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Review
Short Story End of 9-weeks Assessment
Vocabulary
Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution
Look at the vocabulary for each of the following short stories:
1. A Visit to Grandmother’s
2. Content’s of the Dead Man’s Pocket
3. There Will Come Soft Rains
A Visit to Grandmother
Why did Charles leave home? How does Charles feel about GL’s horse
story? Examples of direct vs. indirect characterization Why does it upset Chig to see his Dad cry? How does Charles feel about his Mom? How do they describe GL? What is the moral of the story? VOCAB!!!
AVTG Vocabulary
indulgence grimaced meager
trace fraud engaging
Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket
What causes Tom to panic? Why does Tom work so hard? What moments were suspenseful? How does Tom’s attitude about work and life
change? Why is it important that Tom tells us the
window is hard to open before he goes out onto the ledge?
What are the contents of Tom’s pocket? Why is that important?
VOCAB!!!
Vocabulary for COTDMP
convoluted deftness imperceptibly
interminable reveling verified
There Will Come Soft Rains
Where and when does the story take place? How do we find this out?
What happens to the owners of the house? How do we find out?
What are some of the things the house does? What is the poem about that the house reads? How is
this ironic? Is anyone else in the house? Humans? Animals? How does the house “die”? VOCAB!!!
TMCSR Vocabulary
Fluttered Manipulated Oblivious
Paranoia Titanic Tremulous
Tools
Use you short story study guides. Pay special attention to the plot line. Study the vocabulary for each story. Make sure you know what the following terms
mean: Inference Internal Conflict External Conflict Prediction
When is the test???
NEXT CLASS!!!!
So be sure to study