Test 2: Chapters 18-29

Question 1

puncheon log

Answer 1

heavy slab of timber with one face smoothed to be used for flooring

Question 2

obesquies

Answer 2

funeral rites

Question 3

sluice

Answer 3

a water channel controlled at its head by a gate

Question 4

irony

Answer 4

a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from their actual meaning. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. It is the difference between the apprearance and the reality

Question 5

camp meeting

Answer 5

an open air revival, resulting from a sudden re-emergence of intense religious feeling in the early 19th century

Question 6

satire

Answer 6

the literary device of making fun of human weakness or a character flaw. Although it may be humourous, its persons is to get a reader to react with contempt

Question 7

Matthew Brady

Answer 7

father of photojournalism; documented civil war

Question 8

shoal

Answer 8

a sandbar or linear land form extending into a body of water. Typically composed of sand, silt, or small pebbles

Question 9

galoot

Answer 9

a clumsy or oafish person

Question 10

sockdolager

Answer 10

a forceful blow