1. I   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
2. tripped   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
3. very   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
4. awkwardly   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
5. but   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
6. luckily   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
7. not   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
8. my   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
9. fat   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction
10. in   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) conjunction

Go over vocabulary homework. Yes there was a word missing! #9 was supposed to be a word that means the opposite of optimistic or naive. (But it's not pessimistic!) What do you think it was? __________

Vocabulary Pretest.

1. The movie studios sometimes pay writers to write _________ reviews of the worst movies, so it looks like someone liked them.   a) fawning  b) flourish  c) treachery  d) exquisite  e) cynical
2. Make sure that, on your pink sheet, you don't just _________(ly) underline every pronoun you see. Make sure you mark only the type of pronoun asked for.   a) indiscriminate  b) blasphemy  c) delusion  d) flourish  e) aesthetic
3. The game of Survivor is full of ________ and back-stabbing.   a) prolific  b) cynical  c) aesthetic  d) treachery  e) blasphemy
4. Vanna White's career has ______(ed) simply by her turning of the letters with a _______.  a) treachery, flourish  b) blasphemy, fawning  c) fawning, flourish  d) flourish, flourish  e) flourish, fawning
5. One of the crimes Joan of Arc was burned for was ___________ against the church.  a) cynical  b) naive  c) fawning  d) blasphemy  e) prolific
6. Some people think that it is childish and naive to think that there is a god, and that life after death is a _______. Other, more religious, people might believe that sort of thinking is ___________(ous).  a) cynical, cynical  b) blasphemy, blasphemy  c) delusion, treachery  d) aesthetic, delusion e) delusion, blasphemy
7. She scraped her knee ______(ing) around on the blacktop.  a) delusion  b) fawning  c) flourish  d) caper  e) blasphemy
8. Spender admired how the Martian culture was able to blend the _____ and the practical sides of life. a) prolific  b) caper  c) aesthetic  d) indiscriminate  e) cynical
9. He is a rather _____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true. a) blasphemy  b) caper  c) aesthetic  d) delusion  e) prolific
10. Rabbits are considered very ________ breeders. Start with a pair, and soon you will have many.  a) fawning  b) cynical  c) exquisite  d) delusion  e) prolific
11. It's said that _________ people see the glass as half empty. They also don't live as long.   a) indiscriminate  b) cynical  c) delusion  d) prolific e) caper
12. Many people say that when you buy a Mac, you are paying more for the __________(s) of the computer than you are for how powerful it is.  a) indiscriminate  b) blasphemy  c) delusion  d) flourish  e) aesthetic

Finish "EMen"
Open Mouth Quiz.

1. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is...   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology
2. Why was there no "hullabaloo" to welcome the Earth men?    a) The Martians thought the Earth men were hostile. b) There are many people on Mars who claim to be from Earth. c) The Martians had already met Earth men before (from the First Expedition). d) The Martians wanted the Earth men to go home. e) none of the above
3. What was the Martian's explanation for the rocket?    a) It came from somewhere else on Mars. b) It was left there by the First Expedition. c) It was a product of the Earth men's minds. d) It was a giant fake. e) none of the above
4. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain?    a) The captain is a danger to Martians. b) The captain is in pain and wants Mr. Xxx to put him out of his misery. c) Mr. Xxx believes they really are from Earth. d) Mr. Xxx thinks he will be happier dead. e) none of the above
5. Why does EMen end with a "weather report"?     a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.
6. This line would be called the ________ of the story.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) denouement
7. The part where the captain realizes where they are would be part of the _______ of the story. a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) denouement
8. The part where Mr. Xxx shoots himself would be part of the _______ of the story.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) denouement
9. From the beginning of the story to where the men leave Mrs. Ttt's house would be called _________.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) climax  d) falling action  e) denouement
10. The word denouement is French for...  a) "the end"  b) "the twist"  c) "the real ending"  d) "the untying"  e) "the meaning"