Pink Flamingo Price 2006 - Introduction

Question 1

occasion

Answer 1

• this essay examines the popularity of the plastic pink flamingo in the 1950s
• the plastics industries of the fifties favored flashy colors,

Question 2

style

Answer 2

• “hunted flamingos to extinction” “but no matter” (minimization or understatement)
• his flamingo hotel. anyone who has seen las vegas knows that a flamingo stands out in a desert (word play)

Question 3

speaker

Answer 3

• the passage below is an excerpt from Jennifer price’s recent essay “the plastic pink flamingo…”

Question 4

introduction

Answer 4

• the passage below is an excerpt from Jennifer price’s recent essay “the plastic pink flamingo…”

Question 5

warning

Answer 5

• read the passage carefully