Europe 1 Unit Test – Flashcards

altruistic

deviation

piqued

pillaged

unchanging character

reference to other works or events

complex or main character

a recognizable but undeveloped character that moves the story forward

a pattern between lines in a poem

As Karla turned away from Jade and walked down the hall towards math class, she pictured her cousin shrugging her shoulders. "Okay, do whatever you think is best," Jade said. "I'll see you at home." After reading these sentences, the reader can infer that

"The High School Step Team" addresses all of the following themes except

Which is the main way the author reveals Jade's character to readers?

The author reveals Karla's character to readers by describing

"It's something like math," she though silently, "but not exactly the same. I have to connect my brain to my body, and make it move or stop at exactly the right moment. The key here is to execute every movement skillfully." The author most likely uses the phrase "connect my brain to my body" to imply all of the following except

Read the following sentences from "First Confession." Nora's turn came, and I heard the sound of something slamming, and then her voice as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, and then another slam, and out she came. God, the hypocrisy of women! Her eyes were lowered, her head was bowed, and her hands were joined very low down on her stomach, and she walked up the aisle to the side alter looking like a saint. Which of the following words best describes the speaker's tone?

Read the following sentence from "First Confession." For dinner she had a pot of potatoes with-sometimes-a bit of salt fish, and she poured out the potatoes on the table and ate them slowly, with great relish, using her fingers by way of a fork. The narrator describes the grandmother as eathing "with great relish" most likely to imply that

Read the following sentences from "First Confession." "What's all this about?" the priest hissed, getting angrier than ever and pushing Nora off me. "How dare you hit the child like that, you little vixen?" "But I can't do my penance with him, father," Nora cried, cocking an outraged eye up at him. "Well, go and do it, or I'll give you some more to do," he said, giving me a hand up. Which of the following words best describes the relationship between Nora and the priest?

Read the following sentences from "The Destructors." A voice spoke to him through the hole. "Mr. Thomas." "Let me out," Mr. Thomas said sternly. "Here's a blanket," the voice said, and a long grey sausage was worked through the hole and fell in swathes over Mr. Thomas's head. "There's nothing personal," the voice said. "We want you to be comfortable tonight." "Tonight," Mr. Thomas repeated incredulously. "Catch," the voice said. "Penny buns —we've buttered them, and sausage-rolls. We don't want you to starve, Mr. Thomas." Which of the following words best describes the relationship between the voice and Mr. Thomas?

Read the following sentences from "The Destructors." The new recruit had been with the gang since the beginning of the summer holidays, and there were possibilities about his brooding silence that all recognized. He never wasted a word even to tell his name until that was required of him by the rules. When he said "Trevor" it was a statement of fact, not as it would have been with the others a statement of shame or defiance. Using information about Trevor in these sentences, the reader can most likely conclude that

Read the following lines from the story "Poor Fish." But I still felt profoundly astonished, and although she went on repeating that she was mad about me, I failed to be convinced. And so, on other occasions, when we went out together, I couldn't keep from harping on the subject, partly for the pleasure of hearing her say it again, and partly because I found it hard to believe. The type of conflict portrayed in these sentences can best be identified as

Read the following lines from "Ten Songs." Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees; They had no pliticians and sang at their ease: They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race. Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors, A thousand windows and a thousand doors; Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours. Stood on a great plain the falling snow; Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro: Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me. Which of the following rhyme schemes has the writer used to create poetic structure?

Determine if the sentence contains a misplaced modifier or dangling modifier, or if it is correct. Josie's project was a failure, having not prepared properly.