9th Grade Language Arts

Untwine

100

Before the accident, the Boyer parents were in the middle of this major life transition.

Divorce/Separation 

200

This is the creative passion that Giselle uses to express herself and process her memories.

Art/Drawing 

300

Isabelle is a talented musician who plays this instrument in her high school orchestra.

Flute 

400

Born 90 seconds earlier and 4 ounces heavier, she is considered the "older" and "stronger" twin.

Isabelle Boyer 

500

Name the 5 stages of grief 

Anger, Depression, Denial, Bargaining, Acceptance 

Untwine

100

These two best friends of Isabelle and Giselle visit the hospital to tell stories and keep Giselle "alive.

Tina and Jean Michel 

200

Most of the novel’s present-day action takes place in this city, where the Boyers live and the accident occurs.

Miami

300

Mundane activities such as doing the laundry or dishes or going food shopping or reading the newspaper all help me relax. Mundane means exciting painful ordinary.

ordinary

400

 In these chapters, Giselle is forced to deal with this overwhelming emotion as she realizes she survived the crash while her twin did not.

Survivors Guilt

500

This piece of classical music by Igor Stravinsky is playing during the accident and serves as a recurring motif for grief.

The FIREBIRD

Literary Devices 1

100

Extreme exaggeration I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!

Hyperbole

200

An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea. When I thought about my chemistry final, I knew what David must have felt when facing Goliath.

Allusion

300

The attitude an author takes toward a subject

Tone

400

"My locker is a garbage dump" is an example of what type of figurative language?

metaphor

500

Words that imitate the natural sounds of a thing, such as "buzz," "hiss," or "bang".

Onamonepeia 

Literary Devices 2

100

"The moon was as round as a glowing baseball" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Simile

200

This device gives human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects, animals, or ideas.

Personification 

300

The time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs

Setting

400

This sentence is an example of what literary device: "I had to wait in the station for ten days—an eternity"

Hyperbole 

500

"His words were a dagger to my heart" is an example of what literary device 

Metaphor

Random

100

Who is the mayor of NYC?

Zohran Mamdani 

200

NYC staple Sandwich 

Chopped Cheese 

300

This country has the highest amount of immigrants to the Bronx 

Ghana 

400

What is Ms.Robin's favorite color 

Pink 

500

When was BRONX PREP HS Founded?

2000