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Poetry Shizz
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These characters chant "four legs good two legs bad" repeatedly.
Who are the sheep.
100
The way you order words in a sentence is called _______.
What is syntax.
100
Who initially said this quote and why is it important? Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tiding Of the golden future time.
What is Old Major. It is important because it provides the animals with an initial image of utopia while also rallying them and getting them excited for one cause.
100
Mr. Jones, the drunken original owner of Animal Farm represents _______________.
What is Czar Nicholas II. *Not Cezar, Caesar, or Jesus.
100
imagery is ____________.
What is any images or details that appeal to the 5 senses.
200
_____________ wrote the lines "Does my sassiness upset you?/ Why are you beset with gloom?/'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells/pumping in my living room"
Who is Maya Angelou.
200
The literary device seen in the following lines is _______. Sara Swanson swam in the sound.
What is alliteration.
200
Who said this quote? Why is it important? "Four legs good, two legs bad."
Who are the sheep who say this merely because they blindly follow all new rules/leadership. It is an easy way to rally them, while also cementing the key idea of Animal Farm that anything that is human-like aka. walks on two legs, is bad.
200
Animal Farm is an ______________ of the Russian Revolution.
What is an allegory.
200
____________ are like little paragraphs that poems can be organized into.
What are stanzas.
300
This character was sent to a knacker after getting injured.
Who is Boxer.
300
Marking up the text --a novel, poem, play etc..., with the intent of gaining a better understanding of it is known as _____________.
What is annotating.
300
DAILY DOUBLE: Who said this quote? What does it mean on a larger scale? "I-I took the one less traveled by, and it has made all the difference."
Who is Robert Frost. The "difference" in this quote could be positively connotated, and imply that Frost is happy with the choices he made in life, and thus, his "road." It could also signify that he believes he took the better path, and perhaps the perceived more difficult path.
300
This project symbolizes government corruption and failure in Animal Farm.
What is the windmill.
300
Two lines in direct succession that are rhyming are ___________.
What are couplets.
400
The Red Army is symbolized by _____________ in Animal Farm.
What is Napoleon's army of dogs that he raises.
400
"Walking down the hall." is an example of a ____________.
What is an incomplete sentence.
400
What is the point of the windmill in Animal Farm? What keeps happening to it and why is it important in the plot?
What is that the windmill is a project that is supposed to show the other farms how efficient Animal Farm is, and that everything is going well on the farm. To the animals, it is supposed to improve their quality of life; however, they run low on food focusing all their attention to the windmill and they have to work extra hard. The windmill falls over constantly, which shows on a larger scale the failure of communism.
400
DAILY DOUBLE: Why does Orwell choose animals to represent his characters in Animal Farm?
What is because they are low on the totem pole in life: the fact that he is using animals to represent these people shows that they are thought of as being "small" in society and perhaps, unable to take care of themselves or make decisions i.e. "unintelligent."
400
DAILY DOUBLE: Oil wells, diamonds, and gold mines all represent ____________ in Maya Angelou's Still I Rise.
What is wealth. The wealth can further symbolize "inner wealth" or pride/happiness with onesself.
500
This character is an antagonist to Beowulf.
Who is Grendel and/or Grendel's mother.
500
DAILY DOUBLE "Bravery" is a ___________ of Beowulf.
What is topic.
500
What is the point of Animal Farm? Why is this a book we still read today?
What is because we need to beware that history repeats itself. Orwell uses the Russian Revolution and Communism to portray the idea that leaders are corrupt/power corrupts all.
500
The battle between Frederick and Pilkington over timber represents ________________ on a larger scale.
What is the fight between Germany and the allies over control to trade with Russia. Germany wins and exchanges goods for conterfeit/worthless money, and Russia is ultimately at a loss.
500
________________ wrote Reluctance.
Who is Robert Frost.