Literary Devices
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping...
What is alliteration?
What is a literary theme in The Outsiders?
a. Bridging the gap between rich and poor
b. Friendship
c. Losing a friend is easier than it looks
d. High school is forever
What is bridging the gap between rich and poor?
If you miss the exam, how can you make it up?
What is make up day (June 8th)?
What are the character traits revealed in the passage?
"In our neighborhood, it’s rare to find a kid who doesn’t drink once in a while. But Soda never touches a drop—he doesn’t need to. He gets drunk on just plain living. And he understands everybody." (The Outsiders)
What is happy, understanding, and/or lively?
"There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends." (Shel Silverstein)
Which statement best describes the meaning of the phrase "peppermint wind" in line 6?
a. The wind is red and white in color.
b. The wind smells like sweet candy.
c. The wind is energizing and refreshing
d. The wind is blue-green in color.
What is the wind is energizing and refreshing?
Books are the mirrors of the soul
What is metaphor?
What is a literary theme in Marigolds?
a. Never give up on your friends
b. Always watch your back
c. Coming of age by becoming an adult
d. Poverty
What is coming of age by becoming an adult?
What is the format of our exam?
What is teacher-made and multiple choice?
What are the character traits revealed in the passage?
"Their perspiration mingled with the steam from boiling pots of smoked pork greens, and it curled on the edges of the aroma of vinegar douches and Evening in Paris cologne that drifted through the street where they stood together - hands on hips, straight-backed, round-bellied, high-behinded women who threw their heads back when they laughed and exposed strong teeth and dark gums. They cursed, badgered, worshiped, and shared their men." (The Women of Brewster's Place)
What is funny, fun, friendly, and/or mischievous?
"Life contracts and death is expected,
As in a season of autumn.
The soldier falls.
He does not become a three-days personage,
Imposing his separation,
Calling for pomp.
Death is absolute and without memorial,
As in a season of autumn,
When the wind stops,
When the wind stops and, over the heavens,
The clouds go, nevertheless,
In their direction." (Wallace Stevens)
In the context of line 6, what does the word "pomp" mean?
a. splendid display
b. more time
c. showing respect
d. quiet acknowledgment
What is splendid display?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy.
What is imagery?
Which of the following is NOT a theme of this passage?: “I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?” (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green)
a. Intelligent people thrive more than their counterparts
b. The universe is in some way conscious of the life in it.
c. The meaning of life is a mystery we are not meant to comprehend.
d. People don’t have the knowledge or authority to say for certain that a person’s consciousness is temporary
What is intelligent people thrive more than their counterparts?
What can you not have with you during the exam?
What is phone, AirPods, Smart Watch (basically any sort of device) and blankets?
What are the character traits revealed in the passage?
"Rosemary Villanucci, our next-door friend who lives above her father's cafe, sits in a 1939 Buick eating bread and butter. She rolls down the window to tell my sister Frieda and me that we can't come in. We stare at her, wanting her bread, but more than that wanting to poke the arrogance out of her eyes and smash the pride of ownership that curls her chewing mouth. When she comes out of the car we will beat her up, make red marks on her white skin, and she will cry..." (The Bluest Eye)
What is mean, outcast, bully, and/or assertive?
What inference can be made using this passage?
"I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can" (Miley Cyrus)
What is she is better off on her own and she is going to focus on herself?
I'm so hungry; I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
What is the theme of this passage? "In the fall, a few brave souls sneak into the woods to harvest apples. But always in sight of the Meadow. Always close enough to run back to the safety of District 12 if trouble arises. 'District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety,' I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, even in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might overhear you."
a. Nature has healing properties that should be enjoyed by all.
b. People would rather starve than give up their safety
c. Nothing replaces the wisdom of experience.
d. Fate can bring depravity.
What is people would rather starve than give up their safety?
When is our exam for this class?
What are the character traits revealed in the passage?
"It wasn’t just physically that I’d never fit in. And if I couldn’t find a niche in a school with three thousand people, what were my chances here?
I didn’t relate well to people my age. Maybe the truth was that I didn’t relate well to people, period. Even my mother, who I was closer to than anyone else on the planet, was never in harmony with me, never on exactly the same page." (Twilight)
What is lonely, isolated, and/or introverted?
What inference can be made using this passage?
"I don't do no cappin' I keep it 100
Right now I'm recordin' with ten thousand on me
He say he want smoke but I know he don't want it" (YoungBoy)
What is he has a lot of money and he always tells the truth?
When someone falls over for the tenth time while ice-skating and says, "I meant to do that."
What is irony?
What is a literary theme in the following poem?
"Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it
learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared." (Tupac Shakur)
a. Nature can overcome problems bigger than people.
b. People can overcome difficulties and succeed.
c. We must learn and grow from our failures.
d. All living things need support.
What is people can overcome difficulties and succeed?
When are the exam days for the Spring 2023 semester?
What is Friday, May 26(12/1B Exam), Tuesday, May 30(21/2A Exam), Wednesday, May 31(32/3B Exam), Thursday, June 1(41/4A Exam), Friday, June 2nd(10/11/1A Exam), Monday, June 5(20/22/2B Exam), Tuesday, June 6(30/31/3A Exam), Wednesday, June 7(40/42/4A Exam), Thursday, June 8(Make up day)
What are the character traits revealed in the passage?
"Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah" (Elton John)
What is determined, thriving, and/or joyful?
What inference can be made using this passage?
"No one could understand, I had way too much aggression
That built over the years from my abandoned adolescence
See I done been lied to, backstabbed, and heartbroken
I wanted to cry but I was too afraid to open
Prayin’ one day I’d find a peace of mind by the ocean"
What is he is angry about the pain from the past?
What is he is afraid to show his emotions?