English Test Flashcards
Who wrote “Can animals think”
Eugene London
Who wrote “Dog Star”
Arthur C. Clark
Who wrote “a Christmas memory”
Truman capote
Who wrote “the most dangerous game”
Richard Connell
Who wrote “my father is a simple man”
Loud Omar salinas
Who wrote “the world is a wonderful place to be”
Nikki Giovanni
Define Carnage
A killing, slaughter
Define devious
Sneaky
Define dilapidated
Falling apart; poor condition
Define luminous
Glowing
Define imprudent
Unwise
Define prolonged
Continuing for a long time
Define prosaic
Ordinary
Define protruding
Sticking out
Define surmounted
To overcome
Define terrestrial
From this world
Name the 4 elements of a plot
Exposition, complication, climax, and resolution
Name 3 techniques in an oral presentation
Pitch, volume, rate (or pace)
What is foreshadowing?
Hints or clues as what is to come in the story
What is a flashback?
To present an episode from the past
What is the order of important event in the most dangerous game?
Has discussion with Whitney➡️falls off yacht➡️finds zaroff’s place➡️learns about his hunting➡️realizes he will be hunted➡️kills zaroff➡️wins game
Double meanings of Dog Star and MDG
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
