Symbols and Themes
Share an example of sentence pattern V.
Answers will vary. Ex: "Bang! The gun went off." "Hatred. Fear. Mystery. I was so scared."
What is the purpose of a clincher sentence?
To draw closure to the essay and restate the thesis.
Contrasting images, like a chandelier lying in a dirty street, is the definition and example of what literary term?
Juxtaposition
All characterization in this story is what type of characterization?
Indirect characterization
What is a symbol connected to Florian?
The amber swan and his pack; both symbolic of his desire to rise against Hitler
Provide an example of Sentence Pattern A.
Suddenly, I knew the answer. (Answers will vary)
What is the purpose of a thesis statement?
It introduces the title, author, and focus of the argument.
What figurative language is this an example of? "Death hacked at me with its sickle, tearing, chopping, unbearable."
Personification
Provide an example of dramatic irony from Salt to the Sea.
Example: Emilia is Polish and Alfred does not know.
What are two literary elements that are used to develop theme?
Share an example of a sentence which includes items in a series.
Answers will vary. Ex: I needed to run, swim, and bike in this triathlon.
A reasoning sentence needs to answer what two questions/ ideas about the quote?
HOW is this quote showing the argument and WHY is this important/ relevant to the idea/ argument/ bigger concept.
"Wandering Boy" and "Shoe Poet" and "the Knight" are all examples of what literary term?
They are epithets for different characters.
Why does Ruta Septeys use child narrators in her story?
List 3 things that need to be true for a theme to be accurate.
It should not include absolutes. It should not be a cliche. It should be arguable. It needs to give insight into human nature.
Write an example of the sentence combining of two adjectives describing the same noun. Use commas, not a conjunction.
Answers will vary. Ex: The angry, hungry cat ate all of my pizza.
How would this citation be written properly?: Emilia thinks, "Suddenly, there were gun shots." It is on page 27.
Emilia thinks, "Suddenly, there were gun shots" (27).
The fact that the Wilhelm Gustloff sunk on the same day as the birthday of Wilhelm Gustloff is an example of which type of irony?
Situational irony
"The man screamed and berated the customers." What does berated mean?
to criticize or scold
When determining theme, there are things a reader should pay attention to. List two ways theme is revealed or shown in a book.
1. Through a dynamic character's changes. 2. Through setting that reveals conflict. 3. Through the advice or words of a wise (older?) character. 4. Through the title. 5. Through symbols and their meaning.
Write an example of the comma rule where you have two independent clauses correctly combined with a semicolon.
Answers will vary. Ex: I need to get to basketball practice; I was running late. --> Without a semicolon: I needed to get to basketball practice, but I was running late.
What is the purpose of a lead-in?
It introduces who is speaking, and to whom he/she is speaking. It also provides context about that point of the story.
What literary term does this quote show as Joana thinks of the Wandering Boy? She thinks, “He was alone, like me, but he was only six years old. Where were his parents? Mama said that a transplanted bud doesn’t prosper. The shoemaker loved him, though. I could tell."
Metaphor
What literary term, besides syntax, is being shown here? "What’s beautiful,’ said the old man, ‘is that she has beaten this war. You saw it on the road. Ingrid through the ice, death and destruction all around. Look what’s transpiring down on that pier. Frantic desperation. The Russians are just around the corner.
He moved forward and gestured to the baby, "Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death."
Juxtaposition