Use the script to answer the question. LIZ: (suddenly) Julian! We have to turn around. I think I left the oven on at the house! JULIAN: What! I thought you turned it off before we left. LIZ: I thought I did, too, but I'm not sure. JULIAN: (frustrated) We are nearly 10 miles away at this point. We can't just turn around. Can you call Michelle and see if she can use her spare key to check for us? LIZ: Michelle is visiting her sister in Michigan this weekend, remember? JULIAN: What about Carlos? Doesn't he have a spare key? LIZ: (with a sigh of relief) You're right! I'm going to call him right now. In one to two sentences, analyze how the stage directions would impact the way actors perform this scene. (2 points)
The stage directions provide a sense of urgency and frustration for the characters, which would likely be conveyed through their tone of voice, body language, and facial expressions. The suddenness of Liz's interruption and frustration in Julian's response would create a sense of tension and urgency in the scene.
Use the poem "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay to complete the activity. (1) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable— But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. (2) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. (3) We were very tired, we were very merry, We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head, And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read; And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears, And we gave her all our money but our subway fares. In one to two sentences, explain how the repeated lines contribute to the overall meaning of the poem. (2 points)
The repeated lines "We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry" serve to create a sense of rhythm and continuity throughout the poem. This repetition emphasizes the exhaustion and joy experienced by the speaker during their nighttime adventure, highlighting the contrasting emotions felt in the midst of their tiring journey.
Use the excerpt from Peter Pan to answer the question. Mrs. Darling came to the window, for at present she was keeping a sharp eye on Wendy. She told Peter that she had adopted all the other boys, and would like to adopt him also. “Would you send me to school?” he inquired craftily. "Yes.” “And then to an office?” "I suppose so.” “Soon I would be a man?” “Very soon.” “I don’t want to go to school and learn solemn things,” he told her passionately. “I don’t want to be a man. O Wendy’s mother, if I was to wake up and feel there was a beard!” “Peter,” said Wendy the comforter, “I should love you in a beard;” and Mrs. Darling stretched out her arms to him, but he repulsed her. “Keep back, lady, no one is going to catch me and make me a man.” “But where are you going to live?” “With Tink in the house we built for Wendy. The fairies are to put it high up among the treetops where they sleep at nights.” “How lovely,” cried Wendy so longingly that Mrs. Darling tightened her grip. “I thought all the fairies were dead,” Mrs. Darling said. "There are always a lot of young ones,” explained Wendy, who was now quite an authority, “because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.” “I shall have such fun,” said Peter, with one eye on Wendy. “It will be rather lonely in the evening,” she said, “sitting by the fire.” “I shall have Tink.” In one to two sentences, determine how Wendy's point of view changes as the dialogue continues. (2 points)
Wendy's point of view changes from initially comforting Peter and expressing a longing for the fairy house to acknowledging the potential loneliness of her situation while sitting by the fire in the evening. This suggests that Wendy becomes more realistic and thoughtful about the practicalities and potential drawbacks of living with Peter and Tinker Bell in the treetop house.
Use the excerpt from the poem "Late September" by Amy Lowell to answer the question. Warmth of earth, and cloudless wind Tearing off the husky rind, Blowing feathered seeds to fall By the sun-baked, sheltering wall. In three to five sentences, explain how the poet uses figurative language to express meaning in this stanza. (4 points)
In this stanza, the poet uses figurative language to vividly describe the changing of the season from summer to autumn. The line "Warmth of earth, and cloudless wind" personifies the earth and wind, attributing the quality of warmth and activeness to them, creating a sense of the season's vibrancy. The phrase "Tearing off the husky rind" uses the metaphor of tearing off a husky rind to depict the shedding of summer's protective layer, symbolizing the transition from one season to another. The image of "Blowing feathered seeds to fall" employs the simile of seeds falling like feathers to convey a sense of delicacy and lightness in the air. The phrase "sun-baked, sheltering wall" uses imagery and personification to evoke a sense of warmth and security as autumn approaches, indicating the changes and comfort of the season. Through these figurative language devices, the poet paints a rich and evocative picture of the autumn season.
