

what is the annual date of "The Lottery" in this village?

Answer 47

june 27th

Question 48

what is a noun?

Answer 48

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

Question 49

what is an adjective?

Answer 49

modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 50

what is Mrs. Maloney's husband's job?

Answer 50

police officer

Question 51

the repetition of the same letter/sound in a phrase

Answer 51

alliteration

Question 52

this event sets the plot in motion

Answer 52

inciting incident

Question 53

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

Answer 53

the grocer

Question 54

this is the most dramatic part of the story

Answer 54

climax

Question 55

this series of events that continue to drive the action

Answer 55

rising action

Question 56

"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?

Answer 56

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

Question 57

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

Answer 57

the coal buisness

Question 58

action verbs

Answer 58

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

Question 59

collective nouns

Answer 59

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

Question 60

when do we use pronouns?

Answer 60

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