Review
What is a Metaphor?
Acomparison between two things, not using like or as
What literary device is at work in the poem's title, "Lady Jordan"?
Allusion
This character is known for being vacant and empty of personality. They don't think for themselves and pretends to be happy.
Mildred Montag
Name the short story:
The sound of a bomb exploded above us. First we thought the sun was dying, sending flames to torch our world. But the dome had shattered. Instead of shards of glass, soft drops of water soaked the cracked earth and moistened our bare feet.
Virtual Snapshots
This object represents Ishmael's lost childhood and connection to his pre-war life.
His cassette tape or rap music
An author uses this to hint at future events.
Foreshadowing
In ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SHAME, Alok Vaid-Menon celebrates _________ to resist societal shame.
Body hair
"Light flickered on bits of ruby glass and on sensitive capillary hairs in the nylon-brushed nostrils of the creature that quivered gently, gently, gently,". What is this excerpt describing?
Mechanical Hound
Name the short story: "Eri is three minutes late to meet with Mareck, and he taps his watch when she arrives at his cramped office. “Sorry,” she says. “I was working on a tricky one and didn’t want to quit.” He smirks. “Look at our little lockbreaker, learning to like her work.”"
The Last Truth
Ishmael is first separated from his family during an attack on this village.
Mattru Jong
These are the 5 plot elements needed to correctly write any story (Name 3)
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
In understory, Craig Santos Perez writes to his daughter. What does he say they must carry, “no matter how far from home the storms take your canoe”?
Our stories or our cultural memory
Themes in Fahrenheit 451 EXCEPT WHICH: Censorship, Revenge, The Power of Knowledge, and The Dangers of Technology
Revenge
Name the short story: "I calculated what it should have cost the government to buy all those advanced lasers and quantum computers to send people to space. That staggering, multi-billion-dollar expense perfectly matched the exact size of the national debt that the government had suddenly paid off. Which means they never built anything. "
The Far Side of the Universe
This organization helps rehabilitate Ishmael and paves the way for his new life in the United States.
UNICEF
Speaker sharing personal experience with emotional language to evoke empathy in the audience. Which persuasive style is this? (2 acceptable answers)
pathos or anecdote
In Yard by Caleb Femi, finish this line: all the [houses] I have lived in sit in my ________
Ribcage
What flower does Clarisse rub under Montag's chin?
a dandelion
Define satire
Using humor, irony, exaggeration to expose and criticize the flaws or absurdities of individuals or society. Its goal is not just to entertain, but to provoke thought & inspire reform by highlighting hypocrisies.
Ishmael is told this powerful phrase during rehab: “It’s not your fault.” Who says it?
Esther
Used in digital texts like advertisements, PSAs, podcasts to directly instruct, command, or urge the audience to take action. Often begins with verbs like “join,” “listen,” or “don’t wait.”
Imperative language
In Who Will Tell Them? By Michael Simms, what is the main topic?
Global warming / the death of species
What's the final line of the book?
"When we reach the city"
Name the story: Humans had built the concrete pillars that pierced the sky, painted every picture on those huge canvases, and marked every street corner with mysterious red and yellow signs, and they had done it with hands far smaller than Toaster’s own, which were two forks for stacking boxes.
Two Robots at the End of the World
Name 3 of Beah's childhood friends
Mohamed, Talloi, Gibrilla, Kaloko, Khalilou, Alhaji, Mambu