Lit Exam Study Flashcards
(A Chance in the World Story)
What was the biggest turning point in the narrator’s life?
When Mrs Levin gave him the books
(A Chance in the World)
Why is “Watership Down” important to the story?
It shows how important reading is to the narrator and they show the parallels between the characters in the story and the narrator’s life.
(A Chance in the World)
What do the rules that the Robinson’s make for the narrator cause him to do?
Value books
(A Chance in the World)
How does the narrator justify (give a good reason) for stealing and lying?
By only using these methods for getting through the abuse in the Robinson’s house
(A Chance in the World)
How do the books the narrator gets give him a chance others said he wouldn’t have?
They give him hope and a way to cope with the abuse.
(A Chance in the World)
What is the narrator’s opinion of the Robinson’s?
They are cruel and abusive.
(A Chance in the World)
What are two things that the narrator does to survive?
Stealing and hiding food and reading
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
Who stretches out on the grass and looks at the clouds in the last stanza of the poem?
Someone that has completely forgotten/never knew about the war
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
Why would the word “little” be repeated?
To show that memories of the war are lessening over time
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
Why would the word “someone” be repeated?
To show that war is repetitive and that the people are nameless
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
What do the lines “All the cameras have left-For another war…” show?
To show that there is always another war for the news to cover (they don’t really cover or show the after math it just gets ignored)
(The End and the Beginning)
What time does the use of “unseavered head” create?
An ironic tone
(The End and the Beginning)
Why would the author use the phrases “rusted-out arguments” and “garbage pile”?
To show that arguments are old and that they need to be “thrown out” and forgotten
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
What does it mean when the narrator says “their sleeves will go ragged from rolling them up”?
It will take a long time to rebuild from the war
(The End and the Beginning Poem)
What is the tone of stanzas 1-3?
It has a very practical tone
(Entwined)
What is the lie that the narrator told at the beginning of the story?
That he wasn’t speeding
(Entwined)
What has the accident done to the narrator?
Made him afraid of driving
(Entwined)
How do you know the narrator is a music fan?
He turns up the music in the beginning of the story
(Entwined)
What does Daria’s decision to call the narrator do?
Keeps the plot moving; allows the narrator to express his thoughts and feelings on the accident
(Entwined)
What is the/a theme of the story?
We cannot escape the ties that bind us
(Entwined)
Name some character traits of the narrator.
He likes music, is fearful of driving, is very honest, has a good heart
(Entwined)
What did the narrator find out while watching the soccer game?
Chris Gramercy pushed Russel Gramercy in front of the narrators car.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Tone
That attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject
Diction
The linguistic choice a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, point of views, or tell a story
Syntax
The set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence
How to use a colon?
Use it when introducing a list, quotation, or explanation following an independent clause (complete sentence)
Sensory details
Description that includes touch, sight, taste, sound, and smell
