WorksheetsSophomore WOW 13 ET
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 26mins
It was only a momentary glance, full of contempt and dislike.
George Orwell -- 1984
From your WOW word "contemptuous", what part of speech is the underlined word?
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Verb
The boy did not answer. He gave a short contemptuous snort.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
The underlined word means
lack of respect
full of humor
lack of understanding
full of mistrust
So sincere, so humorless, that the legion commander withheld the flippant refusal he was about to make.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
The underlined word means
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
a state of perplexity or uncertainty
quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered
evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
But your flippancy is wearing on my patience.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Nwayieke lived four compounds away, and she was notorious for her late cooking.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
What type of sentence is the underlined word in?
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
Simple
It’s one of Mobutu’s most notorious dungeons, and we’re all aware Anatole could end up there, any day.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
The underlined definition means what?
well known for something bad
so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing
a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect
Gatsby’s notoriety, spread about by the hundreds who had accepted his hospitality and so become authorities on his past, had increased all summer until he fell just short of being news.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Noun
Adverb
Adjective
"No; nor will she miss now," cries The Vengeance, petulantly.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Not a helpless or pleading child, but a petulant one, the type of tough boy who’s known too little love and is quick to blame others for his mistakes.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
A synonym for the underlined word could be
sulky
determined
happy
mean
There was no hint of hair on his face, his pudgy hands were baby smooth, and he had pouting lips that curled petulantly as he sipped from a flagon.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
What type of sentences is this?
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
Simple
Anticipating this ruling, the army’s Western Defense Command had already announced that the mass exclusion orders of 1942 were being rescinded.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
What is the definition of the underlined word?
to formally cancel
reinforced
shown great attention to
fought over
Until they rescind their oath, you must guard against their treachery.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
What type of sentence is this?
Simple
Complex
Compound
Compound Complex
Hopefully the Feds won’t rescind their offer.
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
What part of speech is the underlined?
Verb
Noun
Adverb
Adjective
