Unit 1, pages 2 - 49 Flashcards
“I Meet the Sheriff”
a trapped pheasant
“The Boy from Northfield”
Dwight L. Moody
“Alas, Poor Annabelle!”
the Woodlawn family
“Pierce Arrow”
a unique family car
“Keeping House”
Almanzo
“Dr. Johnson and His Father”
a bookseller
“Mama and the Graduation Present”
a brooch
“Stolen Day”
inflammatory rheumatism
“A heart that gave out such a glow
No son awake could bear to know.”
The Secret Heart
He guided the trembling feet along;
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Somebody’s Mother
I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
A Time to Talk
His hands are gentle with beast of child
And strong as hardwood timber.
Father
“Keeping House”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
“A Time to Talk”
Robert Frost
“A Smile as Small as Mine”
Emily Dickinson
O. Henry was famous for his surprise endings. Explain in three or four sentences what the surprise ending is in “After Twenty Years.”
Bob, who was waiting for his friend Jimmy, had become a criminal. The policeman who first talked to Bob was really Jimmy, but when Jimmy saw Bob’s face, he knew that his friend was wanted. Jimmy then went to find a plain-clothes detective who pretended to be Jimmy are arrested Bob.
