Scarlet Letter
The meaning behind the Scarlet letter on Hester's chest is...
what is her crime of adultery?
What is the meaning of the word impropriety in this sentence?
"The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into the public ways, and wedging their not unsubstantial persons, if occasion were, into the throng nearest to the scaffold at an execution."
The Scarlet Letter
What is the condition of being unsuitable or offensive?
In Poe’s poem the “Raven,” An echo murmured back the word "Lenore!"
What type of figurative language is this?
What is personification?
How does the author use text structure and genre to create meaning?
What is by delivering information in a way to help readers easily understand the central idea of a text?
What is the difference between first and third point of view?
What is the first person the narrator tells his/her story and third person is told through an observer of the narrator’s actions?
Based on the setting, the language, and the heavy amount of religion centralizing their lifestyle's, what time period was the Scarlet letter set in?
hint: Not when it was published
What is the 1600's (1640's)?
What is the meaning if the word incredulous in the sentence?
"Though he looked the phantom through and through, and saw it standing before him; though he felt the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes; and marked the very texture of the folded kerchief bound about its head and chin, which wrapper he had not observed before; he was still incredulous, and fought against his senses."
A Christmas Carol
What is not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving?
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door -
"'Tis some visitors," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -"
What figurative language was used to describe the tapping?
What is a Simile? The narrator compares the tapping sound (of the raven) with that of a human tapping, it's not actually the sound of tapping, but he feels as if he heard a knock on the door.
Which text structure uses the following signal words/phrases (for example, characteristics and features of)?
What is a description?
What point of view is “A Christmas Carol” and what can be observed about the main character?
What is third-person point of view, it can be observed that the main character, Scrooge, is greedy and selfish?
What do the weeds in the beginning of the book symbolize?
What is black weeds mean unconfessed sin. The weeds being black emphasizes the idea that unconfessed sin harms the sinner. (example of this is when Dimmesdale and Chillingworth avoid talking about themselves to not give away their sin).
What is the meaning of the word transgressor in this sentence?
"Meagre, indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for, from such bystanders, at the scaffold."
The Scarlet letter
Who is someone who violates a law or command?
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What type of shift is seen at the end of the poem “The Raven”?
What is Present tense shift in the last stanza. Narrator shifts from sad and reassuring to crazy and insane by the end of the poem?
In “The Devil and Tom Walker” why do you think Irving chose to write this selection in third person?
What is to add insight into the thoughts and emotions of different characters?
What is the double meaning of the word “leech” and why is it significant to the portrayal of Chillingworth?
What is a leech is a blood-sucking parasite, and it is also used to describe a person who sponges off and uses other people or in some cases leech is referred to as “doctors.” Many people describe Chillingworth figuratively as someone sucks the life out of his “host” (Arthur Dimmsdale)
What is the meaning of the literary term consonance?
Example: "whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here, to watch his woods fill up with snow."
What is the property of sounding harmonious?
How does the book “Lord of the flies” foreshadow events?
What is piggy’s death was first foreshadow when first see the character, or the boys rescue? There were several instances of foreshadowing that suggested the boys would eventually be discovered by someone.
How were the books “The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky: Native American Literature,” “The Sky Tree,” and “Coyote Finishes His Work,” structured.
What is they all have similar topics. Each one flow within the other?
Identify the point of view:
Once you have a cake in the oven, start to make the whipped cream frosting. Combine whipping cream, powdered sugar, and food color in a small mixer bowl. Make sure you add just a small amount of food color.
What is second person?
What was the moral of the Scarlet Letter?
what is secret sin leads to guilt and pain and there can be personal growth through mistakes?
What is the meaning of the literary term assonance?
Example: "Upon an island hard to reach, the East Beast sits upon his beach. Upon the west beach sits the West Beast , each each beast thinks he's the best beast."
What is the repetition of similar vowels in successive words?
How does the book “Lord of the flies” reference biblical allusion?
What is Simon represents Jesus, the pig's head represents Satan or rather their satanic sides, Jack represents Judas, and the island represents the Garden of Eden?
How is the novel, “The five people You Meet in Heaven” structured?
What is the book was structured in five different themes? These themes structured how the author used and presented facts. By the structure of the book ideas flowed effortlessly. Themes- interconnectedness, sacrifice and justice, peace, love, and purpose (your lives and others).
The reasoning behind Mark Twain writing, "The Lowest Animal."
What is to poke fun at Charles Darwin theory and to create a satire statement about humans need for power entitlement.