General Questions
How did Pi become stranded in the ocean?
The animal Transport ship that Pi was on , sunk when it ran into a storm.
deliberation
What is the name of the tiger?
Richard Parker
The candidate that nobody likes loses his election for mayor. A couple of citizens are overheard saying, "Gee. I was really hoping he'd win."
Verbal Irony
Identify the narrator's point of view in "Life of Pi".
First Person
Identify the figurative Language; "... surely a textbook example of jumping from the frying pan into the fire."
Idiom
Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous
agitated
What is the animal on the boat that was already eaten?
A zebra
In Macbeth, the title character murders the king as a means to an end. But Macbeth soon finds out that he has to keep killing in order to protect his throne.
Situational Irony
Identify the figurative Language; "The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he’s playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points."
Analogy
The sentence "look over the rim into a boiling cauldron of orange lava" is a metaphorical representation of which of the boats occupants?
Tiger
A cancellation or postponement of a punishment
reprieve
Why did the tiger not eat Pi?
The tiger was sedated
A woman thinks her boyfriend is acting strangely because he's about to propose, but the audience knows that he is planning to run away with another woman, intensifying emotions.
Dramatic Irony
Identify the figurative Language; "To be afraid of this ridiculous dog when there's a tiger about is like being afraid of splinters when there are trees falling down."
Analogy
Identify the figurative Language; A sense of well being quickly overcame me. My mouth became moist and soft. I forgot about the back of my throat. My skin relaxed. My joints moved with greater ease. My heart began to beat like a merry drum and blood started flowing through my veins like cars from a wedding party honking their way through town.
Simile
Acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance
passivity
The 3 animals that are on the boat with Pi, dead or alive.
What is a tiger, zebra, and hyena.
Throughout the majority of the books, Harry believes he must kill Lord Voldemort to save the Wizarding World. However, Harry learns that he must actually allow Voldemort to kill him in order to save everyone he loves.
Situational Irony
Identify the figurative Language; "In the morning I could not move. I was pinned by weakness to the tarpaulin. Even thinking was exhausting. I applied myself to thinking straight. At length, as slowly as a caravan of camels crossing a desert, some thoughts came together."
Simile
What is longer than a metaphor?
An analogy
unusual; not typical
exceptional
Who killed the hyena?
The tiger
The shower scene in Psycho starts out with the character, Marion, not hearing the killer because the water is running in the shower, but the audience knows he is there. Marion was clueless that she was about to be murdered which increases tension for the audience.
Dramatic Irony
Identify the figurative Language; I have heard that the hunger for air exceeds as a compelling sensation the thirst for water. Only for a few minutes, I say. After a few minutes you die and the discomfort of asphyxiation goes away. Whereas thirst is a drawn-out affair. Look: Christ on the Cross died of suffocation, but His only complaint was of thirst. If thirst can be so taxing that even God Incarnate complains about it, imagine the effect on a regular human. It was enough to make me go raving mad.
Allusion