Symbols and Themes
Sentence Combining and Patterns
CER
Literary Terms
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What do the shoes represent in the story?
Shoes often represent identity and a person's background.
100
Write an example of sentence pattern V.
Answers will vary. Ex: "Bang! The gun went off." "Hatred. Fear. Mystery. I was so scared."
100
What is the purpose of a clincher sentence?
To summarize the big ideas and takeaways of the paragraph
100
Contrasting images, like a chandelier lying in a dirty street, is the definition and example of what literary term?
Juxtaposition
100

Name a flat character in this story.

Eva, Wandering boy, the blond soldier. 

200
Write down two symbols associated with Emilia and explain what they represent.
Pink hat = innocence Potato = Silence/ acceptance Halinka = Hope/ Poland Birds = Mother/ Family/ Past Trees = Mother/ Family/ Past
200
Explain how sentence pattern A and sentence pattern B are similar AND different.
Sentence Patterns A and B are both introductory words/ phrases, but Sentence Pattern A uses an introductory modifier while Sentence Pattern B is a preposition out of order (introductory).
200
What is the purpose of a topic sentence?
It introduces the argument, the focus, and the main ideas of the paragraph.
200
What figurative language is this an example of? "Death hacked at me with its sickle, tearing, chopping, unbearable."
Personification
200
Provide an example of dramatic irony from Salt to the Sea.
Answers will vary. Examples: Emilia is Polish and Alfred does not know. The Wilhelm Gustloff is going to sink.
300
What is an example of a theme from Salt to the Sea?
Ex: People face hardships when in unfamiliar settings.
300
Write an example of the sentence combining of items in a series with correct punctuation.
Answers will vary. Ex: I needed to run, swim, and bike in this triathlon.
300
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.
300
"Wandering Boy" and "Shoe Poet" and "the Knight" are all examples of what literary term?
There are epithets for different characters.
300

What is an example of situational irony from Salt to the Sea?

Answers will vary. Examples: When the woman is in a fur coat but does not want a freezing, drowning girl to join the raft. When the refugees can't bring their valuables on the boats, but the Nazis are loading art they have stolen. Alfred falling in love with a girl who is Jewish.

400
List 3 things that need to be true for a theme to be an actual theme.
It should not be an absolute statement. It should not be a cliche. It should be arguable. It can't be one word. It needs to be true within multiple texts. It needs to give insight into human nature.
400
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.
400
Correctly write this evidence with the correct citation: Emilia thinks, "Suddenly, there were gun shots." Ruta Sepetys is the author. It is on page 27. The book was published in 2015.
Emilia thinks, "Suddenly, there were gun shots" (Sepetys 27).
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What are two symbols that represent Alfred? Explain them.
Letters to Hannelore= obsession/ fear Rash= internal conflict/ evil side
400
As Emilia is on the boat, she thinks back to her local festival and tradition where girls sent wreaths and candles down the river. However, her candle tips over and burns and sinks the wreath. What literary term is this an example of?
Foreshadowing
500
List 2 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 purposes.
500
Write an example of the sentence combining where you have two independent clauses correctly combined with a semicolon.
Answers will vary. Ex: I need to get to basketball practice; we were running late. --> Without a semicolon: I needed to get to basketball practice, but we were running late.
500
How many sentences should a CER paragraph be (minimum) if the teacher requires 3 CERs in the paragraph?
It should be 11 sentences. 1 topic sentence + 9 sentences for the 3 CERs + clincher sentence = 11 minimum sentences.
500

What are two literary terms that this quote shows as Emilia 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."

This has examples of a metaphor, theme, symbolism, and epithet.

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What two literary terms, besides syntax, are 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."
Theme, Alliteration, mood, hyperbole.
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