Unit 4 Flashcards
who wrote “A Student’s Prayer”?
John W. Peterson
the method of presenting the reader with the material of he story; the perspective from which the story is told
Point of view
narrator is in the story
first pov
narrator is not in the story
third pov
“That slap - happy, out-for-a-pinic brand of basketball fitted them the way maple syrup fits a waffle”
Four-Ring Circus
who wrote “My Struggle for an Education”
Booker T. Washington
“The adjoining recitation-room needs sweeping. Take the broom and sweep it.”
“My Struggle for an Education”
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
irony
who wrote “Hiawatha’s Childhood”?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Ah! The singing, fatal arrow,
Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him!”
“Hiawatha’s Childhood”
a word or group of words having meaning in itself but also representing something beyond itself
symbol
“We brought you a present, teacher.”
The Kiskis
what was responsible for Toby’s embarrassment?
a mirror
why did the Countness need another Gardener?
she lost her old one
who did Booker Washington work for?
Mrs. Ruffner
