Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
The bed groaned as he laid down.
personification
What type of sentence structure is the following example?
The house collapses, and the lake seems to swallow it whole.
compound
Which excerpt best shows an example of "gloomy mood?"
A) "... we would close some drawer or cabinet and look at one another sadly... One thing more among the many lost on the other side of the house."
B) "Once the morning housework was finished, she spent the rest of the day on the sofa in her bedroom, knitting."
C) "Irene and I always lived in this part of the house and hardly ever went beyond the oak door except to do the cleaning."
A) "... we would close some drawer or cabinet and look at one another sadly... One thing more among the many lost on the other side of the house."
Why does the narrator in "House Taken Over" drop the key of the house into the sewer?
He doesn't want anyone else going into the house after it has been "taken over."
What is Miss Foster's favorite color?
purple
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
I want you to polish that silverware until it is as clean as a whistle!
simile
What type of sentence structure is the following example?
The house collapses.
simple
Which excerpt best shows an example of "strange or violent plot?"
A) "His countenance was, as usual, cadaverously wan--but, moreover, there was a species of mad hilarity in his eyes..."
B) "The body having been encoffined, we two bore it to its rest."
C) "For a moment she remained trembling... then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and... bore him to the floor a corpse."
C) "For a moment she remained trembling... then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and... bore him to the floor a corpse."
What is the narrator's reaction when Usher opens the window to let them see the storm?
A) he is angry and sends Usher to bed
B) he is worried and reads Usher a story to calm him
C) he is anxious and shuts himself up in his bedroom
B) he is worried and reads Usher a story to calm him
What sport did Miss Foster do in high school?
cross country
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
That dog is older than dirt.
hyperbole
What type of sentence structure is the following example?
The house collapses, and the lake seems to swallow it whole, as I flee in terror.
compound-complex
Which excerpt best shows an example of "dramatic description?"
A) "The disease of lady Madeline had long baffled the skill of her physicians."
B) "If ever mortal painted an idea, that mortal was Roderick Usher."
C) "The once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance."
C) "The once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance."
What were Poe and Cortazar's purposes for writing "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "House Taken Over," respectively?
(remember author's purpose as P.I.E.)
to entertain
Who is Miss Foster's favorite author?
Stephen King
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog." - Big Mama Thornton
metaphor
What type of sentence structure is the following example?
The house collapses as I flee in terror.
complex
Which excerpt best shows an example of "tortured characters?"
A) "Aside from our nocturnal rumblings, everything was quiet in the house."
B) "I took Irene around the waist (I think she was crying) and that was how we went into the street."
C) "I went down the corridor as far as the oak door, which was ajar, then turned down the hall toward the kitchen, when I heard something in the library or dining room."
B) "I took Irene around the waist (I think she was crying) and that was how we went into the street."
Which sentence from "House Taken Over" best creates a feeling of tension?
A) "I'll always have a clear memory of it because it happened so simply and without fuss."
B) "You could hear the noises, still muffled but louder, just behind us."
C) "I hurled myself against the door before it was too late and shut it..."
C) "I hurled myself against the door before it was too late and shut it..."
What is Miss Foster's favorite flower?
peony
What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?
"Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his ---- wings, he wonders why." - Fahrenheit 451
allusion
What type of sentence structure is the following sentence?
Although I flee in terror, Madeline and Usher remain in the house.
complex
Which excerpt best shows an example of "bleak setting?"
A) "... an atmosphere which... reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn -- a pestilent and mystic vapor, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued."
B) "While the objects around me -- while the carvings of the ceilings, the somber tapestries of the walls, the ebon blackness of the floors..."
C) "The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene."
A) "... an atmosphere which... reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn -- a pestilent and mystic vapor, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued."
Which sentence from "The Fall of the House of Usher" best creates a feeling of tension?
A) "I know not how it was--but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit."
B) "I shall ever bear about me a memory of the many solemn hours I thus spent alone with the master of the House of Usher."
C) "I had taken but few turns in this manner, when a light step on an adjoining staircase arrested my attention."
A) "I know not how it was--but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit."
What type of cookie can Miss Foster NOT eat?
Oreos