"A Rose for Emily" - Vocabulary

Question 1

cupola

Answer 1

a domed roof or ceiling, a small structure on a roof

Question 2

august

Answer 2

respected for reasons of rank or age

Question 3

perpetuity

Answer 3

start or condition of being continual or enduring

Question 4

deputation

Answer 4

a person/group of people commissioned to represent others

Question 5

mote

Answer 5

a very small particle or speck

Question 6

temerity

Answer 6

careless or foolish disregard for danger

Question 7

diffident

Answer 7

timid or reluctant to assert oneself

Question 8

deprecation

Answer 8

an expression of disapproval or condemnation

Question 9

tableau

Answer 9

a vivid representation

Question 10

spraddled

Answer 10

a southern way of saying “straddled”

Question 11

virulent

Answer 11

bitterly hostile

Question 12

sibilant

Answer 12

distinguished by or producing a hissing sound

Question 13

who was the one person consistently with miss emily during the final years of her life

Answer 13

her servant tobe

Question 14

what is the inciting incident

Answer 14

the death of miss emily

Question 15

which of these elements of short story has the predominant influence on the events

Answer 15

the southern, respectful at all costs, post war setting

Question 16

the play was a _________ of our lives

Answer 16

tableau

Question 17

the most frightening part of the horror movie was the inhuman, ______ sound…

Answer 17

sibilant

Question 18

weeks are going to the beat i will still find _______ …

Answer 18

motes

Question 19

my mother looked in silent depreciation at the mud on my frock

Answer 19

depreciation means disapproval

Question 20

the _______ mansion was originally built in the late 1800’s

Answer 20

august