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Emo Short Stories and Mythlogy for the Common Freshman © 2006 by Mr. Mayers Pretty Powerful Poetry The Curious Incident of Mice and Men Literary Terms…Wait, what? IDK Vocabulary Grammar fo yo Grandma
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Back Statue imagery Faulkner uses _______ to describe Miss Emily as a “fallen monument” or “idol”.
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Crystal Stair Back Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” uses the image of what in order to contrast the realities of life?
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Sherlock Holmes Back Christopher’s major influence in solving mysteries can be attributed to what literary character?
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personification Back What is the process of providing human qualities to inanimate objects?
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vex Back IDK what it means to annoy or irritate
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adjective Back What is the part of speech? I took the longest flight out of Texas.
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Hybris, or Excessive Pride Back Though Heracles suffered from excessive emotions, he did not suffer from what?
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Returned love Back According to the speaker in “Luxury”, what does the speaker reveal as the ultimate luxury?
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He cannot tell lies. Back Christopher’s inability to understand jokes is difficult because of what reason?
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hyperbole Back “Seeing the whole world with the push of a button.”
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apocryphal Back IDK what it means when something is false but seemingly true.
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adverb Back What is the part of speech? They actively participated in the discussion of literature.
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Cleaning of the Augean Stables Back Which of Heracles’ labors was the most degrading and did not officially count because he received payment for it?
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Confident, stern, straightforward, motivation, persevering Back Name one tone that Hughes uses to illustrate the attitude of the speaker in “Mother to Son”?
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Not give her a name Back In order to demonstrate the brotherhood of men and the threat of women towards that brotherhood, Steinbeck chooses to do what for Curley’s wife?
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Tone Back Passionate, arrogant, insulting, personal, proud, and foreboding are all examples of what?
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mollify Back IDK what it means to pacify or make less severe.
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Predicate nominative Back The person who won was Elyssa. Elyssa is acting as the predicate nominative or predicate adjective of the sentence?
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3rd Person Omniscient Back The “Lottery” is told through what point of view? (Be specific)
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Rites of Passage Back In Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Making a Fist”, the speaker undergoes their own _______ in the line, “the borders we must cross separately.”
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They allow him to be alone Back What does being an astronaut and Christopher’s post- apocalyptic dream have in common?
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Foreshadow Back Christopher’s father telling Christopher not to continue with his investigations is example of what?
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unfathomable Back IDK why Sarah would do something so terrible to someone; I cannot even conceive it.
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Predicate adjective Back Finally, the scent of our dishwasher was lemony. lemony is acting as the predicate nominative or predicate adjective of the sentence?
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Humans are prone to sin and evil Back What would be a central theme to the “The Black Cat” based on the actions of the protagonist of the story?
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punctuation Back The poem is very unique in subject matter, what is strange about the words and lines of Emily Dickenson’s “I Died for Beauty”?
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They are all round-static characters. Back What do Lennie, Curley, and Curley’s wife all have in common?
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Allegory Back A story told in which the plot, characters, and setting all have a second level of meaning is called what?
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coquettish Back IDK who keeps sending me these notes, but this playful behavior is a bit flirtatious.
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Kaylin Back Reggie gave Kaylin a diamond ring for her birthday. What is the indirect object of the sentence?
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