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| 1. What is the definition of tenacious? | persistent in seeking a goal | 2. What is the definition of pretense? | a pretending; a false show of something | 3What is the definition of expound? | explain in detail | 4What is the definition of cajoling? | coaxing with flattery | 5What is the definition of simile? | a comparison using like or as | 6What is the definition of a complex character? | someone with conflicting motivation | 7What is inference? | reaching a conclusion from known facts or evidence | 8Write a sentence with an adjective underlined. | varies | 9Write a sentence with a conjunction underlined. | varies | 10What is an antonym? | A word opposite in meaning to another | 11Diagram this sentence. The bluebirds are singing. | varies | 12Diagram this sentence. Extremely loud thunder rumbled rather threateningly. | varies | 13According to Sergeant Major Morris in "The Monkey's Paw", what lesson does the fakir want to teach people? | fate ruled lives | 14In "The Street of the Canon", whom does the Hidalgo man first ask to dance? | Sarita's chaperone | 15In "The Street of the Canon", What dangers does the man from Hidalgo face? | he is not welcome so may be attacked and killed | 16In "The Street of the Canon", why are the two villages fighting? | both want to claim bones of famous historian | 17In "A Problem", Why is Sasha in trouble? | cashed a false note | 18In "The Upside of Quitting", what is sunk cost as discussed in this story? | what has been invested in the past | 19In "The Upside of Quitting", define the concept of opportunity cost. | the value of something given up | 20In "The Winning Edge", what role does intelligence play in career or academic success? | less important than grit | 21 In "The Winning Edge", what three related personality traits are key aspects of grit? | passion, ambition, optimism | 22In "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket", what happens to Tom's paper? | flies out the apt windot | 23In "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket", What is one method Tom used to try and get people's attention? | shouts for help, sets fire to paper, drops coins | 24In "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket", What does he decide to do after he gets back into the apartment? | go to the movies | 25In "The Sun Parlor", what is the matter with West's aunt? | she has a heart attack | 26In "Keep Memory Alive", why would forgetting make people accomplices? | events can happen again | 27In "Keep Memory Alive", Wiesel says the honor of the Nobel Prize truly belongs to which group of people? | survivors, their children, and Jewish people | 28In "The American Idea", who first put the American idea into words? | thomas Jefferson | 29IN "How to React to Familiar Faces", what even occurs that shows that the author is not immune to the syndrome of confusion between the imaginary and the real? | feeling as if he knows famous people | 30IN "How to React to Familiar Faces", how does the "reality" of TV change how people see the everyday world? | real becomes imaginary and imaginary becomes real | 31In "Seeing Things", what is the retina? | pigmented nerve cells in the back of the eye. | 32In "Seeing Things", what part of the brain ""points back" to the look and feel of a previous experience? | the hippocampus | 33In "Sundiata", what characteristics does Mari Djata share with other epic heroes? | he was born inot a high position but had to overcome burdens | 34In "Sundiata", what injustice occurs after the king's death? | mari djata is ridiculed and banished | 35In "Don Quixote", how does he see himself? | as a knight | 36In what way is Don Quixote's adventure with the windmills a parody of an episode from a romance or legend? | he is portraying a night fighting for love and honor | 37In "Cupid and Psyche" why is Venus angry with Psyche? | so beautiful | What are the five elements of a story? | setting, plot, character, conflict, theme | 38What is a personal narrative? | a story written about a particular moment in a person's life | 39list 3 items that should be included in an introductory paragraph. | hook, transition, thesis | 40What is MLA? | format used for writing English essays | 41What is plagiarism? | using someone elses ideas as your own | 42 is paraphrasing? | expressing someone elses ideas in your own words | 43What is the proofreading symbol for a spelling error? | sp | 44What is the proofreading symbol for no space? | varies |