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100

This kind of figurative language includes 'like' or 'as' somewhere in the sentence.

What is a simile?

100

Shawn Spencer, the main character in the Psych clip we watched earlier this year, was running for office in Santa Barbara. Many of you said you would not vote for him for this reason

What is

He was not clear about his goal

He wanted to cause destruction

His ad was poorly put together

It didn't seem like he knew how to be a politician

100

Ending your story on a cliffhanger may cause this emotion to rise within the audience

What is...

Anger

Confusion

100

This titular phrase is repeated multiple times through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech, each time highlighting a personal hope he has related to the fight for equality.

What is I Have a Dream

100

This band went on an indefinite hiatus back in 2016, just one year after one of their members left the band.

Who are One Direction?

200

This kind of figurative language compares one thing to another, unrelated thing. For example: "I've got a river for a soul."

What is a metaphor?

200

We learn that Harriet, the focus character in Sleeping, met Mr. Winters at the community pool, where he asked her to babysit his child. This is weird because...

What is...


He knows nothing about her and her skills

She knows nothing about him/his family

200

The following line from The U.S. of Us by Richard Blanco aims to imbue what emotion within the audience? "When will you stop drowning us, trafficking us like cattle in trucks?"

What is...

Anger

Frustration

Sadness

200

"Going beneath the surface" is a strategy that allows an author to...

What is...

Reveal something others may not have realized/thought about to strengthen their point

Highlight an experience that often goes unseen

200

Your school mascot is the dragon. Name a famous dragon.

Who is...

Mushu (Mulan)

Toothless (HTTYD)

Dragonite (Pokemon)

Puff, the Magic Dragon

etc


300

Repetition is used for this purpose:

Draw attention to/Emphasize key details

Establish a rhythm to the piece

Strengthen impact

300

Mary, the wife in Lamb to the Slaughter, subverts our expectations of her with one simple act: killing her husband. The author is able to do this by describing her character as

What is...

a devoted wife

a loving person

etc

300

The effect of rhyme in a poem/song

What is...


It is pleasing to the ear, which makes it stand out/makes the audience pay attention to what is being said

300

Sleeping by Katharine Webber (remember the creepy baby CFU?) is written in 3rd person limited. This is what that POV contributes to the story.

What is...

A feeling of mystery

Unanswered questions

A biased perspective

300

This ship went down in 1912, after being deemed "unsinkable". Talk about irony, right?

What was the Titanic?

400

This phrase refers to the idea of a author using the optimal diction and structure in their work.

What is "the best words in the best order"?

400

The narrator in Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening is vague in their descriptions, but not to the point where we don't knowing anything about them. Tell us one thing we know, and one thing we don't.

What is...

Know: 

They're in the woods

They have a horse

Don't Know:

The promises they need to keep

Why they're in the woods

400

The Ray of Moonshine ends shortly after the following quote: "Ballads—women—glory—happiness—lies are they all—vain fantasies which we shape in our imagination and clothe according to our whim, and we love them and run after them—for what? for what? To find a ray of moonshine." The author imbues the following emotions within it.

What is

Anger

Desperation

Sadness

Melancholy

Hopelessness

400

Good timber does not grow with ease:

The stronger wind, the stronger trees;

The further sky, the greater length;

The more the storm, the more the strength.

Good timber, in this case, refers to

What is...

strength

durability

resilience

400

This author of Fahrenheit 451 also happens to be Mr. Brannan's favorite writer.

Who is Ray Bradbury?

500

There are the five types of allusions. Name three.

What are historical, religious, mythological, pop culture, and literary allusions?

500

Mr. Brannan rewrote Kat's iconic poem in 10 Things I Hate About You. 

"I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.

But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

I hate your big dumb combat boots and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme."

Almost unanimously, the class chose the original as having the best words in the best order for reasons such as...

What is...

it lacks the same impact as the original

it gives away the ending too early

500

An author may choose to pause while reading their work for this reason.

What is...

To draw attention to what is being said

To make the audience think about what has just been said

To highlight specific feelings in the work/emotional impact

500

The Arrival by Shaun Tan is different from the texts we've read in class in one major way: it's told entirely in pictures. Tell us the gist of the story.

What is...

A man leaves his family to travel to a new place, where he is met with a language and customs he doesn't understand. Despite this, he is able to navigate the new place with the help of others.

500

Ms. Olivia travelled a lot during her semester abroad in London. Name one of the places she travelled to.

Where is...

Athens, Greece

Edinburgh, Scotland

Paris, France

Vienna, Austria