AK Literature 3 + Vocab (In making) Flashcards
(185 cards)
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What themes in Melt are included in Build a Fire?
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Survival and Man versus Nature
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The last 4 poems in the Literature Section 3 guide are tied together by what?
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Humanity’s lack of awareness
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Was there any Sun in Build A Fire
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No, the sun wasn’t visible
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What was the weather in To Build A Fire
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“Broken Cold and Grey”
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When was the last time the man in To Build a Fire saw the sun?
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Many days
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How wide was the Yukon?
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A mile wide
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What was the Yukon hidden under?
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3 feet of ice
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What does Chechaquo mean?
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Newcomer
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How cold was it in To Build A Fire
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50 degrees below 0
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What startled the man in To Build A Fire
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A sharp explosive crack
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Why does the man not think to much about the cold in To Build A Fire
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He was without imagination.
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What are the man’s only thoughts in To Build A Fire
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Lunch of his biscuits soaked in bacon grease with a slice of bacon
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What was at the camp that appealed to the man.
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A Fire/ Hot supper
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What does the author in To Build A Fire use to create the bleak setting?
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Repetition of descriptions of the missing sun further develop the bleak setting.
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When the man leaves the Yukon trail in To Build A Fire what does it symbolize?
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Risk, while staying on the trail shows security
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What is the dog in To Build A Fire depressed by?
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tremendous cold
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What is the ACTUAL temperature in To Build A Fire
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75 below 0
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What happens to the moisture coming from the man and dog in To Build A Fire
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It freezes instantly
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What is the crystal beard on the man in To Build A Fire formed by?
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Tobacco juice and frozen ice.
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The dog in To Build a Fire serves as a ____________ to the man.
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contrast
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The dog noticing how cold it really is compared to the man in To Build A Fire is what figurative device?
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Dramatic Irony
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Paragraphs 6 - 10 in To Build A Fire form the?
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Rising Action
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The man in To Build A Fire is characterized as what?
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Observant even though he doesn’t think much.
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How is the man in To Build A Fire observant?
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He notices the changes in the creek and is careful about where he places them.
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Why can't the man in To Build A Fire eat his lunch.
Because the ice around his face won't allow him to take a bite.
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What did the man in To Build A Fire do when he finished eating his lunch?
He smoked a pipe (Cigar)
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What does the short syntax in "They were traps" symbolize in To Build A Fire
Shows that the man knows he should be careful yet he still continues.
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How is the danger in the passage reinforced in To Build A Fire?
Through repetition of the word "cold."
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Before the man in To Build A Fire was able to cut the string in his sock what happens?
A "avalanche" from the tree comes.
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Why is the man in To Build A Fire jealous of the dog?
Because he is covered in fur and can protect itself from the cold.
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The flames danced is an example of?
Personification.
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The mans thick German socks were like what in To Build A Fire?
Like sheaths of Iron
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When the man in To Build A Fire gets feeling back in his fingers what does he do?
He finds his matches
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What happens to the smoke from the matches in To Build A Fire
It goes up the mans nose and he falls.
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After the fire in To Build A Fire burns out what does the man want to do.
Kill his dog
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Why can't the man in To Build A Fire kill his dog
The dog doesn't let the man near him and sidled mincingly away
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What does the man inability to start a fire in To Build A Fire symbolize?
It shows that his fate is sealed and his chance of survival is decreasing rapidly.
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When the dog notices something wrong with the man in To Build A Fire what does it do?
It chooses its own survival above the mans.
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Why can't the man just run to the camp in the end of To Build A Fire
He doesn't have the strength.
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What does the man realize in To Build A Fire about running.
It won't thaw out his frozen body.
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When the man falls again while running what angers him in To Build A Fire
The dogs warmth and security.
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The man wants to die with dignity in To Build A Fire so what does he do?
He stops running around since it is foolish and he will die.
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What is the mans final thought in To Build A Fire
The old man at Sulphur creek
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What are the mans last words in To Build A Fire
You were right, old hoss, you were right
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What highlights the mans decline in To Build A Fire
the figurative language
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The similes in to build a fire create what?
visual images of his situation
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What figurative language is "Mercury felt as he felt"
Mythological allusion.
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Why is Mercury felt as he felt mythological allusion?
Because its referencing or alluding to the Roman God
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What type of shoe did Mercury wear?
A winged sandel
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What occurs when the man finally gains then knowledge of his situation when its too late.
situational irony
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What type of narrator is in To Build A Fire
A omniscient narrator
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The dog in To Build A Fire is labeled as a?
Proper wolf dog.
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What is the setting of To Build A Fire
North Canada
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Where are "the boys" located in To Build A Fire
Henderson Camp
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What happens to the man when he takes of his mittens in To Build A Fire
His fingers instantly go numb
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What type of figurative language is this: the blood was alive?
Personification
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What does hubris mean?
Excessive pride
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What was the mood in To Build A Fire
Very bleak
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When does the man want to get to the camp by in To Build A Fire
By 6 o clock
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Is the man in To Build A Fire experienced with such cold temperatures.
No, we know this by looking at his decisions through the journey.
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How does the narrator begin the story in Woodland
By describing a place that she first saw on a screen.
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What did the female narrator at the start of Woodland say/see?
Ocean, sand ,field, forest
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What POV is in Woodland
First person
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How does the author in in Woodland establish the setting
Through visual imagery and color
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How did the narrator in Woodland first see the place.
Through the eye of a drone
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The narrator in Woodland lives with who?
Her parents and baby brother Mo
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How does the narrator in Woodland describe the camp?
Desolate, dried up, and filled with dead trees
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Where does the narrator dream of getting a job at in Woodland
At the leisure facility.
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Who does the narrator in in Woodland want to bring to the leisure facility?
Mo, her baby brother.
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What is rainwater tank "metaphorically" compared to in Woodland
"dirty white Goliath lifted up from the ground on squat legs"
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What are the trees "metaphorically" compared to in Woodland
skeletons, the ghosts of cottonwoods and willows
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Where does the narrator in Woodland long to go to.
To go to a place with a spectacular landscape and beautiful wildlife roaming free
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The parents in Woodland worked so hard they were what?
Shadows
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What does the narrator in Woodland mean when she calls her parents shadows?
They are dark copies of themselves and are now quiet and without hope.
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To fix the narrator's screen in Woodland what must she do?
Find stuff by digging in the landfill and selling it.
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How does the narrator pass time without her screen in Woodland
By reading "paper" books
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How do we know Woodland is in the future.
Because the narrator references Pakistan and Bangladesh as exotic and old countries.
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When Mo is asleep in Woodland what does the narrator do?
Complete practice tests for her job
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The job the narrator in Woodland is looking for seeks what?
Attractive candidates
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Paragraph 18 in Woodland reinforces what?
Class divisions in the futuristic world.
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What does the narrator in Woodland do to protect her skin from wrinkling?
Wear a hat
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What are the narrators 2 most important possessions in Woodland
Her screen and hat
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The camp in Woodland is filled with what?
rust stained trailers, and teens with guns
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Is there a good amount of food in Woodland's camp
No there's very little
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How did the narrator describe the actual camp in Woodland
Dirty, dangerous, and depressing
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How do we know MO isn't 13 or older
Since he can't be trusted with a gun because he is to young. Meaning he isn't a teen yet.
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What provides details of the setting in Woodland
Imagery
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What highlights the springs and sulfurous smell in Woodland
A sibilant s
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What did they kill in Woodland to get tough but nourishing meat
A vicious bitter goat
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What does the narrator in Woodland compare the camp to?
A historic museum or facility
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What is Mo?
A tender hearted boy
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What scene in the museum does the narrator like in Woodland
The winter scenes
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What scene in the museum does MO like in Woodland
The landscape with the Walrus
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What are walruses in Woodland compared to?
Grave elderly men, and whiskers.
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How does the narrator in Woodland think of Walrus's
Terrible but lovely
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How did the narrator get to Woodland?
Driving over rough terrain
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Where does the narrator live in the Woodland camp?
In a log cabin
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Why is Woodland designed to showcase the natural world?
To remind people of the old world before climate change
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Thematically, the design of Woodland creates what?
Nostalgia
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Woodland is what type of experience?
Manufactured
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How are the roads and train tracks in Woodland
Bad and in a state of disrepair. Probably due to erosion
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If your aren't wealthy how do you travel in Woodland?
Through bus trains
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How long was the bus train to Woodland from the camp?
Very long, it took eight connections and a disguise to avoid thieves.
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What did the father do in Woodland to make her daughter unappealing?
Knotted her hair and streaked her face with dirt
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What does the pointing out of helicopters in Woodland do?
It sharpens the theme of class divisions.
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Why can't MO come with the narrator?
Since her posting came to late for him.
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Fish farms are necessary in Woodland because?
Climate change destroyed the natural world so it must be artificially manufactured.
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What is Chasseur French for?
Hunter
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The other half of the land that bordered woodland was called what?
Chasseur
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The other half of the land that bordered woodland was used for what?
To imitate the French countryside and gave buyers the opportunity to be aristocrats
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Does Mo stay angry?
No, after a bit he becomes happy again
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Why are there less clients as time goes by in Woodlands?
Since the safari is getting more dangerous.
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What is the narrator in Woodland comforted by?
The client's freedom
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Why is the narrator getting paid less.
Since less people are coming to see the Woodland and the dangers are going up
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Why do workers leave Woodland
Since their pay is dropping.
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Who is the last remaining employee in Woodland
Charlie, a solider.
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How does the narrator survive in the wilderness in Woodland?
Through skills learned from Charlie.
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Why is the narrator so shocked by tasting wine from the woman.
She has never tasted something so expensive.
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Why does the narrator stay at Woodland?
She has nowhere to go
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Where does Charlie move too?
An A- frame a couple miles away
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What does the bear at the end of Woodland symbolize?
The destruction of the natural world.
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In the flavors we lose how old is Chiara turning?
5
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How many raisins will Chiara get for her birthday In the flavors we lose
5
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Why must the narrator get up while its still dark to bake the cake?
It will become too hot to bake.
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Where is the flavors we lose set in?
Future Tuscany Italy
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What genre is the flavors we lose
Cli-Fi
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How many paragraphs is the flavors we lose
3
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Why must they change ingredients for the cake in the flavors we lose
The animals have died due to starvation, or can't provide
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What cow did the narrator once have in the flavors we lose?
Maremmana cow
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What's the secret to making a good cake in the flavors we lose?
Quality butter
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How do they make butter in the flavors we lose
from scraggly goats milk
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How do they make eggs in the flavors we lose
from aquafaba, or chickpea liquid.
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How do they make wheat in the flavors we lose
By using sorghum since its tougher and has more resistance to heat.
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What wakes up Chiara in the flavors we lose
The clinking of the whisk against a glass bowl
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Why did they move the oven outside in the flavors we lose
To keep the house cool
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What are the branches in the vineyard like in the flavors we lose
gnarled zombie hands
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What is present day Tuscany known for?
Wines, olive oil, cheese, and cured meat
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When were the marshlands of Italy destroyed?
The inner war period or during the 1930's
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What coffee does the mom drink in the flavors we lose
cold coffee since its always so hot outside.
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What does the "gnarled" vineyard remind the mom of in the flavors we lose
Her enjoyment during her childhood of squashing grapes and making wine.
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Why can't Chiara try grapes in the flavors we lose?
The world is too hot to grow them so all their is left is Scandinavian raisins
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What do the raisins symbolize in the flavors we lose
The 5 years of Chiara's life
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Why is the last sentence in the flavors we lose written in italics in the flavors we lose
To show the narrators thoughts and reinforces the title
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When the narrator in the flavors we lose shakes out five hard raisins we experience?
Kinesthetic imagery
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What cake do they bake in the flavors we lose
sponge cake
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The maples sweat is what type of figurative language
Kinesthetic imagery and/or personification
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Why does the author in Lackawanna County personify the tree
To give it a voice and highlight the distress of it being out of season.
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Which 2 words have a cacophonous K sound in Lackawanna County
Calenders + Clocks
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The sibilants S's in Lackawanna County highlight what?
The natural world's desperation.
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The metaphor in Lackwanna county compares what to a trap.
Weeds.
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Kinesthetic imagery
Descriptive language appealing to movement and action.
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Personification
Attributing human traits to non-human entities.
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Climate change
Long-term alteration of temperature and weather patterns.
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Cacophony
Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
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Caesura
A pause in a line of poetry.
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Sibilance
Repetition of 's' sounds creating a soft effect.
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Metaphor
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things.
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Disruption
Interruption of the natural order or process.
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Obliviousness
Lack of awareness or concern about surroundings.
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Contrast
Highlighting differences between two or more elements.
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Imagery
Language that evokes sensory experience.
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Auditory image
Descriptive language appealing to sound.
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Symbolism
Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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Natural world
The physical world including plants and animals.
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Human experience
The collective experiences of people in society.
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Emotional response
Feelings elicited by specific stimuli or events.
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Disorientation
Confusion about one's surroundings or situation.
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Freedom
The state of being free from restrictions.
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Danger
The possibility of suffering harm or injury.
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Joy
A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
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Frost
Thin layer of ice formed on surfaces.
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Barely frozen water
Water that is close to freezing point.
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Why do the maples sweat in Lackawanna County
Their out of season
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Buds pop what in Lackawanna County
Eyes
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What kind of figurative language is buds pop in Lackawanna County
Personification
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Where does ice crack easily in Lackwanna county?
along the bank
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Why do kids wear T shirts to school during the winter in Lackwanna county
Their unaware that summer is a long way off due to climate change.
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What happens to the narrator as the surface bends and splinters underfoot
His heart leaps high
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What disturbs the bear in Lackawanna County
When the ice cracks and slides
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When the ice cracks and slides why is the bear disturbed in Lackawanna County
Since it just woke up from a long sleep (hibernation)
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What emotion do the teachers have when they "drum their fingers on sweaty desktops" in Lackwanna County
Stressed and tired.
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What emotion is represented in Lackwanna county when the narrator says his "heart leaps high"
Happiness and joy
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How did the narrator write Lackwanna County
Through free verse
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How long is Lackwanna County
one stanza with 17 lines.
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The theme of Lackawanna county is?
The effects of climate change on a community.
