Central Idea 🌱
Life is fragile but meaningful, yet death is inevitable
What is Woolf’s central idea in The Death of the Moth?
Which word best describes the moth’s last effort?
What is Exertions?
Which text begins with a joyful and playful mood?
What is Monsoon?
Which line shows the moth’s defiance?
What is “A frantic act of defiance against the power pressing in on him…”
Which of these is NOT a shared theme of the unit?
Immortality, Calmness, Joy, Intensity
What is Immortality
Which text reveals that storms bring both fear and joy, showing nature’s intensity?
What is Monsoon?
The storm’s _______ overwhelmed the senses.
What is intensity?
Which line is the best example of Woolf’s imagery?
What is “It was a pleasant morning, mid-September, mild, benignant...”
Which text includes this: “nothing had any chance against death, that vast inevitability of all living things”?
What is "The Death of the Moth"?
What two elements must every analytical paragraph include?
What is "a central idea and 2 quotes explained?"
Which author suggests living simply brings peace and meaning?
Who is Thoreau? – Walden
Thoreau called even a _______ morning at Walden peaceful.
What is Benignant.
Which mood is dominant in Walden?
What is "Peaceful and Reflective."
Which author wrote: “Only the most hardy and adaptable can survive in a region so mutable”?
Who is Rachel Carson
Which two vocab words together best describe the moth’s final struggle?
What are Frailty + Magnificent?
Which text shows the mystery of the shoreline, always changing?
What is The Marginal World? (Carson)
Which vocab word means “always changing”?
What is Mutable?
Which author balances awe and inevitability through tone?
Who is Virginia Woolf
Who described “the rooks too were keeping one of their annual festivities”?
Who is Virginia Woolf?
Which text most directly emphasizes humanity’s relationship with solitude and reflection?
What is Walden?
Which text emphasizes that observing nature reveals deep truths about life and death, even in something as small as a moth?
What is "The Death of the Moth?"
Fill in the blank: Woolf describes the moth’s last stand as both tragic and ________, showing dignity in the face of death.
What is "Magnificent?"
Which text uses contrasts in imagery—frailty vs. force, life vs. death—to build its central message?
What is "The Death of the Moth?"
Which author wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”?
Who is Thoreau – Walden
Across all four texts, what shared theme unites them in this unit?
What is The relationship between nature, life’s meaning, and the inevitability of death?