Review

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Review

• Short Story End of 9-weeks Assessment

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Vocabulary

• Climax
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Exposition
• Resolution

• Look at the vocabulary for each of the following
  short stories
• A Visit to Grandmothers
• Contents of the Dead Mans Pocket
• There Will Come Soft Rains

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A Visit to Grandmother

• Why did Charles leave home?
• How does Charles feel about GLs 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!!!

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AVTG Vocabulary
indulgence grimaced meager
trace fraud engaging
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Contents of the Dead Mans Pocket

• What causes Tom to panic?
• Why does Tom work so hard?
• What moments were suspenseful?
• How does Toms 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 Toms pocket? Why is
  that important?
• VOCAB!!!

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Vocabulary for COTDMP
convoluted deftness imperceptibly
interminable reveling verified
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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!!!

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TMCSR Vocabulary
Fluttered Manipulated Oblivious
Paranoia Titanic Tremulous
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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

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When is the test???

• NEXT CLASS!!!!
• So be sure to study?