OMAM & The Bean Trees
Who is the main ingredient in Turtle's vegetable soup song at the end of the novel?
Taylor
What does "good morrow" mean?
Good morning!
What character risks his son's life to get him home to his mother for Christmas?
The father in Powder by Tobias Wolff
1' wide!
What point of view uses "she, he, they"?
What happened to Candy's dog?
Carlson shoots him to put him out of his misery.
Who dies from true grief?
Lady Montague
What is the rhyme scheme of this passage:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
ABAAB
What literary device is being used:
My waterfall of tears gushed from the pools of my eyes when I was reunited with my family.
Metaphor
Fictional stories are stories that have actually happened.
Fiction = fake
Non-fiction = not fake
Explain "failure to thrive" and how it affects Turtle.
It is the medical condition that Dr. P diagnoses Turtle with. She stopped growing because she was in such a hostile and abusive environment. She overcomes this with the love of Turtle & the community!
Who is the moody friend of Romeo?
Mercutio!
Rainsford musters his courage to counter-attack Zaroff and pushes him out the window to his death.
How do you make a correct page citation after a direct quote from a novel?
"quote quote quote" (#).
What literary device is: a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
Irony!
Explain "the Dream" in Of Mice and Men.
George & Lenny dream of owning their own land (with lots of rabbits for Lenny to tend) where no one will boss them around unfairly. This does not ever happen...
What does the nurse do in Act IV that is unusual for her characterization (normally very maternal and supportive of Juliet)
She tells her to marry Paris!
What character from a short story is stressed about money and wants to protect her child?
Willie's mom from What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?
What is missing from this thesis statement?
In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo is being manipulative when he kisses Juliet at the Capulet Ball because he knows she will fall for him.
the genre!!!!
How does Doodle die?
His heart gives out racing to catch up with his brother in the woods during the storm.
Explain the title for The Bean Trees.
Who said this to Juliet, and who is the speaker talking about: A young man lady! such a man As all the world-why, he's a man of wax."
The Nurse says this in Act I when she is telling Juliet that Paris is a hottie!
14 lines, and the last two typically rhyme to create a rhyming couplet.
1. Write your opinion
2. Turn into a sentence
3. Add because...
4. No "you" statements
5. No "I" statements
The ants are marching two by two is an example of what literary device?