English final
What important pice of information does the narrator provide his guests with in the last section o the tell tale heart
A confession
The story closes with an image of sonny placing what object on top of his piano
A drink
Choose all of the element that make a rose for Emily fit in with the gothic southern tradition
A locked room, ancient servants, decayed mansion, disturbing mystery,
What kind of narrator does Poe use
A participant, first person unreliable narrator
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler, Lon I stood and looked down one as far as i could to where it bent in the undergrowth.
Abaab
What is the rhyme scheme of leaving the motel
Abab
The rhyme scheme of "the woodchucks" is
Abcacb
What does the narrator in sonny's blues teach
Algebra
What does music offer sonny
An escape, a ways to be heard
How is death personified in "Because I could not stop for Death"?
As a gentleman and sympathizer
What happened to belle reve
Blanche could not pay the mortgage and lost it
How is Blanche's name both ironic and symbolic?
Blanche's name is symbolic in that her first name means white and last means forest or wood. This is symbolic of her behavior. At first she seems innocent, and fragile, like the color white. Then we see how far she will go to gain a husband, she is tough and hard like wood. Her name is ironic, in that white is asscociated with pureness, and when we learn that her past is so sordid,, the irrony becomes clear.
What does diol sartorial do for miss emily
Cancells her taxes
Select all of the following words that have assonance with the underlined word below we
Civility, he
Which choice best reflects the selection below We slowly drove—he knew no haste and i had put away my labor and my leisure too, for his civility.
Death has good manners
Often, authors will include sensory details in stories to give thier readers a strong sense of place. What are sensory details?
Details used to appeal to the readers five senses
A good theme statement fo the tell tale heart may be
Don't murder
Sum up the tone of "the woodchucks" in one or two words
Evilness and violence
Sonnys blues implies that which of the following is a precondition of musical talent
Experiencing pain and suffering
A symbol is an abstract concept that suggests more than it's literal meaning
F
Blanche was truthful about her life when she wrote to Shep
F
What happpens when the narrator goes to hear his brother sonny, play.
He sees his brother differently, he "hears" his brother, sees himself more clearly
What is the speakers wish in this stanza Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler, long i stood and looked down one as fa as i could to were it bent in the undergrowth
He wants to travel both roads
Why didn't miss Emily marry as a young woman
Her father thought no man was good enough for her
Where do they arrive in the fifth stanza of "because i could not stop for death"
Her grave
When miss Emily dies, the townspeople enter in upstairs room in her home. What do they find on the bed
Homer barrons body
Would it be important for a reader to know that a story takes place at 1149 on December 31, 1999
If there is an even tied to the time and date, then yes.
Find an example of consonance in "the woodchucks"
In the first stanza, bone and puddingstone
As a teenager, sonny was interested in traveling to
India
When June may and her father check into their hotel in Guangzhou, she is surprised by
It's luxuriousness
The narrator lives in a housing project that he describes as
Just like the houses in which he and sonny grew up
People in town complain about a terrible smell around miss Emily's home, what is done to fix the smell?
Lime is spread around the property
Which have consonance with the the word seemed
Scarcely swelling house
Why is jun may reluctant to take on the responsibility of informing her half sisters about their mother's death
She fears that ther sister will somehow hold her responsible for their mother's death
Stella introduces Blanche to Mitch. What is Blanche's immediate reaction to Mitch
She immediately sees someone she use. She begins to flirt. She notes he is "sensitiv
How does June may win over her shy young cousin lili
She takes her photograph with a Polaroid camera
Of whom does the narrator of "sonnye's blues" say, I couldn't stand the way he looked at me partly like a dog, partly like. Cunning child?
Sonny's old friend, the man the narrator meets at the school
At the end of the play, how has Stella deluded herself? What is Eunice's advice to Stella
Stella states that she cannot live with stanley if she belives Blanche. Therefore she chooses to disbelieve Blanche so she can go on living with her husband. Eunice agrees that that was a wise choice, since just "going on" is the most important thing.
Select all elements that may be helpful in formulating a theme statement
Symbols, repeated names, song titles, flat characters
A character in a softy loses his job and his home, forcing him t live on the street. He shoplifts hotdogs from Walmart because he is hungry. A writer who following the naturalism movement would argue that the characters economic environment influenced the theft
T
George and hazel Bergeron forget their son was shot soon after the event
T
In the first stanza of "leaving the motel" holler and collar are examples of assonance
T
Miss Emily's watch in a rose for Emily may be sonsidred a symbol fo the passage of time
T
The older waiter in a clean, well lighted place is probably an atheist
T
The older waiter in a clean, well lighted place suffers from insomnia
T
The poem, "marks" is an example of extended metaphor
T
The story's title may be helpful in formulating a theme statement
T
Theme may be the moving force in a short story
T
What event incites the narrator to reconnect with sonny after a period of estrangement
The narrator's daughter dies
Which road does the speaker choose in the road not taken
The one that was in worse shape
Who is the story's narrator of a clean well lighted place
The story has a nonparticipating narrator
In our own words, explain theme
Theme is composed of topics. Dit is a general statement about a story that embodies something the story is telling about.
How do the two roads compare to one another in "the road not taken"
They are about the same
What is the elations hip between sonny and the narrator
They are brothers
Which of the following is not a reason suyuan left her infant twin daughters on the road
They were crying
What plot event might we associate with winter officially turning to spring, or jing mei beginning to accept her Chinese family and heritage
Three sisters looking at the photo
Select all of the following that makes up the elements of setting
Weather, time, place, atmosphere,
What is the climax of a pair of tickets
When jing mei asks her father to tell a story in chinese
Who were considered regional writers
William Faulkner, Willa Cather, Kate Chopin,
Can setting and plot reinforce each other
Yes, climax can be enhanced by setting
A clean, well-lighted place is said to be "a study in contrasts" some of the contrasts covered are
Youth and age, light and darkness, belief and doubt
Historical fiction is a true account of events that happened prior to 1900
F
Physical place is not important in regionalism
F
The narrator in sonny's blues is non participating
F
The theme of a short story is simply a summary of the plot
F
Compose a theme statement for sonny's blues
Finding your true self can be extremely difficult, but the love and support of a family can make the process easier
Which of the following does suyuan not leave with her twin daughters on the road
Food
What mood or tone is created y the description of he the setting in Harrison bergeron
Grim, depresssing smothering
As the play begins, how is Stanley's primitive nature revealed?
He brings home meat, just like the alpha male would bring home his kill to his herd. In the movie version, Stanley is seen rough housing with his friends asserting his dominance, though this is not in the written script.
Which statement best reflects the selection below or rather—he passed us—the dews drew quivering and chill— for only gossamer, my gown—my tippet—only tulle.
Her gown is thin and she is getting cold
What could the pair of tickets symbolize
Her movement from American to chinese
The narrator of the tell tale heart lives with and old man, what supposedly evil feature of this man is the narrator obsessed with
His blue eye
When the narrators' mother trues to convince him to proteins to look after sonny when she is gone, she tells him a story about how
His father and uncle were killed
Select all that apply about the narrator of "a rose for emily
His is probably male,, is believed to be a citizen of Jefferson, objective,
What is distinctive about Hemingway's writing style in this story
His use of dialogue
Choose the most accurate statement about "the road not taken"
It is about a young man thinking forwarded about the choice he just made
Naturalist writers
Jack London Theodore Dreiser stephen crane
What does the narrator in the tell tale heart decide to do to the old an to resolve his fear of t he old mans evil feature
Kill the old man
Considering the idea of contrasting worlds in this play (Blanche's world and Stella's world), compose a theme statement for A Streetcar Named Desire.
Lies destroy relationships. People don't change
According to June may's father, what are the possible translations of suyuans name
Long cherished wish and long held grudge
What important idea or central theme abou life of human nature is shown in Harrison bergeron
Loss of freedom and individual align and strict laws
A good theme statement for "a rose for Emily" may be
Love makes us do crazy. Things
June may's eventual meeting with her sisters could best be described as
Loving, and characterized by a immediate sense of recognition between sisters
What type of conflict dominates "a pair of tickets"
Man vs self
What type of conflict dominates the short story Harrison bergeron
Man vs society
What is suggested abou the old and new generation in a a rose for emeily
New and old generations at odds with each other, new generation does not understand the old, old does not understand the old
Select al that apply to the narrator of Harrison bergeron
Objective third person
What noise does the narrator think he hears in "the tell tale heart"
Old mans hearbeat
Where does the narrator place his cigar in the tell tale heart
Over the dead body
The narrator's relationship to sonny could be best. Described as
Parental
In "the woodchucks" the speakers tone changes from "merciful" to vicious in line 3. How does the tone of this poem affect it's theme.
Possible theme of human triumph, but violence changes it to theme of embracing violence
How is Blanche's understanding of desire different from Stella's?
Stella has passionate and enduring desire, as evidenced by the desire in her and Stanley's sexual relationship. Blanche is not passionate on a physical level, though she craves physical admiration. Blanche desires "ideals" while Stella desires love.
What doubts does the speaker have in "the road not taken"
That he will ever come back to explore the other road
Some examples of symbolism in this play are:
The bare lightbulb that Blanche covers The meat Blanche's baths
Who is grace in sonny's bllues
The narrators young daughter who died
What is known about Blanche before she speaks her first line?
er: That she doesn't fit in. When she is traveling to her sister, her clothes and looks don't fit in with anyone on the streetcar. Especially when she steps off.
When jing mei first enters Guangzhou, she sees dull, cement buildings, and t e color gray surrounds. Choose all that are true about this setting in a pair of tickets
it represents the "winter of jing mei's acceptance of her heritage, it makes her think of San Francisco and being American, the pep
