7th Grade
This is the elective that Victor will take in 7th grade
what is French
This is the name of the town in which "The Landlady" takes place
what is Bath
This is the planet upon which "All Summer in a Day" takes place
what is Venus
Writers use these two stylistic devices to make a comparison more powerful.
What are metaphors and similes
This text type is used to convey emotion about the most important occurrence (and not go on and on about superfluous details) from any given day
This is the tactic that Michael recommends to Victor to attract girls
what is a scowl
what is "briskness" or "to be brisk"
This character embodies the children's resentment towards Margot
who is William
This is the stylistic device used to hint at something that will come later in a story
what is foreshadowing
This is the name of the movie from which the simile "Life is like a box of chocolates" was made famous.
What is Forrest Gump
This is the style of handshake that Victor and Michael use to greet one another.
What is "raza style"
The landlady enjoys this hobby
what is taxidermy or "stuffing animals"
In the simile that Bradbury uses to describe the children mixing together amongst themselves to look out the window, he compares them to these two forms of vegetation
what are "roses and weeds"
Either of these two words will always be found in a simile
What is "as" or "like"
This is the movie in which the importance of a stolen case of plutonium is foreshadowed very early on.
what is Back to the Future
"Great rosebushes of red bloomed on Victor's cheeks. A river of sweat ran down his palms." This is the stylistic device that Gary Soto uses here to convey Victor's blushing and nervousness.
What is a metaphor
Billy sipping the tea and noticing that it tastes like almonds is an example of this stylistic device
what is foreshadowing
This is the metaphor that Bradbury uses to describe Margot as pale and lifeless.
what is "She was an old photograph..."
Conflict can be categorized into these two sub-categories (ie outer and inner)
what is external conflict and internal conflict
This is the name of the movie that satirizes male modeling in which the main character has trademark "looks" such as "blue steel" and "magnum"
what is Zoolander
Why did Mr. Bueller decide to take it easy on Victor?
Because he could relate to the way Victor was pretending to be something he wasn't to win over a girl.
these are the last names of the missing boys
what is Mulholland and Temple
These are the two lines read from Margot's poem
what is:
"I think the sun is a flower
That blooms for just one hour."
Name the specific types of conflict present in All Summer in a Day
what is man vs man and man vs nature
This is the name of the Austrian body builder turned action movie star turned politician.
who is Arnold Schwarzenegger