English Test Flashcards

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Who wrote “Can animals think”

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Eugene London

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Who wrote “Dog Star”

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Arthur C. Clark

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Who wrote “a Christmas memory”

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Truman capote

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Who wrote “the most dangerous game”

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Richard Connell

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Who wrote “my father is a simple man”

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Loud Omar salinas

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Who wrote “the world is a wonderful place to be”

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Nikki Giovanni

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Define Carnage

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A killing, slaughter

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Define devious

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Sneaky

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Define dilapidated

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Falling apart; poor condition

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Define luminous

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Glowing

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Define imprudent

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Unwise

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Define prolonged

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Continuing for a long time

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Define prosaic

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Ordinary

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Define protruding

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Sticking out

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Define surmounted

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To overcome

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Define terrestrial

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From this world

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Name the 4 elements of a plot

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Exposition, complication, climax, and resolution

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Name 3 techniques in an oral presentation

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Pitch, volume, rate (or pace)

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What is foreshadowing?

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Hints or clues as what is to come in the story

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What is a flashback?

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To present an episode from the past

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What is the order of important event in the most dangerous game?

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Has discussion with Whitney➡️falls off yacht➡️finds zaroff’s place➡️learns about his hunting➡️realizes he will be hunted➡️kills zaroff➡️wins game

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Double meanings of Dog Star and MDG

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Dog Star: the actual star in Sirius/the dog was a star for saving

MDG: most dangerous game as in a game because it’s dangerous/ humans being the most dangerous “game” because we can reason