Part of Speech
"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree"...What is the job of the word clove?
something was in the clove...If you can put something in clove it would be a noun (thing).
"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree"...What is the connotation of the word clove?
neutral...it is in the in between of seasons. It is in between summer and fall. It is not positive or negative.
"It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree"...What is the meaning of the word clove?
split, divide, in-between
What is the main idea of this passage?
It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree. The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank among the purple phlox. The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest up in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle. The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead.
At a certain time of year, the ibis showed up in their yard. At this same time of year, most of the vegetation was decaying or in their final blooms, and the orioles were no longer in their nest. |
What is a scarlet ibis? Where is it originally from?
A bird
Usually lives in Tropical South America and islands of the Caribbean.
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce." What is the job of the word prim?
it describes the flower garden...it is a describing word (adjective)
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce." What is the connotation of the word prim?
positive connotation...it is describing a tidy flower garden.
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce." What is the meaning of the word prim?
orderly, neat, tidy
What is the main idea of the passage?
The Scarlet Ibis is named after a tropical bird rarely found in North Carolina where the story takes place. Along with the ibis, Hurst uses the local names of plants to create powerful symbols. For example, the ibis lands in a “bleeding tree,” a type of pine that oozes a white sap when cut. He also mentions “graveyard flowers,” which are fragrant white gardenias often planted in cemeteries because they bloom year after year.
The author of The Scarlet Ibis used symbols in his work.
What is the setting (year and location) of our story, Scarlet Ibis?
1911-1918 (WWI) North Carolina
"The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest up in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle"...what is the job of the word untenanted?
the elm was untenanted...untenanted is an action word (verb)
"The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest up in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle"...what is the connotation of the word untenanted?
it is a negative connotation...the nest is like an empty cradle.
"The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest up in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle"...what is the meaning of the word untenanted?
unoccupied, empty
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
It’s strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that summer has long since fled and time has had its way. A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust. The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce. But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away -- and I remember Doodle.
Even though it was a long time ago, the narrator of the story can still remember the past clearly.
What is the point of view is Scarlet Ibis told from? Who is the narrator?
"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank among the purple phlox"...what is the job of the word rank?
it is describing how the ironweeds grew...adjective
"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank among the purple phlox"...what is the connotation of the word rank?
negative...the flower garden is stained.
"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank among the purple phlox"...what is the meaning of the word rank?
thick, coarse, overgrown, unruly
What is the main idea of the passage?
When the general, nursing his bruised shoulder, had gone, Rainsford took up his flight again. IT was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight, that carried him on for some hours. Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed on. The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With violent effort he tore his foot loose. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp and its quicksand.
Rainsford is trying to run away from General Zaroff and gets stuck in quicksand in Death Swamp.
William Armstrong
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce"...what is the job of the word spruce?
it is describing the fence...adjective
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce"...what is the connotation of the word spruce?
positive connotation...the fence is straight and orderly and the house is a gleaming white color.
"The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce"...what is the meaning of the word spruce?
neat, orderly, elegantly
What is the main idea of the passage?
General Zaroff had an exceedingly good dinner in his great paneled dining hall that evening. With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger and half a bottle of Chambertin. Two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. One was the thought that it would be difficult to replace Ivan; the other was that his quarry had escaped him; of course the American hadn’t played the game --- so thought the general as he tasted his after-dinner liqueur. In his library he read, to soothe himself, from the works of Marcus Aurelius. At ten he went up to his bedroom. He was deliciously tired, he said to himself, as he locked himself in. There was a little moonlight, so before turning on his light he went to the window and looked down at the courtyard. He could see the great hounds and he called “Better luck another time” to them. Then he switched on the light.
General Zaroff was bothered that Ivan had died and Rainsford escaped him during the hunt.
What is wrong with Doodle?
He is disabled and was born in a caul.