Thursday, 11/05/09 - Welcome, Parents!
Test Tomorrow:  Plot Elements/Literary Terms, Vocabulary, MoMS (open book)
Due Tomorrow: KBAR Chart, Yellow Sheet Type Response (separate sheet), Outsiders Project
Warm Up. Copy and Click 1-6.
  1. hero : scapegoat :: agreement : _______  a) assent  b) dissent  c) metamorphosis  d) revelation  e) scapegoat
  2. ___(#1)_____ : assent :: secret (n) : _______  a) insomnia  b) dissent  c) persistent  d) revelation  e) scapegoat
  3. ___(#2)_____ : cover-up :: distracted : __________  a) idiosyncrasy  b) fluster  c) metamorphosis  d) revelation  e) transfixed
  4. ___(#3)_____ : fascinated :: quirk : ______  a) idiosyncrasy  b) fluster  c) metamorphosis  d) revelation  e) transfixed
  5. "through nailed" = __________   a) scapegoated  b) flustered  c) metamorphed  d) dissented  e) transfixed
  6. soma = _______  a) night  b) dream  c) star  d) sleep  e) very little
  7. Who was Cain? ("They raise Cain with radio reception...")


Elements of Plot/Literary Terms III (27/30 or 10/10 gets you out of the first 15 questions.)

  1. "I killed him," he said slowly, "I killed that boy."  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) metaphor  g) foreshadowing
  2. "They were gonna beat me up...like they did before."   a) flashback  b) theme  c) falling action  d) climax  e) simile  f) metaphor  g) NOTA
  3. "...there was Two-Bit, grinning like a Chessy cat."  a) flashback  b) theme  c) rising action  d) climax  e) simile  f) metaphor  g) NOTA
  4. The following quote from Pony is an example that demonstrates which conflict in The Outsiders?  "That didn't make me feel so hot." (in biology class)  a) Pony vs. Darry  b) greasers vs. Socs  c) Dally vs. the world  d) Pony vs. Pony  e) Pony vs. the world  f) Pony vs. the Socs
  5. The part in The Outsiders where Pony says that "nobody would write editorials praising Dally" would be part of the __________ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action  f) resolution
  6. "My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice."   a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
  7. "Two-Bit, you still got that fancy, black-handled switch?"  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
  8. "The country would be like that, I thought dreamily."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
  9. "It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning ...than I could..."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor  f) simile  g) theme  h) NOTA
  10. The root of the word climax literally means "ladder."   a) True  b) False

 

"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Twilight Zone Video.

Bonus Question:  The script originally said to only "hint at the form" of the aliens. Why might the director of the TV version have decided to show us the aliens rather than merely hinting at their form, like the script says to do?