"Fire and Ice"
Fill in the missing word: "Some say the ______ will end in fire,/Some say in ice".
world
Fill in the missing words: "Perhaps the world will end at the ________ ________" (2 words)
kitchen table
Fill in the missing word: "'So what do you ________ of kid?'"
dream
What type of figurative language is this:
The storm clouds angrily gather.
personification
The author compares ice to which emotion?
hate
According to the author, where does the world begin?
at the kitchen table
Who is the only named character?
Chase
What type of figurative language is this?
"Chase sat with his back to the old dead tree, scratching at a patch of hard, blackened earth"
imagery
The author compares fire to which emotion?
desire
According to the author, what would her family be doing at the table as the world ended?
laughing; crying; eating: "while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite".
What horrible event are the characters alluding to (talking about) during the story?
nuclear explosion; nuke; nuclear war
What type of figurative language is this? "This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun"
metaphor
Which kind of end does the author say he prefers?
fire: "I hold with those who favor fire"
What noun (thing) does the author personify?
dreams: "Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children"
What does the narrator watch on the ground during the story?
a pill bug
What type of figurative language does Robert Frost use in "Fire and Ice" to compare fire to desire and ice to hate?
metaphor
From whom did the author get the inspiration for this poem?
Harlow Shapley; his colleague; an astronomer
What is Joy Harjo's (the author's) heritage?
Native American; Mvskoke Nation
Who is the author of "Dream's Winter"?
Anonymous; there is no listed author
What type of figurative language is this?
AND Which text does it come from?
"I can still hear the kids. I can't see them.They're saying something".
imagery from "Dream's Winter"