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How does Mr. Johnson act and feel at the beginning of the story?

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He feels very good at the beginning. He acts in a friendly manner and thinks it will be a good day.

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How does the woman who is moving react to Mr. Johnson?

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She is unsure at first, but later takes him up on his offer and thanks him for his help.

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What does Mr. Johnson recommend that Mr. Adams and Ms. Kent do with their free afternoon?

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Go somewhere together for their free afternoon - suggested they go to Coney Island, have lunch, go to a movie, etc.

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How does Mr. Johnson save the taxi driver $10?

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He would take it as an omen if he saw a customer on his way to bet the $10, he would take it as a “sign” and not bet the money, but take it home to his wife instead.

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How does Mrs. Johnson get the bus driver in trouble.

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She complains when the driver helps another customer first. She gets into a loud argument with him, takes his number, and reports him to his boss, hoping that he will be fired for his behavior.

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Mr. Johnson smiled at people he passed on the street.

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Mr. John is in a good mood. He likes people.

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the woman who was moving glared at Mr. Johnson when he first offered to watch her son

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She is afraid her son is with a stranger.

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Mr. Johnson offers to pay the woman for the time she has lost at work by talking to him.

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He wants her to enjoy her day.

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Mr. Johnson is not surprised when his wife tells him some of the unkind acts she has done that day.

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Mr. Johnson isn’t surprised because it was his wife’s turn to do unkind acts.

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Theme of An Ordinary Day

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people aren’t always what they seem to be

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Setting of An Ordinary Day

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NYC 1960s

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POV of An Ordinary Day

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3rd person limited

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How much money does Della have?

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$1.87

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What did Della want to do with the money?

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Buy Jim a present

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What is the last name of the family in the story?

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Dillingham Young

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What happened to Jim’s weekly salary?

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Went from $30-$20

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What two possetions do Jim and Delta take pride in

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Hair and Watch

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How does delta get money

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She cuts her hair

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What does Jim give Delta

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Combs

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What does Delta give Jim

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a watch chain

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How did Jim get the money

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He sold his watch

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when you expect one thing to happen and the opposite happens.

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Irony

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Who are the Magi

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The Three Kings

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How do you know that Della is nervous?

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She parys that Jim won’t think that she is ugly.

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POV in The Gift of the Magi
3rd Person Limited
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How is allusion used
refers to The Three Kings
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What does Uncle Marcos do to try and win Antonieta?
Uncle Marcos bought a barrel organ to try and seduce her. He serenaded her one night beneath her window.
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What do the sailors do with Uncle Marcos' dead body?
Kept it and they made him a coffin
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How does Antonieta feel toward Marcos?
She does not like him back
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What does the fact that Uncle Marcos "deep depression" lasted only a few days tell about his character?
HE cant move on
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What does he do to become the star attraction of the season? How is this adventure "typical" of him?
Uncle Marcos built a bird of prehistoric dimensions made of loose bits of wood, metal, and cloth.
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What do some people believe when he doesn't come back?
He either died or went to space
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What is claras reaction
She watches the sky
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How do people react to his resserection
His name is cleared
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Why do Marcos and Clara abandon their business?
They decide their job was for swindlers. They became frightened, realizing their guesses could altar their client's fate.
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Instead of a body, what does Uncle Marcos coffin contain?
a bag of sand
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What do they do with his body?
They keep the body on the ship
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Why will Clara remeber this date as long as she lives
This was the date the first marxist president ran.
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What buisness does Uncle Marcos set up with Clara
A fortune telling buisness
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Why does the narrator ride the train
to escort a friend's body
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Who is Thompson
The expressman/conductor
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Where does the oder actually come from
Limberger cheese
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What is the first thing they do to make the odor go away.
Smoke cigars
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Where is the narrator from in INvalid
cleveland ohio
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What is the weathe rlike when the narrator learns about hi sfriends death
It's snowy
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What did Thompson break in the express car
a window
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What does Thompson cover his face with
a red hankerchief
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What did the narrator drag Thompson out by
his collar
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What was actually in the box rather than a body
guns
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What is the name of the narrators friend
JOhn B. Hackett
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What else do the two do to try and get rid of the smell.
Move to the other side of the car carbolic acid burn trash
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The POV of INvalid is
1st
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Why was Telfilo easy to find
his blue jeans
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How long has he been dead
a day or more
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Who gathered by the sheep
Leo and Ken
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Who is Ken
Leo's brother in law
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what did the grove of cottonwoods grow in?
arroyo
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what were still deep in snow?
Blue Mountians
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what did Leon tie to the old man's hair?
gray feather
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What did Leon do to Teoflios face
paint it
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what did Ken throw into the wind?
pinches of corn meal and pollen
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Whose car came towards them
Father Paul's
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How des the nature refs. apply to the relatives
Nature and the enviroment is very important in their culture.
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What do the old men take when the funeral is over
Candels and medicine bags
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Which cultural element (Catholic or Pueblo) becomes dominant by the end of the passage?
Pueblo because Leon would leave the priest because he didn't want a Catholic burial but the priest stayed and did it Leon's way.
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the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. | lady lounges lazily
alliteration
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the struggle found in fiction. may be internal or external and is best seen in (1) Man in c with another Man: (2) Man in Nature; (3) Man in with self.
Conflict
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the method used by a writer to develop a character. The method includes (1) showing the character's appearance, (2) displaying the character's actions, (3) revealing the character's thoughts, (4) letting the character speak, and (5) getting the reactions of others.
characterization
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exaggeration or overstatement. | He's as big as a horse
hyperbole
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emotional attitude the author takes towards hir subject.
mood
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language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.
imagery
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a word that imitates the sound it represents. also imitative harmony Example: splash, wow, gush, kerplunk
onomatopoeia
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putting two contradictory words together. Examples: hot ice, cold fire, wise fool, sad joy, eloquent silence,
oxymoron
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the comparison of two unlike things using like or as. He eats like a pig
Simile
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general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express.
theme
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the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective.
tone

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