Figurative Language
"You shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am titanium."
-David Guetta
Metaphor
(I AM titanium)
What is the last page of your research essay titled? (Think: what is written at the top center of your research essay?)
Works Cited
What kind of animal does Miss Williams have?
A sweet dog :)
In the book, what is Abel's profession?
He is an auto mechanic.
(Hint: this is quite literally the "point" of the pyramid)
climax
Navigating the ins and outs of Wai'anae High School social dynamics is a maze.
metaphor
(navigating IS a maze)
What is wrong with the following in-text citation:
"Follow your dreams, but also remember what you are good at." (Fulchiero 2).
There is a period inside of the quotation marks.
"Follow your dreams, but also remember what you are good at" (Fulchiero 2).
What state is Miss Rodriguez from?
Alabama
What is the name of Trevor's beautiful date to the school dance (which he does not actually end up going to)?
"You look wonderful today," she told me. I always loved the way she was so positive and full of life.
In what POV is this passage written?
First person
(...she told ME. I always...)
Which of the five senses does this imagery-rich sentence appeal to:
Cold, wet snowflakes landed on me and melted, causing a field of goosebumps to form on my arms.
touch
What were the three overall topics that our class explored in our research essays?
football, social media, music
Miss Fulchiero is from the
a) beach in New Jersey
b) appalachian mountains
c) city of Boston, Massachusetts
B) appalachian mountains
Under apartheid, what racial designation is given to individuals of mixed-race background?
"colored"
In what POV is this lyric written:
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies."
-The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Second person
(Picture YOURself)
What type of figurative language is present in the following sentence:
"The situation was as complicated as trying to untangle a spider’s web caught in the branches of a dense, thorny rosebush."
simile
(AS complicated AS)
What is the sentence of your introduction called that states your main claim and references your 3 body paragraphs?
(*Hint: this was the last sentence of your intro paragraph)
thesis
What state is Miss Williams from?
Oklahoma
At the very end of the book, who does Trevor's mom say is "her insurance"?
Jesus
"Through the tangled vines of memory, the whispering winds carried echoes of laughter, intertwining with the shadows of forgotten promises, where time stood still."
In what POV is this passage written?
third person
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost
Here, Frost talks about "two diverging roads" to means something else. These famous lines represent what kind of figurative language? What does Frost mean by this?
metaphor
He means that he chooses to take a harder path in life, and it has paid off.
(*Hint: other kinds of essays are descriptive essays, narrative essays, etc.)
argumentative
What is Miss Fulchiero's favorite hobby?
(Hint: this is something she does outside in Pennsylvania)
forage for mushrooms
What is special about the restaurant Robert opens?
It breaks the rules of apartheid—meaning that black and white people are able to eat together at the restaurant.
What is the moment called in a plot pyramid that initiates the conflict of the story—that really "gets the ball rolling"?
(**I am looking for a two-word answer)
Inciting Incident