Quiz 14

Most ​ (a)   in big cities have car pools and take turns driving to work.

• commuter
• encumbered
• hoax
• parapet
• scurrying

Match the following

• language that appeals to the senses

• parallel episode

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• imagery

• repeated elements of the plot

• symbol

• something that stands for something else

• allusion

The boy scouts feared their canoe trip might be ​ (a)   by a storm that afternoon.

• encumbered
• commuter
• hoax
• parapet
• scurrying

Match the following

• A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story

• dramatic irony

• hints and clues about what will happen later in the story

• suspense

• when the audience knows something the characters do not

• foreshadow

We heard small feet ​ (a)   up the stairs.

• scurrying
• commuter
• encumbered
• hoax
• parapet

Match the following

• Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• drama

• secondary storyline

• subplot

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• mood

a practical joke; something intended to deceive

• parapet

• hoax

• encumber

The soldiers hid behind a ​ (a)   so that they wouldn't be seen by the enemy soldiers.

• parapet
• scurrying
• hoax
• encumbered
• commuter

a person who travels from home to work and back

• commuter

• encumber

• scurry

to go or move quickly in a hurried manner

• parapet

• commuter

• scurry