Figurative Language & Irony
Which type of figurative language is exaggeration?
hyperbole
What is an unreliable narrator?
A narrator whose story you can't fully trust
"The day my son Laurie started kindergarten he renounced corduroy overalls with bibs and began wearing blue jeans with a belt."
Renounce
French for renoncier "give up, surrender"
Based on the word parts, what does "renounce" mean?
a. started wearing
b. loved wearing
c. stopped wearing
d. hated wearing
c. stopped wearing
What is a rhetorical question?
a. a question meant to be answered and give information
b. a question meant to be answered but confusing
c. a question not meant to be answered and not meant to prove a point
d. a question not meant to be answered and to prove a point
d. a question not meant to be answered and to prove a point
1. Forcing the characters to sit close and talk
2. The train ride ended, allowing Easton to get away with his lie
Which sentence from the poem "Mad" shows the speaker is likely to exaggerate and therefore may be unreliable?
a. My mother sent up a silver thread
b. She knows I like silver
c. My mother stood in the front yard like a pin dot
d. I got mad at my mother and flew to the moon
d. I got mad at my mother and flew to the moon
Why might someone be an unreliable narrator? (name at least 3 reasons)
mental illness, liar, young, dumb, someone who exaggerates, bad person, they have a bias
At Denver there was an influx of passengers into the coaches on the eastbound B. & M. Express... As they passed down the aisle of the coach the only vacant seat offered was a reversed one facing the attractive young woman.
What does "influx" mean?
a. small amount
b. people exiting
c. people running
d. large amount
d. large amount
What is the author's purpose for using the rhetorical question "what if I never see my mom again?" in the poem Mad?
a. to emphasize the speaker’s need to talk to their mom
b. to emphasize how nervous the speaker is about being on the moon
c. to emphasize the speaker’s worries and regrets about fighting with her mom
d. to emphasize how curious the speaker is about when she will next see her mom
c. to emphasize the speaker’s worries and regrets about fighting with her mom
What is the climax of the story?
a. the point of most action and drama
b. the point of least action and drama
c. learning the characters and setting
d. resolving the story and tying up loose ends
a. the point of most action and drama
What does it mean with something is "ironic?"
a. hilariously funny because it's the joke you were expecting
b. slightly funny because it's the opposite of what you expect
c. Scary because it's the opposite of what you expect
d. Boring because you know something the characters don't
b. slightly funny because it's the opposite of what you expect
Which 2 POVs are most likely to be unreliable?
a. 1st person
b. 2nd person
c. 3rd person limited
d. 3rd person omniscient
a. 1st person
c. 3rd person limited
a. fire
b. orange
c. water
d. death
c. water
Which of the following is a rhetorical question?
a. What is your name?
b. Where are you from?
c. Are you serious right now?
d. What is the name of the restaurant?
c. Are you serious right now?
What is the time period and place for "Hearts and Hands?"
train (out west), 1800s
What is situational irony?
a. sarcasm
b. the opposite of what you expect
c. the audience knows something the character doesn't
d. all of the above
b. the opposite of what you expect
Which pronouns are used for 1st person (name at least 2)?
I, my, me, we, us
What does the Latin root "cent" mean?
a. 100
b. 500
c. 1
d. 50
a. 100
What words let you know something is a question even if there is NO question mark?
a. who, what, where, when, why, what, will
b. he, she, his, hers, they, them, theirs
c. I, me, my, we, us, ours, mine
d. then, than, after, before
a. who, what, where, when, why, what, will
How does the historical context of the setting of "Hearts and Hands" affect Miss Fairchild's perception of Easton?
Because the story takes place in the 1800s, Miss Fairchild doesn't have social media to check up on Easton's story.
What is an example of a metaphor in the poem "Teenagers"
a. A code I knew but can't remember
b. open as sunflowers in my hands
c. glowing almost like pearls
d. familiar skin now stretched on long bodies
a. A code I knew but can't remember
What is perspective?
a. 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person
b. thoughts or feelings of a character
c. the person who is telling the story
d. the author of the story
b. thoughts or feelings of a character
He came home the same way, the front door slamming open...At lunch he spoke insolently to his father and spilled his baby sister’s milk.
What does "insolently" mean?
a. kind and respectful
b. fast and loud
c. softly and quickly
d. rude and disrespectful
d. rude and disrespectful
Which of the following is a rhetorical question?
a. What are you eating for lunch?
b. Where did you go for vacation?
c. Would it kill you to quiet down?
d. What are you doing over the weekend?
c. Would it kill you to quiet down?
Name 2 aspects of setting that are NOT time and place (think back to small groups during Hearts and Hands).
weather, historical context, social expectations