Characters
I sit with Edna after her first swim in the ocean
Robert
What folly! To bathe at such an hour in this heat!
Leonce
Who is responsible for Edna'a sexual awakening?
I am jogging home after work.
Gerund, Infinitive, or Verb?
verb
After she pulled on my knitted sweater she left a ____ hole!
gaping
I used to be in love with a playwright and had his picture in my room.
Edna
Yes, I will blame you if you don't come see me soon. We will talk of things you never dreamt of talking about. It will do us both good.
Dr. Mandelet
Why can't Robert be with Edna? (3 reasons)
1. He doesn't understand her "awakening."
2. Does not understand Edna is done with her marriage.
3. He thinks he'll look bad marrying a divorced woman.
I gave running a chance.
gerund, participial, infinitive
gerund
reiterate
I love my business ventures.
Mr. Pontellier
If he were to say 'Here Robert take her and be happy; she is yours' I should laugh at you both.
Edna
I open and close the Awakening (hint: I am not a person).
a bird
I've been singing since I was sixteen.
prepositional phrase, adverb clause, or appositive
adverb clause
urbane
I suspected Edna's affair but was too scared to tell Leonce.
Dr. Mandelet
A bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.
Mlle. Reisz
Chopin often refers to the sea as ....
a serpent
My students, Aaden, Andy, and Jaden, read Act 3 aloud.
prepositional phrase, appositive phrase, or adverb clause
appositive phrase
Miss A is ___ to student requests for grade changes.
impervious
I examine Edna's shoulders to see her fortitude.
You have slept one hundred years ... and I have been out under the shed reading a book
Robert Lebrun
What does Edna picture as Adele plays the piano?
Icarus/Daedalus or a naked man on a beach with a bird that flies away
Which sentence is correctly punctuated with commas?
1. Pride and Prejudice is considered a novel of manners, because of its focus and critique of the upper class.
2. Because of its focus and critique of the upper class, Pride and Prejudice is considered a novel of manners.
2. Because of its focus and critique of the upper class, Pride and Prejudice is considered a novel of manners.
After the hurricane, New York experienced a ___ which destroyed most of the lower east side.
holocaust