Into the Wild
What is Alexander Supertramp?
This item symbolizes sin, adultery, and public shaming, though its meaning changes throughout the course of the novel.
What is the scarlet A?
The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Hester Prynne?
A recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
What is motif?
Their code of ethics consisted of the belief that God should come before all else, vanity is sinful, people must conform to maintain order, and women should always marry and have children.
Who are the Puritans?
Chris McCandless's alma mater.
Emory University
To give him a pair of gloves and to talk with him about keeping Pearl.
The antagonist of The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Roger Chillingworth?
"Cinderella's stepmother locked her in a closet so that she could not try on the slipper" is an example of what type of characterization?
Indirect characterization
(Reveals something about the character through their actions, words, thoughts)
An anonymous story that relies on the supernatural to explain a natural phenomenon, human behavior, or mystery.
Myth
Krakauer believed McCandless's death was caused by consuming these.
What are poisonous wild potato seeds?
Which characters are standing together on the scaffold in the scene with the meteor?
Widow from The Scarlet Letter believed to be a witch.
Physical setting (the classroom at the end of the hall)
Geographical setting (615 Monroe St., Fairbanks, AK 99701)
Historical setting (21st century)
Cultural setting (Catholic, conservative)
Student Name
Teacher Name
Class
Due Date
Each chapter of Into the Wild begins with this.
What is an epigraph?
When Hester reveals the true identity of Chillingworth to Dimmesdale, his initial reaction is:
Anger
Person in Into The Wild who gets caught in an illegal scam which allowing people to watch encrypted cable programming without paying for it.
Who is Wayne Westerberg?
This type of literary device serves the same purpose as an adjective to quickly but more thoroughly and accurately describe and/or compare the situation in the story/poem you are reading.
What is an allusion?
List the six components of an analytical body paragraph in order.
1. Topic sentence
2. Context
3. Textual evidence
4. Reference
5. Analysis
6. Concluding/transition sentence
This mountain in Alaska was summited by the author of Into the Wild.
What is Devils Thumb?
Which character(s) claim to have met the Black Man?
Hester Prynne & Mistress Hibbins
This person, referenced in Into the Wild, went on a risky outdoor adventure in their 20s into the Davis Gulch and disappeared forever.
Who was Everett Ruess?
The viewpoint a reader can take when analyzing and interpreting a text
What is a literary lens?
This type of sentence is created by combining an independent and dependent clause.
What is a compound sentence?