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Review for The Babysitter and Beware: Do Not Read This Poem
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ritual (__) - a set _ or formal way of doing something
(adjective) - a set plan or formal way..
(noun) a set plan or formal way..
(noun) a set instance or formal way..
(verb) _ a set act or formal way..
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Tone, in literature, is the feeling of the author
True
False
3
According to the poem, which two things can trap people?
mirrors and poems
mirrors and old women
houses and old women
hunger and poems
4
subside (__) - to become ___ ______
(adjective) - to become more able
(noun) to become more adept
(verb) to become increasingly strong
(verb) to become less strong
5
rely (__) - to __ on
(noun) to depend on
(verb) to depend on
(adjective) - to lean on
(verb) - to stand on
6
resist (___) - to fight __ something
(adjective) - to fight against something
(verb) to fight against something
(noun) to fight for something
(Adverb) to fight along something
7
The poet most likely chose the title "Beware: Do not read this poem" in order to
inform the reader.
frighten the reader.
insult the reader.
interest the reader.
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Vocabulary: precision (__) - doing something __ and __
adverb - orderly and sufficent
verb - exactly and correctly
noun - exactly and correctly
adjective - exactly and orderly
9
Which groups of words best set the mood of "The Baby-sitter"?
loved, things, ritual
horrors, dark, watching
long, spun, antics
end, clones, bad
10
When the narrator describes the twins, the tone is..
serious
hopeful
playful
anxious
11
The poet ignores many rules of spelling, punctuation, and grammar in order to create a mood of
suspicion
carelessness
menace
amusement
12
The poem is about the fear of
forgetting.
desiring.
disappearing.
changing.
13
Why does Hilary feel she owes Them a favor?
They hid the fact that she ate the cookies.
They slipped the desk chair under the door knob.
They showed her how to flee the house.
They destroyed the man who threatened her.
14
Hilary loved the Mitchell's house but hated watching the twins.
False
True
15
What is mood in literature?
The feeling of the author.
The feeling of the story.
The feeling of the reader.
The feeling of the main character.
