EOC
What is the first sentence that you should provide when answering a constructed response item?
You should provide a direct answer to the question that includes the article title, author, and a paraphrasing of the question asked in your answer.
What motif is highlighted in the following quote: "To tell the truth, I had found it very hard to follow his reasoning, first because I was hot and there were big flies in his office that kept landing on my face, and also because he was scaring me a little"
What is heat?
Which character in The Stranger has a dog that ran away mid way through the story?
Salamano
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
Both making comparisons, but a simile uses like or as.
What story does Meursault remember of his father?
Him going to watch an execution then spending the morning throwing up over the sight.
What should you do first... read the passage or read the questions?
Whatever you feel comfortable with. It's your test not anyone elses.
Give me an example of when we see death as a motif in The Stranger?
-Maman Dying
-Arab dying
(alternate options accepted)
What character in Julius Caesar plots against Caesar and leads the conspiracy to kill him?
Cassius
What is alliteration?
Words that begin with the same letter/sound. (apple arriving aptly)
Does Meursault believe that there is an afterlife for him?
Nope.
Give a correct parenthetical citation given the following information:
quote: "I look at the world and I notice its turning"
Author: George Harrison
Page number: 1
"I look at the world and I notice its turning" (Harrison 1).
Give me an example of sleep as a motif in The Stranger.
-At Maman's funeral
-In the jail cell as he is awaiting trial
(alternate examples approved by Ms.Flynn)
Which character in Julius Caesar was seen as noble by Antony after his death?
Brutus
This has nothing to do with metaphors but what is Ms Flynns favorite movie?
Dead Poets Society.
Who did Meursault have a confusing relationship with this chapter (kept denying to see them and then got mad at them towards the end)?
The Chaplain.
What is the second element that you give on the EOC when answering constructed responses?
A piece of textual evidence with proper citations that support your answer that you gave in the first sentence.
Give me an example of observation used as a motif in The Stranger.
-Meursault observing others on Sundays.
-Robot lady observing Meursault.
-People observing him at the trial.
(alternate answers approved by Ms.Flynn)
What character from The Stranger owns a restaurant that Meursault often visits?
Celeste
Marvel Rivals or Fortnite
What was Meursault's general outlook at the end of the book?
He said that he was happy and hoped that people who showed up to his execution hated him
Give me a rundown of the ACES format. (In full sentences don't just state the acronym).
Ms. Flynn will decide if your answer makes sense, but the acronym is
A-answer
C-cite
E-explain
S-summary
What is the difference between theme, motif, and symbol?
Theme-the underlying message(s) throughout a story.
Motif-a recurring concept throughout a text that highlights a theme or drives the plot forward.
Symbol- an image/depiction/object seen once or twice throughout a story that represents an idea separate from itself.
What character from Night by Elie Wiesel dies after playing a final concerto on his violin?
Juliek
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase usually containing two words that are contradictions of each other (jumbo shrimp).
Does Meursault die at the end of the chapter?