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Ocean/Mid-day and night What is the setting of the “Walrus and the Carpenter”?

1-200 Who is the protagonist in the “W and the C”? Oysters

1-300 Where is the antagonist in the “W and the C”? Walrus and the Carpenter

1-400 What is the conflict in the “W and the C”? The Walrus and the Carpenter are hungry.

1-500 What is the climax in the “W and the C”? The oysters realize they are about to be eaten.

Why do bears come to Paulsen’s area? They are in search of food and are attracted by Paulsen’s trash.

2-200 Why does Paulsen say that naming a bear is a bad idea? It’s a bad idea because naming bears makes them seem like pets and this makes people feel too relaxed.

2-300 What provokes Paulsen to throw a stick at Scarhead? Paulsen is having a bad day and is annoyed when he finds Scarhead tearing up things in the yard.

2-400 When Paulsen had the chance to kill Scarhead, he backs off and puts his gun away because he feels that bears and humans are equals in nature. Why does Paulsen decide not to shoot the bear?

2-500 What can be inferred about his feelings about the bear? He respects the bear enough not to hurt it.

Where is the complete setting of “All Summer in a Day”? Venus, in the future, at an underground school

3-200 What is the conflict in “All Summer in a Day”? The students do not like or trust Margot because she is different.

3-300 What was the climax in “All Summer in a Day”? The kids lock up Margot in a closet and go outside without her.

3-400 What does the sun symbolize in “All Summer in a Day”? Happiness/ the truth

3-500 What is the resolution in “All Summer in a Day”? The students let her out of the closet.

What is the author’s purpose for writing the drama “The Brave Boys of Greensboro”? To inform/entertain

4-200 The story’s protagonist is ________? All four boys

4-300 Who is the antagonist in “The Brave Boys of Greensboro”? Mr. Harris

4-400 What is the conflict in “The Brave Boys of Greensboro”? Segregation

4-500 What is the theme in “The Brave Boys of Greensboro”? Never give up on your dream.

“Who knows if the moon is a balloon, coming out of a keen city in the sky? From who knows if the moon’s” by E.E. Cummings This is an example of ___________. metaphor

5-200 “Like a long dream that deteriorated into a nightmare." -- From "The Hunger Games", Chapter 4, Pg. 54 simile

5-300 "With both of us hunting daily, there are still nights when games has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool, still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling." -- From "The Hunger Games", Chapter 1, Pg 9. Personification

5-400 “Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.” --Paul Bunyan’s stories Hyperbole

Daily Double Round 1

5-500 I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you And the ….. river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street From W.H Auden’s poem “As I Walked One Evening” Personification

What figurative language is used in the following sentence? “My stomach feels like a glob of lava in a lava lamp.” Simile

6-200 alliteration What figurative language is used in the following sentence? “Mom claims big hair helps her hit the high notes.”

6-300 What figurative language is used in the following sentence? Zachary snorts, “You guys are pigs.” metaphor

6-400 What figurative language is used in the following sentence? “It would tear my heart to shreds.” hyperbole

6-500 What figurative language is used in the following sentence?: “ … he clicks his tongue.” Onomatopoeia

“He has the whole world in his hands,” is an example of what two kinds of figurative language?

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Hyperbole & Alliteration