The Boys in the Boat
Citations
Literary Devices
Grammar and Mechanics
100

Joe Rantz's character traits. (name at least three)

What is forgiving, dedicated, grateful, insecure, etc.

100

Name the error. 

(Brown, 234).

What is the comma?
100

The process by which an author develops the personality, traits, and motives of a character. 

What is characterization? 

100

The acronym FANBOYS. 

What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?

200

An object from the book that symbolizes Joe's status as an outsider. 

What is his "rumpled sweater?" 
200

What the ellipses signify in the middle of a quote. 

What is omission/deletion? 

200

The use of objects, people, or events to represent abstract or deeper ideas in literary texts. 

What is symbolism? 

200

The difference between a semi-colon and a comma. 

What is combining two complete thoughts and combining incomplete phrases? 

300

Joe's realization/resolution at the end of the book. 

What is feeling whole because he knows what it means to trust and be trusted?

300

The proper way to finish up a quote and end a sentence. 

What is quotation mark ("), parenthetical citation, period?

300

Mocking or undercutting something or someone in order to emphasize certain deficiencies, hypocrisies, or irrationalities. 

What is sarcasm?

300

Combine these two sentences using a FANBOY. 

I wanted ice cream. 

I got a double scoop from the Dairy Bar. 

What is I wanted ice cream, so I got a double scoop from the Dairy Bar. 

400

George Pocock's character traits. (name at least three)

What is respectful, reverent (appreciative), hardworking, talented, intentional, etc. 

400

Create a direct quotation example from this quote about Joe Rantz on page 219: 

He knew about the ceaseless drive to make oneself whole, and about the endless yearning.

What is when describing Joe's character, Brown says, "He knew about the ceaseless drive to make oneself whole, and about the endless yearning" (219). 

400

The cedar is a ___________ for the boys in The Boys in the boat.

What is metaphor? 

400

Name the error. 

He said: "All along Joe Rantz had figured he was the weak link in the crew" (Brown 326). 

What is the colon? 

500

Name the tone of the passage and the word or phrase that tells you so. 

"He talked about the underlying strength of the individual fivers in cedar and how, coupled with their resilience, they gave the wood its ability to bounce back and resume its shape... The ability to yield, to bend, to give way, to accommodate, he said, was sometimes a source of strength in men as well as in wood, so long as it was helmed by inner resolve and by principle" (215). 

What is awestruck? What is "to yield, to bend, to give way..."? 

500

Paraphrase the quote: 

"As they moved out into the widest part of the Langer See, the winds grew even stronger. White, frothy waves began splashing over the small American flag that was flapping wildly out on the foredeck" (344). 

What is, Brown describes the conditions of the race as extremely windy, so much so that waves were coming into the boat (344)? 

500

When a text references some other text, like a song, literature, or movie. 

What is allusion? 

500

Any time an idea is not yours. 

What is including a citation? 

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