Fostering Friendships - Enhancing Social Bonds in the Classroom
Literature
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2. In 2003, the OED added "X" which the dictionary defines as
"a person who possesses no magical powers ... a person who
lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as
inferior in some way." Which Harry Potter word is now in
the Oxford English Dictionary?
5. The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?
"I fart at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"
A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known
for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The
Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his
best.
8. "X" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1871
novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found
There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The
book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front
world of a looking glass.
9. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
12. Amergo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3
and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so
cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her...
are the lines of which book?
15. X was a French writer who pioneered the science fiction
genre. X is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Journey to the Center of the
Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), and
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Many of his novels
involve elements of technology that were fantastic for the
day but later became commonplace. X is the second most
translated author in the world (following Agatha
Christie),and his works appear in more translations per
year than those of any other writer. X is one writer
sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction," as are H.
G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.