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Literature
Courage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote "Knights of the Silver Shield"? | Raymond MacDonald Alden |
| Who was assigned to guard the gate while the king and his soldiers went fighting against the giants? | Sir Roland |
| What happened to Sir Roland's shield after he closed the gate from a giant in disguise and when the victorious king and his soldiers came home? | It had a golden star and it was very bright for he fought against temptation and won |
| Who wrote the poem "Courage Has a Crimson Coat"? | Nancy Byrd Turner |
| What personification stayed at home and weaves stuff that Courage and Fame wear? | Patience |
| Symbol | Authors occasionally use symbols in their work to give added meaning to their stories. A symbol is something that can be used to represent something else. In "Knights of the Silver Shield",for example,each knight's shield is symbolic of his character |
| Imagery | Imagery=the use of words which appeal 2 senses.Writers use this technique 2 help their readers fully appreciate and experience works.1 of most basic types is visual imagery, which author appeals 2 sight through description of colors,shapes,motions,etc. |
| Who wrote "Don Quixote" and "The Fight with The Windmills"? | Miguel De Cervantes |
| What did Don Quixote think that were giants | windmills |
| Who was Don Quixote's squire who was promised land and riches? | Sancho Panza |
| Characterization | Because character development is often one of the most important elements of a story,the reader should pay careful attention to clues author gives regarding characters. |
| Who is the author who wrote"Trust in God and Do the Right"? | Norman McLeod |
| In "Trust in God and Do the Right",what does the poem teaches us? | never give in to sin and always follow God even though his orders might be weird. |
| Who wrote "Quest for Courage" and"Call it Courage"? | Armstrong Sperry |
| What three animals did Mafatu kill? | hammerhead shark,wild boar,and an octopus |
| What did Mafatu find near the shore? | A whale carcass which he used a bone to make a knife |
| What was Mafatu originally afraid of? | The ocean |
| Who wrote "Stanzas on Freedom"? | James Russell Lowell |
| In "Stanzas on Freedom",who are the true brave Americans? | The ones who knew slavery is bad,who help the weak and fallen,the ones who choose being hated,scoffed at, and abused by those who hated blacks |
| Who wrote "Beneath the Saddle"? | Russell Gordon Carter |
| Who was with Nathan Cathcart the two times when the British soldiers searched his house? | 1st time:nobody 2nd time:a wounded American soldier |
| What did Nathan find beneath the horse's saddle? | important documents to General George Washington |
| Setting | To be effective, a story needs an appropriate,realistic setting,or background of time and place |
| Who wrote "The Patriot's Password"? | James Montgomery |
| What was the password? | "Make way for liberty!" |
| What the poem tell about? | The battle between the Swiss and Austrians at Sempach,Switzerland in 1386 |
| Who wrote "The Wind is Free"? | Jan Masaryk |
| Where was the underground paper published? | In the bakery cellar |
| Who wrote"Charge of the Light Brigade"? | Alfred,Lord Tennyson |
| What was the poem inspired by? | A battle of the Crimean War |
| Who were the Light Brigade? | The brave and valiant six hundred |
| Who wrote"Letter from a Soldier"? | Sullivan Ballou,a Union Soldier who wrote this letter to his wife during the Civil War |
| Who wrote "The Legend of Kate Shelley"? | Freeman H. Hubbard |
| Who did Kate save from the devastating flood which covered the railroad tracks? | A train full of people who congratulated Kate for saving them |
| Who wrote "The Dinner Party"? | Mona Gardner |
| What was the colonel official and the army officer guests agreeing about? | That men have more control than women and in any crisis,women scream |
| Why did the hostess ask the Indian boy to place a bowl of milk at the front doors? | Because there is a cobra in the building |
| Where was the snake? | by the hostess' foot |
| Did she scream? | no,she had control with her reactions |
| Who wrote"The Duel"? | Emily Dickinson |
| What allusion did she use in her poem? | David and Goliath |
| Allusion | An allusion is an indirect reference;most allusions refer to history,legends,The Bible,or classic literature |
| In "The Wind is Free", who was Eva's brother? | Thomaso |
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