Worksheets"The Devil and Tom Walker" Vocabulary & Terms Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Define the word avarice.
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
person who lends money at an unreasonably high interest rate
extreme greed
showing off wealth
Define the word usurer.
showing off wealth
to invest in things like stocks; taking a risk with money
to obtain something by force, threats, or unfair means
a person who lends money at an unreasonably high interest rate
Define the word extort.
to obtain something by force, threats, or unfair means
showing off wealth
extreme greed
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
Define the word speculate.
showing off wealth
to invest in things like stocks; taking a risk to make money
a person who lends money at a unreasonably high interest rate
to obtain something by force, threats, or unfair means
Define the word ostentation.
to obtain something by force, threats, or unfair means
showing off wealth
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
a person who lends money at unreasonably high interest rates
Define the word parsimony.
showing off wealth
to invest in things like stocks; taking a risk with money
extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
extreme greed
In the __________ point of view, the narrator stands outside the action of the story and relates many characters' thoughts and feelings. In other words, this narrator is all-knowing.
first person
second person
third person omniscient
third person limited
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning is called a/an _____.
deduction
inference
theory
theme
What is tone?
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
an all-knowing point of view
the central message of a literary work
the author's attitude toward the subject
The theme of a story can best be described as _____.
writing that is not meant to be taken literally
the main topic present in the work
the main topic present in the work + the author's message
a thing that represents or stands for something else
What is direct characterization?
indicating what a character is like by directly stating their personality traits
the author's attitude toward the subject
indicating what a character is like by revealing their personality through descriptions of their actions, speech, appearance, and interactions with other characters
writing that appeals to the senses
Which of the following lines from "The Devil and Tom Walker" is the best example of direct characterization?
"Whatever the woman could lay hands on, she hid away."
"He thought with regret on the bargain he had made..."
"They lived in a forlorn-looking house that stood alone, and had an air of starvation."
"...there lived near this place a meager, miserly fellow, of the name of Tom Walker."
S.T.E.A.L. is an acronym that helps us remember the ways authors develop _____.
imagery
direct characterization
indirect characterization
tone
What is satire?
the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices
