Authorial Choice
In "The Underside of Desks," the author purposefully uses italics to make demonstrate this literary device.
What is metaphor?
The tone of "The Underside of Desks" is this.
What is concern?
Gum is a metaphor for a struggling student in the poem, which we know because of this quote.
What is, "It settles... it hardens... It stiffens... it congeals like a bitter old piece of gum."
Line 14 in the poem leads us to infer this about the student.
What is abuse?
The main idea of the first three stanzas in the poem is this.
What is neglect of teens and desks?
In "Earth Notes," the author chooses to use these aspects of Earth's history to demonstrate the problems in the story.
What are current events?
(Can also accept: "What are wars" or "What is violence?")
The tone of "Earth Notes" is this.
What is remorse?
The repetition of this phrase in the poem suggests there is a hidden dark side to students.
What is "The underside of desks"?
"Congealed" most likely means...
What is becoming semi-solid?
The main idea behind using a piece of gum in the poem is to do this.
What is compare it to a neglected student?
"The Underside of Desks" suggests that the author thinks this about students.
What is some of them are neglected?
The mood of "The Underside of Desks" is this.
What is somber?
This appendage suggests that the characters in "Earth Notes" are aliens.
What are "tentacles"?
The speaker of the poem can be inferred to be...
What is a teacher?
The main idea of "Earth Notes" from humanity's perspective is this.
What is feel compassion for one another?
The author of "Earth Notes" suggests that the aliens think human violence is this.
What is a glitch?
"The Underside of Desks" uses this poetic technique to emphasize a point.
What is repetition?
The coworker in "Earth Notes" is two-faced, which we know because of this quote.
What is "Her coworker twisted the missing flash drive between his inner tentacles"?
We can infer that humanity is only this to the aliens.
What is an experiment?
The main idea of "Earth Notes" from the aliens' perspective is this.
What is experiment?
"The Magic Fish" uses authorial choice to demonstrate perspective and time frame.
What is color theory?
The mood of "Earth Notes" suggests that humanity is...
This is missing from human development according to "Earth Notes."
What is "genuine compassion"?
Based on the tentacles and eyestalks, the aliens can be inferred to be from this kind of planet.
What is an aquatic environment?
The main idea of today's class is to do this.
What is review for our Semester 1 Exam?