Poetry & Drama
What does a caged bird symbolize?
Being trapped/lacking freedom
What figurative language is used in "men and girls came and went like moths"?
Smilie
The unalienable rights
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Rhetorical appeal being used: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Pathos
The way Lennie would be treated in 1930's society
Rejected, excluded, feared, isolated, pitied; synonyms accepted per Mrs. Cook
What does the word "fain" mean:
I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
Prefer to, synonyms accepted per Mrs. Cook
What does the word "erroneous" mean: "There is a burst of chatter as the erroneous news goes around that she is Gilda Gray’s understudy from the Follies"
Wildly inaccurate; synonyms accepted per Mrs.Cook
According to the Declaration, governments are established to do what?
Protect the rights of citizens
The rhetorical appeal being used: My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar
Pathos
Defining trait of Migrant workers in the 1930's
Lonely and isolated; they move from place to place and change jobs often, so they do not set down roots, form relationships, or have many belongings.
What does Mama's plant symbolize in A Raisin in the Sun?
The family's hope and resilience/ the life force of the family relationships and connections
What is ironic about Gatsby's little party?
It is not little at all; it is extravagant and over the top with the display of wealth, the type and variety of people who attend, and the illicit behavior.
The type of figurative language being used: Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes...
Personification
Rhetorical device being used: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? Was this ambitious? What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Rhetorical Question
The reason George really stays with Lennie
His love for/ connection with Lennie; their brotherhood and parent/child relationship
How does Walter's personality change from start to end in A Raisin in the Sun? (Name the 2 traits)
From bitter to proud/ alternatives accepted per Mrs.Cook
The narrator of the Great Gatsby and his defining trait
Nick Carraway/ Awkward observer
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To encourage people to break away from the oppression of the monarchy of Great Britain
The purpose of Mark Anthony's funeral speech
To persuade the crowd of Roman People against Brutus and the conspirators
What Mrs. Curley and Lennie have in common
Both are rejected by society; one is a woman and one has a dis/ability
What does Mama's dream of owning a house emphasize?
The need for stability, rootedness, and a safe place to belong
How Nick found out about the first Gatsby party
He was the only person to be hand invited by Gatsby himself; a formal invitation
What the term "endowed" most likely means: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...
Awarded (or given), synonyms accepted per Mrs. Cook
The tonal shift in Mark Antony's speech from beginning to end (2 tone words)
Sincere to sarcastic
The hopes and dreams in of Mice and Men are not possible without this.
Human connection/ companionship/ love
also accept: freedom