Name 5 shades of RED
Mahogany, Scarlet, Red, Blood, Fern
(just in case): Crimson
What type of figurative language is this?:
"Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born"
Personification
The author made the story take place in North Carolina which caused ____ to happen which killed Doodle.
A summer storm
What is Billy/narrator's main quality?
Selfish
What shade of read was Doodle's coffin?
Mahogany
What does the scarlet ibis (bird) foreshadow/symbol in the story?
The death of Doodle or Doodle himself
How does the time period effect the medical attention available to help Doodle?
They didn't have a lot of doctors and Medicine wasn't very advanced back then.
Why did Billy/Narrator want Doodle to be normal?
Because he was an "Invalid" brother and he wanted a normal brother to wrestle with. and he didn't want to face the embarrassment.
The author used _____ to express danger, beauty and desire
"Shades of red"
What kind of figurative language is this sentence:
"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox."
Imagery
What exact year was the Scarlet Ibis set in?
1918 (during world war I)
What did Billy/Narrator plan to do to Doodle in the beginning?
He planned to smother him with a pillow and kill him.
Why is Doodle's nickname Doodle?
Because crawling backwards made him look like a doodlebug so they started calling him doodle.