Language Arts 1-20 Flashcards
This poet wrote, “The Lord in His wisdom made the fly,/ And then forgot to tell us why.” Another of his humorous works states, “The cow is of the bovine ilk;/ One end is moo, the other is milk.” Identify this man, who wrote more than five hundred humorous, ryming verses.
Ogden Nash
After vanquishing his enemy with fire, this character travels to a nearby village, where he is adopted by Messua and her husband. As a child, he befriends Bagheera [bug-EER-uh], learns the law of the jungle from Baloo, and hunts with his brother wolves. Name the human protagonist of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.
Mowgli
First and last name answer required. On September 28, 1948, she delivered a speech at the Sorbonne in hopes of encouraging totalitarian governments to reconsider their policies. As a delegate to the United Nations, she spoke about “The Struggle for Human Rights” to encourage non-compliant states to adopt the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Identify this formr first lady, who was married to the country’s only four-term president.
Eleanor Roosevelt
As a stand alone word, it means “an expanse or area of land.” As a Latin root, it can follow “ex-,” “sub-,” “con-,” and “dis-.” What Latin root means “to pull?”
Tract
As a verb, this word can mean “to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.” As a noun, it can refer to a person who inspires a creative artist. What word, in Greek mythology, refers to any of the nine sister goddesses who ruled the arts?
Muse
As a verb, this this four-letter word means “to look narrowly or searchingly.” As a noun, it may name a British noble, or a person equal to you in a social status or ability. What is this word that sometimes appears before “pressure”?
Peer
This French phrase can refer to meat braised with vegetables in wine. As it literally means “in the fashion,” it also describes anything stylish or popular. Name the phrase that, to most Americans, denotes apple pie served with ice cream.
A la mode
Identify the following sentence’s predicate adjective: As long as it happens to somebody else, anything can be funny.
Funny
This word comes from the Italian word for “your servant” or “slave.” At four letters long, it is a short, informal way of saying goodbye. What is this word, which sounds like a breed of dog?
Ciao [CHOW]
How many prepositional phrases does the following sentenced contain? At home, I tossed the note from Pam into the trash can.
Three
This character attaches himself to a roc, which flies him to a valley of diamonds. At one point, the Old Man of the Sea enslaves him, but he escapes with a fortune. Name this merchant, who takes seven sea voyages in The Thousand and One Nights.
Sinbad the Sailor
Thie president delivered a speech outlining America’s support for West Berlin, almost two years after communists erected the Berlin Wall. At Rice University, he spoke of America’s decision to put a man on the moon. Which president, in his inaugural address, proclaimed, “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country”?
John F(itzgerald) Kennedy
Identify the verb tense in the following sentence: At six p.m., they will have danced for six hours.
Future Perfect Tense
When she dies, her will makes provisions that free her slave Jim. At the novel’s opening, she forces her sister’s ward, Huck, to attend church and school. Name this self-righteous woman from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Miss Watson
Locations in theis novel inclue the Inventing, Nut, and Television Rooms, as well as the Great Glass Elevator. Augustus, Veruca, Violet, and Mike all eliminate themselves from the Golden Ticket competition, leaving the title character to inherit Willy Wonka’s business. What is this classic Roald Dahl novel?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
