What does the following passage say about the tone (the author's attitude about the lady's reaction)
"And goes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (That's a direct quote.) At about the level of a fire engine at full cry."
What is exaggerated and humorous
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What does Fulghum, the author, say that spiders have been doing for a long time?
1. They have a good sense of humor
2. They do not scare most humans
3. Their webs are unique and amazing.
4. Coping with and surviving many disasters.
What is 4. They can survive many disasters
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What does INHABITED mean?
resided in, lived in
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What is the tone of "The Lady and the Spider"?
What is informal tone, humorous
100
What is the woman's view of the spider?
she is petrified of the spider - the size of a lobster with big rubber lips and poisonous fangs
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What is the author imagining that the spider is thinking when the lady walks into it's web?
What is a natural disaster: hurricane, tornado, earthquake
200
Fact or opinion: There are sixty or seventy thousand spiders per suburban acre.
What is fact?
200
What are the interrogative pronouns in this sentence?
With whom did the immigration officer speak?
What is whom?
200
Is the author afraid of spiders?
What is no, he thinks they're amazing creatures
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What is the author's view of the spider?
HINT: think about the song
The author writes how little the spider is amazing, and how it never gives up.
Also, it puts spiders in a favorable or likeable light.
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What does the woman think of the spider?
What is big rubber lips and poisonous fangs?
300
Fact or Opinion: What is "Wrapping packages would be a cinch!"
What is an opinion?
300
What does the word mode mean?
What is way of acting, doing, or being
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Why did the narrator tell about the incident with the web from two different points of view?
What is to give the perspective (thoughts and feelings) of both the woman and the spider.
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Who has the more accurate view of the spider, the narrator or the woman? Why?
The narrator does. The woman is so scared, she's exaggerating the spider into something it isn't (size of a lobster, big rubber lips, etc.)
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After the narrator's neighbor walks into the spider web, what does he imagine her doing?
What is taking a shower, changing clothes
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The author uses the song "Eensy, Weensy Spider" to make what point?
HINT: Think about how the song ends
spiders can teach us an important lesson never to give up
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What indefinite pronoun is contained in this sentence?
Julia's mother met someone at the hospital.
What is someone?
400
What type of figurative language is used in the section?
The spider? If she survives all this, she will really have something to talk about - the one that got away was THIS BIG. "And you should have seen the jaws on the thing!"
What is personification or anthropomorphizing.
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What was the author's purpose for writing this essay?
What is to discuss the humorous reactions of people to spiders and to reflect on what amazing creatures spiders are.
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When the author, Robert Fulghum, says, "What's the deal here?", it's a clear example of what kind of language - formal, informal, business-like, slang?
What is the informal language
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What is the definition of author's tone?
The writer's attitude towards the subject they are writing about
500
If you wanted to find the dimensions of a tablecloth, what would you do?
What is measure the length and width.
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Explain two humorous characteristics that the author, Robert Fulghum, includes in this story. What makes each funny?
*exaggeration
*repetition of the woman's scream
*the woman from the spider's point of view
It is funny because the whole story is written in an INFORMAL style
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How do you think the author feels about spiders? Provide evidence for your answer.