Characters
What is Gregor's job?
Traveling salesman
He transforms into a bug
What meal does Grete leave for Gregor at the beginning of part 2?
Milk and bread
Strategic word choice
Diction
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
Who are Gregor's family members?
Father, Mother, sister Grete
How does Gregor feels about his job?
He doesn't like it; does not like his boss; feels forced to work there
Which characters avoid Gregor the most?
The mother and father
The literal meaning of a word
Denotation
A descriptive word.
Adjective
This character treats Gregor with the most disdain and anger after his change.
The father
What happens to Gregor when he leaves his room to meet the office manager?
The manager runs out of the room, the mother faints, and the father gets emotional, angry, and violent.
How has Gregor's personality changed?
His taste in food is different
He cannot communicate the same way
How we structure sentences
Syntax
An abrupt remark or exclamation.
Interjection
Grete
Why must Gregor work as a traveling salesman?
His father lost his business; no one else in the family works, so Gregor must support them
What job did the father get after Gregor's transformation?
A bank attendant
A term used to describe people who are different from us, or who we keep distant from us because we decide they're not like us
The Other
A literary movement that rejected tradition due to the growing influence of science and movement away from religion
Modernism
This character struggles to care for Gregor after his transformation and often cries.
The Mother
What can we tell about Gregor's human life before his transformation?
He was lonely- did not have many close friends.
His family was not very supportive of him.
He was unhappy in his life and job.
What is the one piece of furniture left in Gregor's room?
The portrait of the woman in fur.
A feeling of thoughtful sadness, sorrowful
Melancholy
Ms. Honebrink spent her evening grading assignments, calling parents, and emailing teachers. This sentence is an example of what?
Parallel Structure