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115 Cards in this Set
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What is fiction?
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Fiction is prose writing that tells about characters and events from the author's imagination
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What is the plot?
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the sequence of events that takes you through a story
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What do all works of fiction share?
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certain basic elements
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What does the plot of a story includes?
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the conflict and resolution
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What does the exposition do?
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indroduced the setting
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What is the setting?
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the time and the place of the story, the characters, and the basic situation
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What does the rising action do?
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introduces the conflict
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What does the climax do?
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the turning point of a story
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What does the falling action do?
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the part of the story when the conflict lessens
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What does the resolution do?
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a story's conclusion
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What is the conflict?
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a struggle between opposing forces
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What are the different types of conflict?
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-Man vs. God
-Man vs. Self -Man vs. Nature -Man vs. Man -Man vs. Technology -Man vs. Society |
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What type of conflict is an internal conflict?
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takes place in mind of a character
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What type of conflict is an external conflict?
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one in which a character struggles with an outside force or another person
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What is the mood?
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the overall feeling that the work evokes in the reader
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What is a point of view
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the perspective from which a story is told
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What is the first person point of view?
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the perspective of a character in the story
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What is the third person point of view?
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the perspective of a narrator outside the story
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What is the theme?
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a message about life that a story conveys to its reader
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What is the mood?
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the overall feeling that the work evokes in the reader
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What are the three author's purposes?
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-to inform
-to persuade -to entertain |
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What is nonfiction?
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deal with only real people, events, and/or ideas
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In the story "Hamadi", where was Susan's father born?
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Palestine
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In "Hamadi", how does Susan's father stay in touch with his relatives in the Middle East?
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He travels back to his homeland once a year.
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In "Hamadi", why does Susan find her uncles dull?
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The mostly shop and watch television.
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Hamadi chooses to live in an old hotel rather than in a more modern apartment. What does this choice tell you about him?
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He values simplicity more than outward appearances
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What character trait does the author reveal about Sunsan when she writes "Susan didn't want a boyfriend"?
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Independence
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How would you describe Hamadi based on this excerpt from the story?
"A white handkerchief spread across a tabletop, my two extra shoes lined by the wall, this spells 'home' to me, this says 'mi casa.' What more do I need?" |
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Which of the following terms best describes Hamadi's relationship with Susan?
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grandfather
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What advice does Hamadi give to people he meets?
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People should eat six small meals a day.
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Susan visits Hamadi, invites him caroling, and comforts her friend Tracy. What do these things tell you about her?
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She is generous and compassionate.
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Why does Susan invite Hamadi to go caroling with her and her friends?
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She is tired of being with the same people all the time.
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How does Hamadi react to Susan's invitaion to go caroling?
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He is thrilled.
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At the start of "Who Can Replace a Man?", what is the setting?
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A gray, worn-out field
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What clue does the author of "Who Can Replace a Man?" give to suggest that the field-minder is not human?
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He refers to the field-minder as "it".
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", what prevents the seed-destributor from giving the seed potatoes to the field-minder?
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Ther machine that unlocks the storage area has not arrived.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", why does he field-minder turn over topsoil when the land should have time to rest between plantings?
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It follows the orders it was given.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", how is the penner different from the field-minder?
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It is smaller and does clerical work.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", what has happened to the humans?
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They have died of starvation.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", what are machines with a higher-class brain able to do?
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They have larger vocabularies and think ahead.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", why do the machines release the radio operator from its room?
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Because it orders them to release it.
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How does the geography change as the machines in "Who Can Replace a Man?" travel cross-country?
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The land becomes cracked and eroded.
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Why does the quarrier in "Who Can Replace a Man?" keep repeating the same sentence?
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Its brain cannot go beyond a certain level.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", how is the country side safer for the machines than the city?
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There are fewer machines to fight.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", what information does the flying machine announce?
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Some men are still alive in the mountains.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", how do the machines respond when the penner falls and breaks?
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They leave it and continue on.
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In "Who Can Replace a Man?", what doe the machines do when the surviving man turns to them?
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They follow his order to find food.
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Read "Hamadi"
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"Hamadi" is read.
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Read "Raymond's Run"
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"Raymond's Run" is read.
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Read "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi"
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"Cub Pilot on the Mississippi" is Read
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Read "Who Can Replace a Man?"
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"Who Can Replace a Man?" is read.
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Read "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is read.
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What does the this passage from "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi" tell you about how young Twain feels about Brown?
"He was a middle-aged, long, slim, bony, smooth-shaven, horse-faced, ignorant, stingy, malicious , snrling, fault-hunting, mote magnifying tyrant." |
Twain dislikes Brown intnsely.
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What doe you predict is the possibility of Twain and Brown ever getting along, based on Twain's first experiences with the pilot?
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Twain and Brown will never get along well.
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What is Twain feeling in this line from "Cub Pilot"?
"As soon as I could get my voice I said apologetically, 'I have no orders, sir.' " |
Discomfort
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In "Cub Pilot," George Ealer, Ritchie's boss, is the opposite of Brown. Which word describes George Ealet?
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Kindhearted
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What does Twain's friend, George Ritchies, like to do in "Cub Pilot"?
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Tease Twain about Brown
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Twain tries to hold his temper when Brown gets angry. What does this describe?
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Twain's internal conflict.
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Why does Brown command Twain to "round the boat to"?
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Brown wants Twain to fail so he can yell at him.
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In "Cub Pilot", why does Brown not hear Henry's shouted instructrion to stop at the landing?
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He is deaf.
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Which sentence best desctibes how the captain treats Twain after Twain's attack on Brown?
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The captain supports Twain.
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What does Twain find out about himself after the conflict with Brown?
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He finds out that he has courage.
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How do you predict that Twain would have reacted to Brown's insults if Henry had not been in danger?
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Twain would have held in his anger, as usual.
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Which personal quality does Twain discover as a result of his conflict with Brown?
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Courage
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Why do you think Brown examines Twain's shoes so carefully?
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To make Twain feel uncomfortable and self-conscious
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What conflict would be described using Twain versus Brown?
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Man vs. Man
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Which conflict would be described using Twain verses his anger?
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Man vs. self
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Squeaky got her nickname because she has a squeaky voice. Why is she also called Mercury?
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She is the fastest thing in the neighborhood.
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How does Squeaky feel about the fact that she has to take care of Raymond?
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She is very protective fo him
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Why does Squeaky keep Raymond near the sides of the city buildings?
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He sometimes runs into the street.
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When Squeaky ses Gretchen and her friends, why is she concerned?
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She is concerned because they might make fun of Raymond
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When Squeaky says that Raymond is "not quite right," she means that...
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He is mentally challenged
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When Mary Louise asks Raymond what grade he is in, her tone is...
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mocking.
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Which of the following best defines Gretchen's role in "Raymond's Run"?
a. Someone who competes with Squeaky b. Somone who fights with Squeaky c. Someone who stands up for Squeaky |
a. Someone who competes with Sqeaky
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What does Squeaky know about the new girl Gretchen?
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She is a good runner.
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What can you tell about Squeaky's personality from thsi passage?
"You'd think she'd be glad her daughter ain't out there prancing around the May Pole getting the new clothes all dirty and sweaty trying to act like a fairy or flower..." |
She thinks the May Pole is a silly waste of time
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Is Squeaky planning to train Raymond as her champion part of th rising action?
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No
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Squeaky adn Gretchen are Talented runners who each want to win the May Day race. What part of the plot does this statement describe?
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the conflict
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What statement is a reasonable prediction of Squeaky's response to Mr. Pearson's hints that Squeaky should let Gretchen win the race?
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She will reject the hint with scorn.
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The resolution of "Raymond's Run" occurs when...
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Squeaky decides to become Raymond's track coach.
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fantasy
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-noun
-a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic |
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satin
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-adjective
-a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture. |
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chugging
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-adjective
-a short, dull, explosive sound |
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congradulate
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-verb
-to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion |
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pageant
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-noun
-an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats. |
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periscope
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-noun
-an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used esp. in submarines. |
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recipe
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-a set of instructions for making or preparing something, esp. a food dish |
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apprenticeship
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-a person who works for another in order to learn a trade |
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tyrant
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-noun
-a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly. |
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vigorous
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-powerful in action or effect |
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aloft
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-high up; far above the ground |
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blunder
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-a gross, stupid, or careless mistake |
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dialect
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-noun
-a special variety of a language |
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environment
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-the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings |
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distinctions
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-adjective
-the noting of differences between things |
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refugees
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-people who flee from their homes in times of trouble |
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melancholy
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-adjective
-sad;depressed |
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acute
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-sensitive;sharp |
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distinctness
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-clarity; awareness of detail |
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ceased
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-stopped |
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derision
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-comtempt |
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consequently
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-adverb
-as a result |
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evidently
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-adverb
-obviously; clearly |
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respectively
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-in precisely the order given |
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dexterity
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-noun
-skill using the hands or body |
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What is a noun?
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person, place, thing, or idea
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What is a compound noun?
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two words put together to form one word
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What is a collective noun?
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a single group of things or people
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When do you capitalize a noun?
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when it is a proper noun
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What are pronouns?
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pronouns are words that take the place of a noun
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What are the personal pronouns?
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I,me, mine, your, you, yours, us, our, ours, he, him, his, hers, she, her, it, its
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What are the demostrative pronouns?
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this, that, these, those
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What are verbs?
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an action word or a state of being
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What are action verbs?
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verbs that make the subject do something
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What are linking verbs?
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verbs that link two nouns
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