Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Literary Devices PT 1
Literary Devices PT 2
Symbolism
100
What is the narrator's little brother's name?
Doodle
100
What is "a scarlet ibis"
A type of bird that is bright red and has a long, slender bill
100
Which sentence is an example of figurative language? 1) Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born. 2) Doodle and I liked to think of our futures.
1) Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born.
100

Provide Doodle a character trait and explain. 

sweet, determined, vulnerable, handicapped, frail, etc.

100

Define symbolism and give an example. 

Symbolism is when something represents something else. Gives a deeper meaning. 

200
What does the narrator teach Doodle how to do?
Walk. And later run, climb, fight, etc.
200
What prompts the narrator to show Doodle the coffin?
He is occasionally cruel to his brother.
200
Explain what the author means when he writes "summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born"
The author means that summer was over but autumn hadn't quite started yet.
200
Describe the narrator in one word.
Selfish, determined, guilty, bully, etc.
200

What does the old woman swamp symbolize?

The bond between Doodle and his brother. The two brothers becoming closer as the narrator teaches Doodle. 

300
What does Doodle find in his yard and bury?
A scarlet ibis (type of bird)
300
Why does the narrator rename his little brother Doodle?
Doodle crawls backwards like a doodle-bug
300
What is the author trying to say in the sentence below: "The rain was coming, roaring through the pines, and then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning" (Hurst 563).
The lightning struck a tree and the tree shattered.
300

Read the sentence below and determine the type of literary device is being used.


"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals, and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox". 

The type of literary device being used is visual imagery and gustatory imagery. 

300

Which symbol represents Doodles death? Explain the scene. 

His Coffin. Doodle panicked when he saw it because the narrator left him alone with it. 

400
What happens to Doodle at the end of the story?
Doodle dies.
400
What is the main lesson of the relationship of the two brothers in "The Scarlet Ibis"?
How to appreciate a brother or sister.
400
Is the sentence below an example of literal of figurative language? Explain why!! Sentence: "His eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him, and his little hands began to stroke the rubber grass" (Hurst 556)
Figurative language. The grass is not really rubber.
400

Read the sentence below and determine the type of literary device is being used. Explain. 

"... the palmetto fronds whispered by the stream." 

The literary device being used is personification because flowers do not whisper. They are making a light noise. 

400
Describe the symbol of a peacock in the short story. 

The symbol of a peacock represents the narrator protecting Doodle in the story that Doodle made up about the child named peter. 

500
Why does the narrator teach Doodle how to walk?
The narrator is ashamed/embarrassed of having a brother who cannot walk.
500
The story “The Scarlet Ibis” begins with the narrator as an adult but he tells a story of when he was a child. What is this literary device called?
A flashback
500
What does the narrator compare Doodle to at the end of the story? Explain why.
Doodle is compared to a scarlet ibis because at the end of the story Doodle dies just like the scarlet ibis died.
500

Read the sentence below and determine the type of literary device is being used. Explain. 

"... the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle."

The type of literary device being used is a simile because they are comparing an elm tree to a cradle being rocked. 

500

Describe the symbol of the Scarlet Ibis and the connection it has to one of the characters in the short story. 

The Scarlet Ibis represents Doodle because they are both wonderful creatures/ humans. However, they are both not a right fit for the world they live in. 

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