Ashputtle
First Lady Speech
Barter
100

Which archetype best fits Ashputtle, the stepmother, and the white doves?

Ashputtle: The outcast

Stepmother: tyrant 

White doves: animal companion 

100

Define ¨civic responsibility¨

involves the duties and actions citizens take to contribute to their community and society, fostering a healthy democracy and common good

100

How does the speaker’s language reveal his/her values regarding trade throughout the poem?

The speaker values things that provide spiritual and emotional fulfillment, urging the reader to invest everything for a moment of "ecstasy"

200

How does the narrator’s tone shift from the opening ash‑filled hearth to the final wedding scene?

The narrator's tone shifts from somber and detached  to hopeful, triumphant, and moralistic by the final wedding scene. 


200

Identify the tone of the speech.

The tone of the speech is reminiscent

200

What did the authors message do to contribute to the poem’s meaning?

The author used explicit diction and word choice that helped show the theme of the story.

300

In what ways does the grave-side setting set up the magical hazel tree? How does the royal palace setting set up the climax?

What are the places that show the difference between Cinderella's natural helpers (the tree) and the human world where she finally wins?

300

Summarize the speech in one sentence correctly

The speech includes the contents spoken by the first lady

300

Use diction to show what contributes to the tone of the poem.

Celebratory, joyful, optimistic

400

How does the tone of the speech make the audience feel?

The tone of the speech makes the audience feel empowered

400

This is the term for the theme of this poem, which advises one to "Spend all you have for loveliness" and "never count the cost."

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