Vocabulary & Word Choice
This word means to trick or outsmart someone.
outfox
Jason says his stammer “took on the appearance of a hangman.” What type of figurative language is this?
a metaphor
Jason writes poems under this pen name.
Eliot Bolivar
Jason describes the vicarage as “old but grand, like she’d stepped out of a painting.” This develops what element of the story?
setting
Which punctuation marks should enclose a quote in an essay?
double quotation marks (“ ”)
This word describes something strong and healthy.
robust
A description that gives human qualities to nonhuman things uses this device.
personification
Madame Crommelynck invites Jason to the vicarage because she is this.
a poetry expert who read his poems in the parish magazine
The line “His skin was blotched as a dying banana” is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
In a citation, where should the period go—before or after the parentheses?
after the parentheses
This word means silly or ridiculous.
ludicrous
This figurative device compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
a simile
Jason thinks of his poems as this kind of “work.”
serious or meaningful work
What main idea is developed when Jason realizes that “beautiful words do not make a beautiful poem”?
beauty is deeper than appearance
What is the correct capitalization for the sentence:
“In the novel, ‘black swan green’ by david mitchell, we read about a young boy named jason struggling to express himself.”
“In the novel Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, we read about a young boy named Jason struggling to express himself.”
This word describes someone who can’t express themselves clearly.
inarticulate
In the quote “‘Jason’ isn’t exactly the acest name you could wish for but any ‘Lorenzo’ would get Bunson-Burnered to death,” what is the tone?
funny / humorous
The “Hangman” represents what struggle in Jason’s life?
his stammer or fear of speaking
Madame Crommelynck serves as a symbol for what kind of influence in Jason’s life?
artistic or intellectual mentorship
When integrating a quote, what punctuation should appear right before it in most cases?
a comma
This word means freedom from limits or control.
liberation
When Madame Crommelynck says, “Beauty is immune to definition,” she expresses this central theme about art.
What is that beauty cannot be easily defined?
Jason’s meeting with Madame Crommelynck helps develop what central idea about creativity?
true art is about meaning, not just beautiful words
What larger theme does Jason’s struggle to speak freely reflect throughout Black Swan Green?
finding your voice / identity / the beauty of being your true self
A complete analytical response must include what three parts?
a clear claim, evidence, and explanation