Figure! It! Out!
This kind of figurative language includes 'like' or 'as' somewhere in the sentence.
What is a simile?
Shawn Spencer, the main character in the Psych clip we watched earlier this year, was running for office in Santa Barbara. Many of you said you would not vote for him for this reason
What is
He was not clear about his goal
He wanted to cause destruction
His ad was poorly put together
It didn't seem like he knew how to be a politician
Ending your story on a cliffhanger may cause this emotion to rise within the audience
What is...
Anger
Confusion
This titular phrase is repeated multiple times through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech, each time highlighting a personal hope he has related to the fight for equality.
What is I Have a Dream
This band went on an indefinite hiatus back in 2016, just one year after one of their members left the band.
Who are One Direction?
This kind of figurative language compares one thing to another, unrelated thing. For example: "I've got a river for a soul."
What is a metaphor?
We learn that Harriet, the focus character in Sleeping, met Mr. Winters at the community pool, where he asked her to babysit his child. This is weird because...
What is...
He knows nothing about her and her skills
She knows nothing about him/his family
The following line from The U.S. of Us by Richard Blanco aims to imbue what emotion within the audience? "When will you stop drowning us, trafficking us like cattle in trucks?"
What is...
Anger
Frustration
Sadness
"Going beneath the surface" is a strategy that allows an author to...
What is...
Reveal something others may not have realized/thought about to strengthen their point
Highlight an experience that often goes unseen
Your school mascot is the dragon. Name a famous dragon.
Who is...
Mushu (Mulan)
Toothless (HTTYD)
Dragonite (Pokemon)
Puff, the Magic Dragon
etc
Repetition is used for this purpose:
Draw attention to/Emphasize key details
Establish a rhythm to the piece
Strengthen impact
Mary, the wife in Lamb to the Slaughter, subverts our expectations of her with one simple act: killing her husband. The author is able to do this by describing her character as
What is...
a devoted wife
a loving person
etc
The effect of rhyme in a poem/song
It is pleasing to the ear, which makes it stand out/makes the audience pay attention to what is being said
Sleeping by Katharine Webber (remember the creepy baby CFU?) is written in 3rd person limited. This is what that POV contributes to the story.
What is...
A feeling of mystery
Unanswered questions
A biased perspective
This ship went down in 1912, after being deemed "unsinkable". Talk about irony, right?
What was the Titanic?
This phrase refers to the idea of a author using the optimal diction and structure in their work.
What is "the best words in the best order"?
The narrator in Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening is vague in their descriptions, but not to the point where we don't knowing anything about them. Tell us one thing we know, and one thing we don't.
What is...
Know:
They're in the woods
They have a horse
Don't Know:
The promises they need to keep
Why they're in the woods
The Ray of Moonshine ends shortly after the following quote: "Ballads—women—glory—happiness—lies are they all—vain fantasies which we shape in our imagination and clothe according to our whim, and we love them and run after them—for what? for what? To find a ray of moonshine." The author imbues the following emotions within it.
What is
Anger
Desperation
Sadness
Melancholy
Hopelessness
Good timber does not grow with ease:
The stronger wind, the stronger trees;
The further sky, the greater length;
The more the storm, the more the strength.
Good timber, in this case, refers to
What is...
strength
durability
resilience
This author of Fahrenheit 451 also happens to be Mr. Brannan's favorite writer.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
There are the five types of allusions. Name three.
What are historical, religious, mythological, pop culture, and literary allusions?
Mr. Brannan rewrote Kat's iconic poem in 10 Things I Hate About You.
"I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
I hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme."
Almost unanimously, the class chose the original as having the best words in the best order for reasons such as...
What is...
it lacks the same impact as the original
it gives away the ending too early
An author may choose to pause while reading their work for this reason.
What is...
To draw attention to what is being said
To make the audience think about what has just been said
To highlight specific feelings in the work/emotional impact
The Arrival by Shaun Tan is different from the texts we've read in class in one major way: it's told entirely in pictures. Tell us the gist of the story.
What is...
A man leaves his family to travel to a new place, where he is met with a language and customs he doesn't understand. Despite this, he is able to navigate the new place with the help of others.
Ms. Olivia travelled a lot during her semester abroad in London. Name one of the places she travelled to.
Where is...
Athens, Greece
Edinburgh, Scotland
Paris, France
Vienna, Austria