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What is the main theme in Flavio's Home?
What is good versus evil
100
Who is the author of Flavio's Home?
Who is Gordon Parks
100
Name the types of writing used in Beauty and the Beast.
What is description and narration.
100
What literary device is known for comparing to unlike things with out using the words like or as?
What is metaphor
100
Who is the main character in Sister Flowers?
Marguerite
200
The main theme of what short story is that you must live life to the fullest no matter what struggles you face?
What is Bombs Bursting in Air
200
Who is the author of the short story Why We Crave Horror Movies?
Who is Stephen King
200
"Buzz-Off was not a looker. But he was extremely self-confident". This quote is an example of what form of writing?
What is exemplification.
200
What form of writing is used by Judith Ortiz, David Helvary, Gordon Parks, and Maya Angelou
What is description
200
How are the characters in Bombs Bursting in Air connected?
The characters in Bombs Bursting Air are connected by their tragedies and the way that life is hard for everyone.
300
In the short story Shooting an Elephant the author talks about how he shot an elephant because the people he was watching over wanted him to. Why is this an important part in portraying the theme?
It is important because it shows the lack of control he has over the people even though he was put there to keep them in line.
300
What author is known for being a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director?
Who is Maya Angelou
300
"Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were a human it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds of which 53 pounds would be bosoms". This quote is an example of what literary device?
What is compare and contrast.
300
In Flavio's Home the author uses Jose's bad to show how good Flavio is. What is this literary device called?
What is a foil.
300
In Sister Flowers how does Marguerite and Sister Flowers relate?
Marguerite is a young Maya Angelou and Sister Flowers is and older and wiser Maya Angelou.
400
List ten ways we lie.
White lies, omission, facade, stereotypes and cliches, group think, deflecting, delusion, dismissal, ignoring plain facts, and out-and-out lies.
400
"Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that if it were human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds of which 53 would be bosoms". This quote is an example of what type of writing?
What is compare and contrast
400
In Beth Johnson's Bombs Bursting in Air the quote, "But I can't; the bomb that exploded in Shannon's home has sent splinters of shrapnel into ours as well, and they cannot be ignored or lied away" what literary device is being used?
What is metaphor
400
How is narration different then exemplification? How are they similar?
Narration can be false and doesn't have to involve the speaker in the story.Exemplification is using examples from life to prove a point. They are similar because they both are trying to get a point across.
400
In the short story Bombs Bursting in Air who was Shannon and what role did play on the main characters or author?
Shannon was the little girl who had a brain tumor. Her ordeal became one of the first bombs or a tragedy for the authors children.
500
How does the theme in Sister Flowers relate to the theme in Beauty and the Beast?
In Sister Flowers the theme is that children all need a good role model to help them grow. In Beauty and the Beast the theme is that toys that children play with can effect how the view themselves. They are similar because they both focus on how girls need a strong woman to look up to and want to be like.
500
When citing name the five things that must be present in all work cited pages?
What is author, date, type of source, publication information
500
Name all the types of writing in our books.
What is narration, description, exemplification, division classification, process analysis, compare and contrast, cause and effect, argumentative/persuation, combining patterns, and definition
500
Name the stories that use description, narration, exemplification, division classification, process analysis, compare and contrast, and cause and effect.
What is Sister Flowers, Salvation, Bombs Bursting in Air, The Ways We Lie, What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage, Beauty and the Beast, and Why We Crave Horror Movies.
500
How do the tragedies the characters face in Bombs Bursting in Air differ from the tragedies faced in The Storm This Time?
The tragedies in Bombs Bursting in Air are the cause of internal conflict and the tragedy in The Storm This Time is a physical conflict.