This and That
"Soldiers can struggle to distance themselves from memories of war."
This statement best expresses the _______ of the poem.
What is the theme?
The setting of the poem is this place in Washington, DC.
What is The Vietnam Veterans War Memorial?
The phrase "I'm stone" is an example of a(n)
What is a metaphor?
The speaker expected to find his own name in the stone because he could have easily ________ in the war.
What is died?
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WHAT IS TRUE?
What is Tuesday 5/23/23?
The African American vet is the ______ of the poem.
What is the speaker?
When the speaker remembers the Vietnam War, this is an example of a(n)
What is a flashback?
The speaker compares himself to a window, a stone, and flesh, but he does NOT refer to himself as this:
What is a soldier?
This was the author's role in the Vietnam War.
What is a war correspondent for a military newspaper?
The repeated references to the ______ on the wall emphasize the permanent loss and suffering that war brings.
What are names?
The white vet and the speaker feel stuck in the
What is past?
"Letters like smoke" is an example of
What is a simile?
What is blouse?
These two major historical events most shaped the author as a young man,
What are the Vietnam War and The Civil Rights Movement?
The speaker perceives the PRESENT moment through the lens of the _______.
What is the past?
The number of names inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which lists the names of American servicemen who died in the Vietnam War:
What is 58,200?
(Also acceptable: 58,000)
"then his pale eyes / look through mine. I'm a window"
What is a metaphor?
Another thing the wall reflects is a woman ______ a boy's hair.
What is brushing?
The speaker feels like a ______ when he sees his reflection in the wall.
What is a victim?
The title "Facing it" has a double meaning.
Meaning #2: The speaker is literally facing his _____ in the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
What is reflection?
An informal term for veteran
What is white vet?
The title "Facing it" has a double meaning.
Meaning #1: Figuratively speaking, the speaker is facing his painful memories of ______.
What is war?
The speaker feels that people can see his ___ ____ by just looking in his eyes.
What are wartime experiences?
THIS has power over the speaker.
What is the stone? (Also acceptable: The wall, the memorial, the memorial wall)