Vocabulary Review

"Indian Education" uses __________, or short, loosely connected stories, to convey its message.

• vignettes

• poignant

• beleaguers

• acute

"The doctor was kind and patient" is an example of

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Every good con artist is well-practiced in the art of _____________.

• conduit

• sagacity

• dissimulation

• barren

The business luncheon served as a _________ to recruit new clients.

• stagnant

• beleaguered

• willowy

• conduit

A narrator who is also a character in the story

• First person narrator

• Limited narrator

• Omniscient narrator

• Unreliable narrator

A pediatrician who is afraid of kids who would be an example of

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Stories about young adults or children finding their sense of self and identity are usually examples of

• bildungsroman

• motifs

• omnipresence

• sagacity

Which of the following would be a motif from a story we read?

• Sergei's tattoos in "Goldfish"

• The old lady's house in "Thank You Ma'am"

• The repeated use of the heartbeat in "Tell-Tale Heart"

• Ronald Adams' craziness in "Hitchhiker"

Poignant usually has a ________ connotation (implied meaning).

• positive

• negative

The math wizard was sagacity. Is this word used correctly?

• Yes

• No