English: The House Taken Over Test (all)

At the end of the story, the brother and sister abandon their house and all their possessions since the "things" took over.

What happens to the brother and sister at the end of the story?

The "things" take over the house and allow their situation to change their schedule.

What is an example of fantastic events ?

The narrator and Irene live in a ordinary house where they do ordinary things like clean, cook, knit, and read. The narrator also goes to the town which has a bookstore and a grocery store. (All normal settings)

What is an example of realistic setting and details ?

The narrator reads and goes to the grocery store; Irene knits and cooks.

What is an example of recognizable characters?

They continue to live in their house like normal even though something is taking over.

What is an example or unimpressed tone?

A literary genre closely associated with some Latin American twentieth-century author. It combines two seemingly contrasting elements: reality and fantasy.

What is magical realism?

Clarity

What is the most important part of good writing

Past tense: Rose Past participle: risen

What is the past tense of rise? What is its past participle?

Their family owns a farm so that's where they get the money from.

What is the source of the siblings' income?

Antecedent

When it comes to the use of pronouns, writers must make sure that any pronoun that they use clearly refers to its _________________ (the word the pronoun is replacing)

dexterity

skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

Leave

to depart

Muffled

(Adj) difficult to hear because something is covering and softening the sound

Spacious

(Adj) large; roomy

Unvoiced

(Adj) not spoken out loud or expressed

Obscure

(Adj) not well known

Recessed

(Adj) remote; set back

Irremediably

(Adv) not right

Sufficiently

(Adv) to an adequate degree, enough

Motes

(N) a small particle or tiny piece

Raise

(N) an increase in pay

vestibule

(N) entrance room

Consequences

(N) results

Commune

(V) field and close contact with

Rise

(V) to get up, to go up

Raise

(V) to lift up or cause something to grow

The house they live in are way too big for the two of them. There is a front section where they sleep and the back section is just empty.

Briefly describe the house in which the narrator and his sister live.

Use a Period Comma + FANBOYS Semicolon Semicolon + transition word (conjunctive adverb) Use a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS) to make one of the sentences into a dependent clause

How can you fix a run on?

Irene-knits Narrator-reads

How do Irene and the narrator occupy their time?

Writers either forget end punctuation or try to use a comma to join two complete sentences

How do most run ons occur

Vague

In order to achieve clarity, writers need to make sure that nothing they say is __________ or unclear to the reader

Run on

Occurs when two sentences are improperly connected together

F; a sentence can be really long as long as it is properly punctuated

T or f All run ons are really long sentences

Let

To allow or to rent out

Semicolon

Use a ___________________ to join two closely related independent clauses

Transition word

Use a semicolon and a ___________________ to join two closely related independent clauses

comma splice

Using a comma improperly to connect two sentences

Recognizable characters who feel Act, and react in customary ways ((act like we do, think like we do)) Realistic settings that include ordinary details of everyday life (church, house, and town) Fantastic events (supernatural) that coexist (exist together) with realistic characters and actions Ans accepting or unimpressed narrative tone, or attitude, that presents fantastic events as logical parts of life (alien in the background-> not impressed-> very accepted)

What are the 4 elements of magical realism ?

They decide to lock the back section up and live their lives like they normally do.

What decision do Irene and the narrator make when they realize the back part of the house has been taken over?

FANBOYS

You can create a compound sentence by joining two independent clauses using a common and one of the _____________