The Dinner Party Flashcards

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Which point of view is a story told from

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A third person omniscient

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How is suspense used in this piece

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The American naturalist realizes there’s a snake under the table and wants to keep everyone safe

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How does the young women in the story act

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She argues women have moved past the stage of jumping on a chair at the site of an ounce and always needing to help a man

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Simile

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Comparison of two things using the words like or as

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Quote The simile in this piece

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“The people sit like stones images well he counts”

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Hyphenated

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Use a-between words used as a one thought modifier immediately before and a noun

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Quote A hyphenated modifier in the piece

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Jumping-on-A-chair-at-site-of-A-mouse era

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Why is the setting in this piece important. Remember all that setting involves

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India in the early 1900s, when women were predominantly rearing children and keeping houses

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Naturalist

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one who studies living things, especially plants or animals by observing them directly

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Arresting

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demanding the attention striking

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Sober

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to make or become serious and quiet

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forfeit

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to lose as a penalty for some error or failore

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name similarities and irrelevances of bromm and ichabod

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I: Intelligent, ugly, school teacher
b: illi

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