Literary Devices
Type of rhyme shown in “gold gone”.
What is assonance?
The children using comics as an escape is an example of this thematic idea.
What is coping?
What do Sunday Funnies represent.
What is youth or innocence?
What helped the speakers deal with their father’s ravings.
What is comics?
Who is the author of this poem?
Walter McDonald
“At dawn we folded the quilts and funnies, crept softly through our chores.” is an example of what type of literary device.
What is personification?
The speakers’ quiet deference to their father is an example of this.
Dealing with a conflict by bearing it.
A fairytale character that the speakers compare their father to.
(Hint: fe-foe-fum)
Based on the context of the poem, what can be inferred about the relationship/dynamic between the father and the speaker.
What is abusive/tense?
Each stanza is structured as a _____
What is a quatrain?
The continuous comparison of comics to an escape from reality.
What is an extended metaphor?
“Folded the quilts And funnies” is another way of saying.
What is growth / losing fear of their father?
The giant's slumber.
What is the father's sleep?
The title “Life with Father” implies that the father is this.
What is a problematic/negative force in the narrators’ lives.
The rhyme-scheme of the poem (think verse).
Free verse
“the thrum of his boots,” is an example of
What is hyperbole?
“Dream gold gone” is sad because
What is the one item he values more than anything is alcohol?
"his dreamed gold"
What is an alcoholic's dependence?
The speaker’s childlike diction allows the audience to feel this...
What is empathy?
The overall tone of the passage is this.
What is solemn or innocent?
Crept softly through our chores, as if in church, is an example of this literary device.
What is simile?
Sometimes, solace can be found in the smallest of things, which can have a large impact on our lives.
What is a potential theme?
Two characters from an American Comic strip titled “Bringing Up Father” which follows the social flounders of an Irish immigrant who longs to spend his days in a shanty bar despite his wife’s desire to assimilate to American society.
What is “Maggie and Jiggs”?
Negative allusions the author compares the father to.
What is/are
Fi-foe-fum
Demon
Choice words that dictate the tone.
What are/is
“saved” “doted” “sober” “fierce” “fearing”?