April 5, 2023 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Tomorrow’s Test: Umm, duh! Preview here, but it would be better to study the week’s exercises and especially the ones you got wrong.

“Husker Du, 4/5.”

Period One, Two, Three: Test #9. Do 16-20.

Neither Jack nor Jill ______ the danger of that hill. a) understands b) understand
Both Jack and Jill _____ what to do when a llama attacks. a) knows b) know
Either Jack or Jill _____ going to the party but not both. a) is b) are
a) exposition b) inciting incident c) rising action d) climax e) falling action f) resolution
Johnny and Dally die. _____
Two-Bit is relieved when Ponyboy picks up the broken bottle. _____

Period Four, Test #3. Do 17-21.

Pony gets jumped by the Socs. a) exposition b) inciting incident c) rising action d) climax e) falling action f) resolution g) plot
The 5 W’s usually are given here. a) exposition b) inciting incident c) rising action d) climax e) resolution g) plot
Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______. a) exposition b) inciting incident c) rising action d) climax e) resolution g) plot
The llama hates the running we do in PE. a) noun b) verb c) adjective
The large llama enthusiastically did the running long jump. List the adjectives.

Period Six, Test #14. Do 6, 7, 23, 24, 25.

The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____ a) suave b) affectation c) non sequitur d) acute e) prevalent f) ideology g) zealous
The roots of this word were Latin for completely away from public life. _____ a) suave b) affectation c) non sequitur d) acute e) prevalent f) ideology g) zealous
If you were 25, healthy, and unmarried, which way would you probably have been sent at the stadium? a) Left b) Right
Sent to the bad side at the stadium because of having four kids. a) Tosha b) Mala c) Anja d) Fela e) Vladek’s father f) Mala g) NOTA
“Volunteered” to go to the bad side at the stadium. a) Ilzecki b) Vladek’s father-in-law c) Wolfe d) Anja’s father e) a friend of Vladek’s family, Mordecai. f) Vladek’s father g) NOTA

“Vocab, 4/5.”

_____
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The prefix of this word means “above.”
The root of this word meant “to crave.”
The root of this word meant “to grow pale.”
______ has a better connotation than nosy though the denotations are similar.
People thought his blasphemy was ____ when he screamed obscenities in the church.
An old cliche is that there are only two really _____ things: death and taxes.
He regretted taking the job after he found out all the work it would _____.
Examples of _____ pronouns are words like anybody, somebody, and nobody.
The root of this word means “work.” (duh)

BOB… Do:

Correct. Use this as a cheat sheet tomorrow if you need it.

Rhetorical and Loaded Questions.

“Challenges for Space Exploration” p253.