"The Word Shaker"
"That Word Black"
"Barbie Doll"
"To This Day"
Miscellaneous Diction
100
In the story, what infamous figure "planted seeds of hate?"
Who was Adolf Hitler?
100
"That Word Black" is a ________ between a white man and a black man about the historical meaning of the word "black."
What is a dialogue (or similar words)?
100
"Barbie" is a ______ of unattainable beauty and the dangers of pursuing such ideals.
What is a symbol?
First-hand Toss Up: The Barbie doll would be the symbol's __________ while "unattainable beauty" would be its abstract ________.
100
Shane Koyczan wrote "To This Day" to speak to kids who were ______ like him.
What is bullied?
100
Out of literal, denotation, and metaphorical, the one that has the LEAST to do with explicit meaning
What is metaphorical?
200
The name of this symbol seen throughout Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, including his chapter "The Word Shaker"
What is a swastika?
200
Much of the conversation centers around historically racist or biased d______________, or dictionary definitions of the word "black."
What are denotations?
200
These two colors symbolize the girl's youth and innocence, one that is lost despite her ironically wearing these colors at her funeral.
What are pink and white?
200
When Koyczan says the girl in his class who used to be bullied has kids who "look up the definition of 'beauty' and see the word 'mom,'" he is being ______
What is figurative? (Metaphorical, implicit, not-explicit, or similar answers)
First-hand Toss-Up: The lines "Kids used to say she looks like a wrong answer / That someone tried to erase uses *this* common comparative figurative device.
200
Out of connotation, denotation, and symbolism, the one that has the LEAST to do with implied meaning and tone?
What is denotation?
300
The Fuhrer (Hitler) cannot cut down tree because Liesel realizes the true healing power of _____.
What are words?
300
Simple, the black man, wants to change the common "tone," "feelings," or ____________ of the word black, switching their negative meanings with the more positive ones of the word "white."
What are connotations?
300
The girl in the poem was e______ or urged to be like what others deemed pretty, so she played c____ and tried not to show how much these "demands" were breaking her.
What is exhort, coy?
Toss Up: To try to please others is to w______.
300
"Hid my heart under the bed" uses this repetition device in which the first sound is repeated
What is alliteration
300
Which type of Coleridge reader would most likely say that they don't need to know the meaning of symbols because they're from long ago and don't matter anymore anyway?
What is a straining bag? (also acceptable: dregs)
400
In the story, words are so powerful they withstand the cutting power of . . .
What is an axe (accepted figurative answer: hate, anti-semitism, fear)
400
Simple wishes to remove the ______ from the word "black."
a) Vehicle
b) Odium
c) Tenor
d) Implicit
What is "B?"
400
This word in the poem means "one's highest point" or goal"; the bullied girl in the poem reached it in the final stanza when she was finally called "pretty."
What is "consummation?"
400
Of the choices below, which one best implies Koyczan felt out of place?
a) He / Was a broken branch/ Grafted onto a different family tree
b) a tidal wave of pills
c) I was asked what I wanted to be and told what not to be
d) "Each school has an arsenal of name"
What is "A"
First-hand Toss Up: What other text read this year presents "war imagery" of someone feeling "out of place?"
400
Because most of the lines in "Barbie Doll" pause (in a way, symbolic of her death), they are mostly ________________.
What is unenjambed?
500
This symbol originated in Hindu/Buddhist cultures as a symbol of good luck, hope, and fertility. It's shift in meaning makes it this "p" word.
What is polysemy?
500
The fact that complex, historical truths about denotation and connotation are proposed by a man named "Simple" is best called this "i" word.
What is irony?
500
"Cut off her nose and legs" is a _________ for the implicit moment she commits suicide. Other examples of this type of figurative language include the "Stars and Stripes" (USA flag), "sending boots on the ground" (deploying soldiers/military), and "Behind bars" (in prison).
What is synecdoche?
First-hand Toss: Give an original (not used in class) example of synecdoche
500
Which of these lines implies that Koyczan was about the "wear out like a fan belt?"
a) "To this day / He is a stick of TNT lit from both ends"
b) "Every school was a big top circus tent"
c) "Trying to kiss the wounded parts of ourselves and heal"
d) "And if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself / Get a better mirror"
What is "A?"
First-Hand Toss Up: In the TED Talk, Koyczan talks about an "ingrown life" that surgeons can't cut away, and pain that spreads, or m______________. In "The Paper Menagerie," Jack's mom literally dies from cancer that has m____________ because she ignored a pain for years.
500
This country is where The Book Thief (from which "The Word Shaker" comes) takes place (setting)
What is Germany?