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Language that appeals to the senses
What is Imagery
100
The story’s atmosphere or feeling it evokes.
What is Mood
100
The way authors provide details to build a picture of a character.
What is Characterization
100
When an author uses interactions of characters, things, imagery, or events to suggest something that happens in the future.
What is Foreshadowing
100
An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something else
What is A Symbol
200
The story’s main message.
What is Theme.
200
When the outcome of events is the opposite of what might be expected, a surprise.
What is Irony
200
What is the first thing you do on a reading test
Read the questions
200
A test-taking strategy for during reading
What is Underline as you read, marking areas that either relate to the questions or are confusing.
200
What you should always, always do when taking a reading test
What is Refer back to the text
300
Poetic Language
What is A detailed description, particularly one which used poetic techniques like simile.
300
A simile
What is a comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"
300
The Princess married the third prince that very day in the midst of great merriment and high revelry. More than a hundred thousand pearls were thrown at her and she loved it. How is this ending unexpected? a) The princess married a rich prince. b) The princess receives more than 100 pearls. c) The princess is revealed to be superficial d) The princess incurs no consequences for her superficiality
What is d) The princess incurs no consequences for her superficiality
300
Identify the literary device When Kanye West says, “I’m like the fly Malcolm X by any jeans necessary,” he is making (two are correct): a)a very silly remark b) a contrast c) an allusion d) a pun
What is c) an allusion or d) a pun
300
Which of these passages from Desiree’s Baby uses poetic language? a) Madame Valmonde had never removed her eyes from the child. She lifted it and walked with it over to the window that was lightest. b) The baby, half-naked, lay asleep upon her own great mahogany bed, that was like a sumptuous throne, with its satin-lined canopy. c) She stayed motionless, with gaze riveted upon the child, and her face the picture of fright. d) Young Aubigny’s rule was a strict one, too, and under it his negroes had forgotten how to be gay, as they had been during the old master’s easygoing and indulgent lifetime.
What is b) The baby, half-naked, lay asleep upon her own great mahogany bed, that was like a sumptuous throne, with its satin-lined canopy.
400
The last thing to go was a tiny bundle of letters; innocent little scribblings that Desiree had sent to him during the days of their espousal. There was the remnant of one back in the drawer from which he took them. But it was not Desiree's; it was part of an old letter from his mother to his father. He read it. She was thanking God for the blessing of her husband's love: Which of the above sentences most emphasizes the story’s ironic ending? a) The last thing to go was a tiny bundle of letters. b) There was the remnant of one back in the drawer from which he took them. c) But it was not Desiree's; it was part of an old letter from his mother to his father. d) She was thanking God for the blessing of her husband's love.
What is d) She was thanking God for the blessing of her husband's love.
400
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner. The first paragraph of “The Lottery” establishes: a) Setting and contrast b) Setting and mood c) Contrast and Irony d) Irony and foreshadowing
What is b) Setting and mood
400
The black box in the lottery is a symbol that represents: a) Wealth b) Death c) Money d) Tradition
What is b) Death
400
The pile of stones in the town square is an example of: a) Foreshadowing b) Characterization c) Contrast d) Irony
What is a) Foreshadowing
400
The theme of "The Lottery"
What is Unquestioningly carrying out old traditions can be dangerous.
500
The theme of “Desiree’s Baby”
What is Racism is absurd, and carries tragic consequences.
500
The theme of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
What is Those who stand silent before injustice are as guilty as the actively unjust.
500
The theme of “The Princess and the Tin Box”
What is Everyone values material goods, and it’s foolish to pretend otherwise.
500
King’s intended audience for “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
What is The white moderate and/or white church.
500
Find the Theme: Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl get married secretly because their families hate each other. Girl’s family wants to marry her to another man. To prevent this, girl takes a potion that makes her appear dead, writes boy telling him that she is only faking. Boy does not receive letter, hears girl has died, rides to her tomb, and kills himself. Girl awakes to see boy dead. Takes his dagger and stabs herself too.
What is Love Conquers All and Fate Conquers Love