Point of View
Which of the following statements is not true about first person point of view?
First person uses personal pronouns,....I, me, we.
First person dives deeply into the narrators character
First person narrators are always anonymous
First person makes the narrator an eye witness to the event.
First person narrator are always anonymous.
This is not true, although there are poems that have anonymous narrators such as Shakespeares Sonnet 30 where an unnamed young man remembers a dear friend,
In the story "The Collector" the central idea of the story was_______________________ while the theme was __________________________.
Pick from the ideas below:
Jealousy of brothers, posterity, shyness of Jacob, talent wins all, writing is important, brothers help each other
In the story "The Collector" the central idea of the story was shyness of Jacob______ while the theme was _posterity.
Can a poem have more than one theme?
What is yes, they are often associated with stanzas but there is usually one overall theme.
After reading the excerpt from the drama "One Small Wrinkle in Time" How does the ticket clerks attitude toward the various passengers throughout the play change?
A. from concerned to indifferent
B. from annoyed to angry
C. From angry to understanding
D. From indifferent to annoyed
What is "D" from indifferent o annoyed.
After reading "One Small Wrinkle In Time" and "Synchronize Your Watches"
With which statement would the author of "Synchronize Your Watches" most likely agree?
A. Daylight Savings Time will continue to go through confusing changes.
B. Organized timekeeping has brought order to the world.
C. Hawaii and Arizona should use Daylight Savings Time.
D. The introduction of Daylight Savings Time has been somewhat successful.
What is "B" organized timekeeping has brought order to the world.
The speaker in the poem "Dump" means this when he uses the phrase "discarded hopes" .
The speaker means things that people don't have enough space for.
The speaker means people items that disappointed them.
The speaker means things remind people of unpleasant events.
The speaker means people regret having thrown them away.
The speaker means that people bought items that disappointed them. Evidence for this is in the lines about the rotting roof shingles or the umbrella that turns upside down......
Which of the following is not a way to identify theme:
Decide how events in the story change characters.
Consider if characters learned a lesson.
Look at text features and see if they give hints.
Find one word that describes a character and their change.
What is look at text features and seeif they give hints. This is used for central idea... Read titles, subtitles, headings, pictures/captions/ charts and graphs
The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson
Which stanza makes it clear that the train is being compared to a horse?
A stanza 1
B stanza 2
C stanza 3
D stanza 4
What is stanza 4 D
What is the MOST SIGNIFICANT impact of the dialogue on the plot of the drama?
A. Daylight Savings serves as a conversation starter for Mother and Businessman.
B. Mother and Businessman are contrasted due to their different views of Daylight Savings.
C. It characterizes Mother as an individual who is benefitting from the new Daylight Savings
D. The dialogue emphasizes the impact of Daylight Savings as a new innovation on people in 1965.
What is "D" the dialogue emphasizes the impact of Daylight Savings as a new innovation on people in 1965.
Think about the characters frustrations with their ticket time
The clerks explanation of towns that are using it and those that are not.
Which sentence from “Synchronize Your Watches” is best represented in “One Small Wrinkle in Time”?
a. CLERK glances over his shoulder and, seeing that she is right, jumps to his feet. He climbs up a ladder, taps the clock and listens for ticking, but hearing nothing, he gazes accusingly after the MOTHER, as though it is she who has stopped his precious clock.)
b. MOTHER (her voice rising): And I suppose you just manage to keep all this straight in your head, with never a moment of confusion. CLERK: As any informed person would.
What is "A" CLERK glances over his shoulder and, seeing that she is right, jumps to his feet. He climbs up a ladder, taps the clock and listens for ticking, but hearing nothing, he gazes accusingly after the MOTHER, as though it is she who has stopped his precious clock.)
In the poem "How Things Work", what is the speaker saying about the things he buys?
The speaker is saying he buys things only for other people.
The speaker is saying he doesn't really need all the things that he buys.
The speaker means each thing he buys helps another person buy something.
The speaker means the things he buys cost too much money.
What is The speaker means that each thing he buys helps another person buy something.
Evidence: Lines 5, 6, 7---Like rain, wetting new roots of a child
What is the theme of the story "Uprising" (the one about The Triangle Factory Fire)?
The theme “never give up” is found throughout Uprising in the three main characters’ commitment to a cause and their refusal to stop trying, despite dangerous circumstances. Even when death looms, they fight for their rights and the rights of all workers in the shirtwaist factories of the 1900s.
Lines 13 and 14 involve the use of
A rhyme.
B similes.
C alliteration.
D personification
What is "B" similes
Which excerpt from “One Small Wrinkle in Time” BEST supports the significance of setting/time period in the play?
A“BUSINESSMAN: There must be some mistake here. My ticket says this bus departs at 10:53 AM and arrives at 9:53 AM.”
B“CLERK: No, you’ve got them all. There are a handful of people who haven’t checked in, so you’ll have some empty seats on this run.”
C“(The stage lights dim, indicating the passage of time. When they come back up, MOTHER and her CHILDREN are sleeping upright in their chairs, heads falling on each others’ shoulders.)”
D“(CLERK points to the clock above his head, which unmistakably proclaims the time to be 10:10. The MOTHER shakes her head in disbelief.)”
What is "B" clerk says their are people who haven't checked in..........the setting at the train station establishes a place that is directly affected by time.
How does the author of “One Small Wrinkle in Time” show the real impact of constantly changing time zones on character as explained in “Synchronize Your Watches”?
a. The author shows that constantly changing time zones can result in travel delay that irritations for characters.
b. The author shows that constantly changing time zones can have a real-world impact on the everyday activities of characters.
c. The author shows that constantly changing time zones can create a lot of humorous situations for characters.
The author shows that constantly changing time zones can have a real-world impact on the everyday activities of characters.
The speaker in "How Things Work" is addressing?
his wife, a waitress, shoppers his daughter
What is his daughter.
Line 10: As far as I can tell, daughter,
What is the theme of the poem Your World found on page 213 in the text book?
The Theme of Your World might be life is what you make it.
The last line's reference to "its own stable door" is most likely
A a barn.
B a train station.
C a mountaintop.
D a railroad crossing.
What is "B" a train station.
At its is own stable door
Read the following excerpt from “One Small Wrinkle in Time.”
“MOTHER (to the BUSINESSMAN): Have you ever heard anything more absurd in all your life? If you ask me, they should just abolish that Daylight Saving business altogether.
BUSINESSMAN (showing her his ticket): Seems all right by me. I get to travel back in time!”
What is the MOST SIGNIFICANT impact of the dialogue on the plot of the drama?
A. The dialogue emphasizes the impact of Daylight Savings as a new innovation on people in 1965.
B. Mother and Businessman are contrasted due to their different views of Daylight Savings.
What is "A"---Daylight Savings Time is new.
How does the author of “One Small Wrinkle in Time” use the history of “Synchronize Your Watches” to add humor to the play?
a. The author uses a mix up about time to show how Daylight Savings Time and Time Zones can directly impact travel.
B. The author shows that a broken clock caused all of the problems, not Daylight Savings Time or different Time Zones.
c. The author makes fun of people who cannot figure out what Time Zone they live in.
d. The author shows how trains never ran on time before Daylight Savings Time and Time Zones were federally regulated.
What is "A" The author uses a mix up about time to show how Daylight Savings Time and Time Zones can directly impact travel.
Between the two poems "How Things Work" and "Dump" which speaker has the most positive point of view? Provide evidence for your response.
What is "How Things Work" Gary Soto expresses a more positive attitude. The speaker describes how the money he spends allows others to buy what they need. From a fruit stand and what coins. are passed on helps others buy pencils.
What is meant by the term universal theme?
A universal theme is an idea that applies to anyone regardless of cultural differences, or geographic location.
This poem written in 1832, the author Emily Dickenson was most likely expresses what about trains?
a. noisy B. sleek c. unwanted d, powerful
Evidence needed from the poem.
What is powerful....the author describes the almost superhuman power and beauty of the train without ever calling it a train.
Which excerpt accurately supports the theme of “One Small Wrinkle in Time?”
a. There must be some mistake here. My ticket says this bus departs at 10:53 AM and arrives at 9:53 AM.”
b. Well, that’s Lowell’s prerogative. We’ve got another departure for Arthursville at 3:18.”
c. He is accustomed to these kind of confusions and refuses to argue the point.”
d. “The CLERK rattles his paper and seems relieved that the station is once again empty. After a moment, MOTHER returns and approaches the CLERK’s desk. She stands there, waiting for him to notice her.”
What is "D" “The CLERK rattles his paper and seems relieved that the station is once again empty. After a moment, MOTHER returns and approaches the CLERK’s desk. She stands there, waiting for him to notice her.”
How does Synchronize Your Watches develop the two central ideas?
a. The author focuses on how time was regulated through time zones and daylight was regulated through Daylight Savings Time.
b. The author provides examples to show how time zones developed.
c. The author shows the problem and then gives the solution.
d. The author compares and contrasts the two central ideas to each other.
What is "A"..... The author focuses on how time was regulated through time zones and daylight was regulated through Daylight Savings Time.