Figurative Language
What is an oxymoron?
Two opposite words used together to describe something.
Give an example of an internee?
Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps.
Identify the tone of Tone A.
Hopeful
How many details do you need in a short response?
2
What is the Central Idea of Home Alone?
A boy is left home alone while the family goes away for the holidays.
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example of one.
A word used to describe a sound.
What is a claim?
A strong statement of belief.
Identify the tone of Tone B.
Peaceful
What is the definition of theme?
The lesson learned.
What is the central idea of "Summer of the Mariposas?"
Five sisters find a dead body and take him back to his family.
What is hyperbole? Give an example of it.
A great exaggeration such as I could eat a horse.
What do Maus and Farewell to Manzanar have in common?
They are both about people who are treated differently by society because of who they are.
Identify the tone of Tone C.
Anxious
What is the definition of central idea?
What the text is mostly about.
What is the the central idea of Maus?
A father tells his son the story of how he survived the Holocaust.
What is a simile? What is a metaphor?
Simile - comparison using like or as.
Metaphor - comparison without using like or as.
What are character traits?
The way someone looks and/or the way. someone behaves.
Identify the tone of Tone D.
Overjoyed, thankful, amazed.
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the how the author feels towards the subject. Mood is how the reader feels when reading the text.
What is one theme of Maus?
People can survive terrible things if they never give up.
What is alliteration? Give an example.
Alliteration is the repeating of a particular consonant for effect. Example: Daffy Duck.
What is a stanza?
A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines.
Identify the tone of Tone F.
sarcastic
What are the five elements of the plot?
Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is one theme of "Summer of the Mariposas?"
Family must stick together to solve their problems.