Through the Tunnel
Which of the following lines supports the theme that you are your biggest barrier?
Overcoming others is the key to true success.
Success comes from waiting for the perfect opportunity.
What is number 1?
Which of the following themes would fit for Button, Button?
The love of money leads people to do things they wouldn’t normally do.
Evil waits around every corner seeking to destroy you.
Lies between spouses create problems that destroy the marriage.
A shortcut to fame will never work out in the end.
What is #1: The love of money leads people to do things they wouldn't normally do.
What type of figurative language is this?
"But now, it's yellow hot Africa, this bake oven with murder in the heat."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
onomatopoeia
2. metaphor
Africa compared to a baking oven
Using this excerpt from “The Landlady” what can we infer about the landlady’s character?
“Dear me,” she said, shaking her head and heaving a dainty little sigh. “I would never have thought it. How time does fly away from us all, doesn’t it, Mr Wilkins?” “It’s Weaver,” Billy said. “W-e-a-v-e-r.” “Oh, of course it is!” she cried, sitting down on the sofa. “How silly of me. I do apologise. In one ear and out the other, that’s me, Mr Weaver.”
She is dangerous
She is sweet
She is crazy
She is not very intelligent
What is
She is crazy?
How does the sentence structure of the following lines impact the story?
Oh God! what could I do? I foamed --I raved --I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards
A. The long sentences show how the narrator was trying to be persuasive to the police.
B. The simple words show that the narrator was not very intelligent.
C. The short, choppy sentences show how agitated the narrator is feeling.
C
When you exaggerate in order to emphasize something this is which type of figurative language?
Simile
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Metaphor
2. What is hyperbole?
When the person who died was Norma’s husband after she pushed the button, what kind of irony is this?
Situational
Dramatic
verbal
What is situational?
When the children lock their parents in the Veldt, what kind of irony is this?
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
What is situational irony?
Which of the following themes fits best for The Landlady?
You can’t judge a book by it’s cover.
Don’t let your judgment be clouded by what you see.
Beware of strangers.
Middle-aged women are dangerous, so stay away.
What is Don’t let your judgment be clouded by what you see?
What is the meaning of the word "wary" in the following sentence?
There was nothing to wash out --no stain of any kind --no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that.
A. careful
B. intelligent
C. insane
D. joyful
A. careful
What is meant by "tunnel" in the following sentence:
"The boy was now quite sure that the tunnel was not only a real, physical thing but something that had a meaning for him."
What is 2?
The mood of Button, Button is best described as:
Comical
Sincere
Suspenseful
joyful
What is #3 suspenseful?
What type of figurative language is this?
They went off to the air tube, where a wind blew them like brown leaves up to their sleeping rooms
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
What is simile?
The mood of The Landlady is best described as:
Horrific
Mysterious
unsettling
Humorous
What is unsettling?
Which type of figurative language is in the following sentence:
Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. hyperbole
C personification
Jerry's decision to swim through the tunnel, what kind of irony is this?
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational or dramatic
How does the author primarily show us who Norma is as a character?
With dialogue
With actions
With a physical description of her
By directly telling us what she is like
What is "With dialogue"? Most of the story is Norma talking either with Arthur, the other man or herself.
Which of the following could be a secondary theme for The Veldt?
Never trust a stranger.
You reap what you sow.
All children are spoiled.
Nature is unpredictable.
You reap what you sow.
The veldt is a result of George and Lydia's neglect of their children and overreliance on tech.
“Now, the fact that his landlady appeared to be slightly off her rocker didn’t worry Billy in the least.” What type of figurative language is this?
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
What is idiom?
Which of the following could be a secondary theme for The Tell Tale Heart?
A. All evil deeds occur at night.
B. Death comes to those who deserve it.
C. It is a mercy to cause the elderly to die.
D. Obsession is a kind of mental illness.
D. Obsession is a kind of mental illness.
The author’s tone in "Through the Tunnel" can best be described as:
What is Reflective and Serious?
“Something cold pressed at her skull as she removed the button unit from the wastebasket.”
This figurative language is showing the reader that:
Norma is experiencing a brain aneurism because of the news about her husband.
Norma is realizing that her actions have caused the death of her husband.
A cold breath of air has just entered the apartment and touched Norma
Norma is realizing that if she takes the button unit apart, she may be able to reverse the effects.
What is
Norma is realizing that her actions have caused the death of her husband.
How does the sentence structure contribute to the tone in this passage?
And it was clearly indicated that the children had been spending a little too much time on Africa. That sun. He could still feel it on his neck, like a hot paw. And the lions. And the smell of blood.
a. The sentences are long and complicated to represent George's deep thoughts on the topic.
b. The sentences are short and choppy to show George's unease about the veldt.
c. The sentences are simple, showing that George isn't very educated.
d. The structure reveals that George is overheated from being in The Veldt.
The sentences are short and choppy to show George's unease about the veldt.
“No, thank you,” Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn’t much care for it.” what kind of irony is this?
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
What is dramatic?
Which type of figurative language is used here:
He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it.
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. hyperbole
B metaphor
old man's eye is compared to a vulture's eye without like or as