Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is being used in the following lines: "He was as drab as a mud fence"(180)?
Simile
Ron Adams assured his mother that he would be just fine on his road trip. What does ASSURED mean?
A guarantee, promise
The tone of the story "The Hitchhiker" is eerie at times. What is one example of when something eerie happens?
Possible answers: 1). The mechanic nor the female hitchhiker can see the male hitchhiker. 2). The male hitchhiker keeps appearing in the same outfit and always looks 'wet'.
When Adams is speaking with his mother before leaving, she says, "I know. But you'll be careful, won't you. Promise me you'll be extra careful. Don't fall asleep- or drive fast -or pick up any strangers on the road..."(65-68). What is being foreshadowed by the end of the playwright?
That Adams will pick up a stranger on the road. For example, the hitchhiker girl. Adams will also speed when trying to run down the phantom hitchhiker who is haunting his travels.
What type of conflict is present in "The Hitchhiker"?
Internal = internal struggle with himself about accepting his own death
External = to Adams, the Hitchhiker is an external force (man vs. man) who will not leave him alone and keeps following him.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following lines: "The peaceful Ohio fields, brown with the autumn stubble, lay dreaming in the golden light"(171-172)?
Personification
The junction of the highway and train tracks is exactly where Adams's car broke down. What does the word JUNCTION mean?
A point where two or more things are joined.
Ron Adams becomes frantic when he sees the male hitchhiker, but the female hitchhiker continues to say she doesn't see anything. What is the tone of this part of the story?
Possible Answers: uneasy, questioning, inquisitive, eerie, suspenseful
"Adams: ...Unless I drove 85 miles an hour over those endless roads-he waited for me at every other mile. I would see his figure, shadowless, flitting before me, still in its same attitude, over the cold and lifeless ground, flitting over dried up rivers, over broken stones cast up by old glacial upheavals, flitting in the pure and cloudless air..."(460-468). What does these images foreshadow about Adams's future?
These lines suggest that Adams's future is cold, empty, sinister, lifeless, and a future without hope or even life.
From whose point of view/perspective is the story being told from?
Ron Adams
What does the following sentence mean?
America is just one giant melting pot.
Melting pot - a place where a variety of people, cultures, or individuals all live together (the US)
The foreshadowing that occurred on the Brooklyn Bridge had a very sinister mood. What does SINISTER mean?
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Based on the story "The Hitchhiker", what is the story's overall mood? (Adjectives)
Possible Answers: scary, spooky, confusing, suspenseful, creepy, eerie
Adam swerves to avoid a hitchhiker on the Brooklyn Bridge and there is a terrible skidding sound (90-92). What does this foreshadow by the end of the playwright?
Adams learns that he dies in a car accident on the Brooklyn Bridge (540-542).
What is foreshadowing?
Warning or indication that something bad is going to happen
"My dogs are killing me" on page 98, lines 326-327, is an example of figurative language. What does it mean?
The female hitchhiker's feet hurt really badly; her feet are sore from walking so much.
Route 66 was very monotonous because of the long stretch of highway with desolate surroundings. What does MONOTONOUS mean?
Lack of variety and interest; sameness.
What was the overall tone in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?
Possible Answers: dark, sinister, suspenseful, humorous, vengeful
How is this an example of foreshadowing? "The train was coming closer. I could hear its bell ringing, and the cry of its whistle. Still he stood there. And now - I knew that he was beckoning - beckoning me to my death." (lines 298-301)
This part of the story tells how he thinks the hitchhiker is trying to kill him, yet Ron Adams is already dead but is foreshadowing his own death.
What are the 6 main parts of a plot diagram?
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
On page 99, lines 397, the female hitchhiker says "Seeing pink elephants all the way? No thanks." What does this mean?
Pink elephants are not real, so the girl is saying that Ron Adams is crazy or seeing things that are not real (hallucinating).
Adams' road trip was supposed to be a lark, that is until the phantom hitchhiker haunted his travels. What does LARK mean?
A merry adventure
What is the overall mood throughout "Lamb to the Slaughter"?
Possible Answers: eerie, twisted, hostile, anxious
While speaking with the mechanic, Adams learns that there was not "a drop of rain all week"(130) and that a hitchhiker on these roads would be a "sight for sore eyes"(141-142). What do these two statements foreshadow and why?
That the hitchhiker might not actually exist because when Adams saw the hitchhiker he was drenched with rain and the mechanic explains that there are never hitchhikers on Route 66.
What is Ms. Dentlinger's favorite color?
Purple