Central Idea
What is language used to describe something.
- metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, imagery
Supporting details are
Literary devices are
What is techniques used by writers to convey his or her message to the reader.
"It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever has been done before may legally be done again."
Maxim most likely means:
a) rule
b) question
c) secret
d) conflict
What is a) rule.
Nataly had always dreamed of getting a puppy and she often reminded her mom of this. On her 10th birthday, her mother told her there was a surprise waiting for her in her room. Nataly rushed to her room and saw a brand new puppy -- but it was a stuffed animal. She thanked her mother begrudgingly. That night after dinner, Nataly's mother asked her to get paper towels from the pantry. When she opened the door, she saw a tiny puppy wagging his tail. "Surprise!" shouted her family.
What is anticipation, birthday gifts, wishes, patience, being thankful.
"Moves inward toward a silent core of waiting,
How with a single purpose time has traveled
Through currents of unguessed fatality."
This figurative language suggests:
a) anticipation of life's challenges
b) questioning of life's meaning
c) appreciation of patience
d) importance of solitude
What is anticipation of life's challenges.
"A piano is a string instrument, though it is played by striking keys attached to the strings. The first piano, known as a clavichord, was a version of a harp turned on its side. Since about 1450, keyboards have remained the same, except that the placement of black and white keys was reversed. The instrument works so well that there has been little reason to modify it over time."
The supporting details in this passage are
What is keyboards have remained the same since 1450, the piano is a string instrument.
Examples of literary devices are
What is allusion, repetition, theme, plot, setting, point of view, irony, flashback, diction, symbolism, tone.
"Stunned by the boreal air and 49 degree water, the turtle's only sign of life was a mark in the wet sand."
The word "boreal" most nearly means:
a) clean
b) cold
3) salty
4) hazy
What is b) cold.
As the end of the school year approaches, many teachers and students find it hard to focus on their final exams and assignments. Remaining focused when it is warm and beautiful outside is tricky. Those who manage, however, end the year with high grades and know they will move on to the next grade in September. They're much closer to being done with high school forever!
What is avoid distractions, stay focused, completing school work makes it easier to pass your classes.
"Feathered missiles called gannets soared skyward as a flock poured into the ocean, searching for food."
The figurative language used here is used to suggest
a) hunger
b) family
c) independence
d) speed
What is speed.
"The point is that I've really got to have some sort of allowance. It isn't fair to me. I never have any money! Never! It's got so it's positively embarrassing!"
The details in this passage express the speaker's feelings of
What is anger, frustration, embarrassment.
"I feel the dread of this horrible place overpowering me; I am in fear - in awful fear - and there is no escape for me; I am encompassed about with terrors that I dare not think of."
The author's use of repetition evokes a sense of
What is fear.
"The remainder passes into the large bowel, where it is broken down by that organ's ravenous population of microbes, which consume the lion's share for themselves."
The use of the word "ravenous" suggests that microbes in the large bowel are
1) deadly
2) aggressive
3) healthy
4) energizing
What is 2) aggressive
Look at your, chopping and weeping. Idiot.
Is this the way you go through life, your mind
A stopless knife, driven by your fantasy of truth?
What is take your time, focus on reality, do not let dreams/fantasy cloud your vision.
"I think I must have been mad for the time, for I behaved much as a rat does in a trap."
Figurative language is used here to suggest
What is entrapment?
The supporting details of this passage are
What is there would be more riders if the trains were more convenient, trains would encourage tourism and day trips, trains would benefit local business, there are two trains running per day on the weekend.
"There was joy, yes, joy. People must have thought there could be no greater torment in God's hell than that of being stranded here, on the sidewalk, among the bundles, in the middle of the street under a blazing sun. Anything seemed preferable to that. They began to walk without another glance at the dead, empty houses."
The literary devices used here are
What is irony, imagery, personification.
"The feral cat would not let us pet him, unlike our tame cat."
Feral most closely means
What is untamed, wild.
There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first time takes the backward view of life. Perhaps that is the moment when he crosses the line into manhood. The boy is walking through the street of his town. He is thinking of the future and of the figure he will cut in the world. Ambitions and regret awake within him.
What is maturity, facts of life, planning for a future, reflecting on mistakes.
The zigzag fissures in the land made him keep an eye out for snakes.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is imagery.
"Mrs. Bishop had eaten too many little sandwiches at the Milligan's house. She looked through her change purse and found only $.87 which wasn't enough for a taxi. It was horrid never having enough money in your purse, she thought. Playing bridge, when she lost, she often had to give I.O.U.'s and it was faintly embarrassing."
The supporting details in this passage tell you that Mrs. Bishop is
What is broke.
A hyperbole is
Avoiding the accident was futile. Both cars did not have enough time to stop.
"Futile" most likely means
What is pointless.