Fish Cheeks
The type of conflict in fish cheeks.
What is person v. self?
Write a parenthetical citation for The Necklace using this quote from page 2:
"He was heart-broken".
What is "He was heart-broken" (De Maupassant 2).
The signpost format
1. Identify
2. Explain
3. Answer the Q?
Write an intro phrase
What is (answers may vary):
The author wrote,
Mathilde spoke,
Amy thought,
The amount of years it took for Mathilde and her husband to pay off the diamond necklace.
What is ten years?
The lit device shown here "A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires."
What is a metaphor?
The point of view The Necklace is told in.
Third-person omniscient
The signpost demonstrated here: "You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.” She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. “But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.”
1. Words of the wiser
2. Amy's mother advises her that she doesn't need to be ashamed of her heritage.
The first sentence of introduction to quote provides this:
What is summarizing background information or context?
Identify the appropriate literary device for the given line: "A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil."
What is personification?
The lit device shown here: "On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life. A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires."
What is imagery?
selfish, inconsiderate, ungrateful, etc?
The signpost demonstrated here: "It wasn’t until many years later – long after I had gotten over my crush on Robert – that I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu. For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods"
What is:
1. Aha Moment
2. Amy realized it was her favorite food, but she was too anxious to know it at the time.
What is 2 sentences?
What is imagery?
Fill in the blank: Amy's tone shifts from ________ at the beginning to __________ at the end
What is (answers may vary):
shame to gratitude
anxious to appreciative
The that best reveals how Mathilde has changed after ten years of repaying the debt
A. She greets Madame Forestier by name.
B. She decides to tell Madame Forestier what happened.
C. Her appearance reflects the effects of years of difficult work.
D. She remembers how beautiful she looked at the Ministry.
What is C.Her appearance reflects the effects of years of difficult work?
The signpost demonstrated here: "Instead of being delighted, as her husband hoped, [Mathilde] flung the invitation petulantly across the table"
What is:
1. Contrast and Contradiction
2. Mathilde desires status and popularity, yet when she is given the chance to go to a fancy ball, she reacts with anger.
A topic sentence must include these things (select all that apply)
- Title
- Genre
- Author
- Literary Device/Signpost
- Theme
- Restatement of Prompt
- Answer to the Prompt.
What is story title, author, restatement of prompt, and answer to the prompt?
(all or nothing).
The mood during Christmas dinner in Fish Cheeks.
What is (answer may vary):
Embarassed, anxious, ashamed, akward?
What the fish cheeks symbolize.
Answers may vary, but:
what is rejection of authenticity?
The literary devices (2) made clear in the very last line of the Necklace: "Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!... "
What are symbolism and situational irony?
The signpost demonstrated here: "Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence."
What is:
1. Contrast and Contradiction
2. Amy "prayed" for Robert, but when he shows up at her house, she can't engage with him socially.
Five examples of personal language (100 pts each):
What is I, me, my, us, we, our, you, yours?
The meaning of each letter of S.T.E.A.L.
Speech
Thoughts
Effect on Others
Actions
Looks?