Blast from the Past
This is the real message of Robert Frost's A Road Not Taken.
What is the idea that the future is random, but small decisions lead to very different outcomes?
He is responsible for the iceberg theory and had beef with authors who used too many big words.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
It's a Poe special... there's a pandemic going on, and there's a LOT of symbolism!
What is Masque of the Red Death?
An speaker who plays to the emotions of the audience is utilizing this.
What is pathos?
He used fear to gain power and used that power to instill more fear.
Who is Jack?
What is Garden of Love?
Known for his sonnets and plays, most of which were tragedies, comedies, and histories.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A story from Mark Twain that has a lot to say about the nature of people and our society.
What is What Stumped the Bluejays?
Someone who misrepresents an opposing argument is utilizing THIS logical fallacy.
What is a straw man?
Some thought it was a ghost, others said it came from water, but it was within the boys all along.
What is the beast?
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a comma and conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Answers vary
The problem that Jonathan Edwards's satire A Modest Proposal pretended to fix
What is the overpopulation of poor Irish children?
The author of Lord of the Flies.
Who is William Golding?
The symbolism of the two animals in The Nightingale and the Glowworm.
What is... the Nightingale stands for beauty, and the Glowworm wisdom?
Who is Aldous Huxley?
What is the 1910's? (1919)
Some combo of...
- It's well-known
- Questions of morality
- People have strong opinions
This is the irony of the way the boys were finally rescued from the island.
What is the forest fire (compared to the signal fire)?
When a part of something stands for the whole.
What is a synecdoche?
He was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi and wrote in a distinctly American fashion... wrote What Stumped the Bluejays?
Who is Mark Twain?
He said, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" in his speech about Julius Caesar.
Who is Antony?
A rhetorical strategy where you intentionally compare two things to highlight the contrast
What is a juxtaposition?
The #1 reason why Simon is such an important character.
What is his ability to recognize the true nature of the beast?