The Tree by William Virgil Davis
Theme is developed within the poem?
What is: Some things are not fully appreciated until they are gone.
Read: "Death is a dignitary, who, when announced, is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him."
Q. The author uses__________________ to create tone.
What is personification?
The connotative meaning of the word refuge in paragraph 6?
What is: to take comfort in somethin.
What type of text is "Mornings"
What is a Literary text.
"The Tree" helps the reader understand that the speaker is regretful?
What is:
Line 1
Line 4
Line 12
Line 15
Word meaning "endless" or "not to limit" (Para. 29).
What is "interminable"?
Read: "Becca and I both started laughing and continued to dance as our anger crept out of the living room."
Which word provides personification in this sentence?
What is: Crept
Notetaker that you use with "Mornings"
What is: SCRAPT
Two themes that are developed in "The Tree"
"You should appreciate what you have, because one day it might be gone".
This setting of the bridge helps to develop Peyton Farquar's imagined escape by.........
What is: The river's water below the bridge provides a way for Farquar to swim to safety.
"I basked in the bittersweet, realizing that these were the moments to cherish.
The author uses the word "bittersweet" to show...
How does the phrase "recent research" at the beginning of a sentence (para. 15) help achieve author's purpose?
What is: It emphasizes the idea that new facts have been accepted.
In this sentence, impromptu means......
What is unplanned?
The words "the presence of the absence of the tree helps establish.
What is the author's purpose.
A latin word meaning "an object used to spur or cause a reaction."
What is Stimulus.
In paragraph 13, the narrator describes the music as "swelling into a wave".
Does this mean.......
What is:
a. It crashes all at once.
b. It makes him want to cry.
c. It is muted by the locked door.
d. It becomes something powerful.
The significance of the rhetorical question in paragraph 14. "Are they dreaming about lapping up nectar from a flower?"
What is: Klein is encouraging the reader to think about bee dreams?
Two different themes of "Mornings"...
What are:
a. Music can create powerful moments.
b. One good teacher can change a child's life
c. Music should be a part of every child's education.
d. Practice is more important to success than passion.
e. Actions reveal more about people than their words.
What are a/e.