SHORT STORY AND POETRY
REVIEW
SHORT STORIES
It Used to Be Green Once:
Summary: The narrator (girls) are always “shamed” by their mother.
They are most shamed when their mother drives an old car around
their village. Their father wins the lottery and buys them all new clothes
and the mother a new green car. The new care gets old. The girls still
feel shamed by their mother.
Themes: Poverty and being Poor. The girls feel poor and ashamed
by their family, but when their father wins money, they are not
shamed anymore. They feel pleasure. But their mom still makes
them shamed with the new car. The shows that money goes away,
but family stays strong rich or poor.
THE LOTTERY
1. Read the summary of The Lottery.
2. Write what happens in the story in 1 paragraph.
3. Why is the tradition of the village so bad?
BONES
Summary: Two friends go for a walk around a lake in the USA and have
a play fight with leaves. One friend is afraid of living her life and doing
fun things. The other friend tells her to live her life well. One friend
walks in to see her other friend on the floor. She thinks that she is dead
only to find out that she is not dead. She realizes that life can end fast
and that she should live her life the best she can.
Question:
1. Does this story have humor? Yes or no? Why?
2. What is the climax of the story?
POETRY
Poetic Devices
Define the following poetic devices and give 1 example for each from
any poem we read.
Metaphor:
Simile:
Rhyme:
Mood/Atmosphere:
Imagery:
Alliteration:
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Question
How does the poem
make you feel? Why?
Give one Image
about the
environment in each
poem.
In November
Dust of Snow
Country Scene
RE-READ THE POEM IMMIGRANTS
THE SECOND GENERATION
1.
2.
What does the title tell us about the poem?
What does the son do for the mother that is so important? Why is this
important for her?
GRAMMAR!!
Review by doing Language Power page 87 A and B
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