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Who is the author of king of the bingo game?

Ellison

What is the name of the protagonist's wife that is sick and needs a doctor in king of the bingo game?

Laura

How many bingo cards does the protagonist have in king of the bingo game?

5

How much money is the jackpot for the bingo game?

36.90$

What state is our protagonist from in King of the bingo game?

North carolina

Why did the protagonist come to the theater? (King of the bingo game)

To escape the harsh reality of life. He hopes winning the bingo game will provide him financial relief and money for laura’s doctor

What is the dream the protagonist has? (King of the bingo game)

he imagines himself back in the South, jumping from a railroad trestle as a train is about to run him down and scrambling down an embankment to apparent safety; instead, the train leaves the tracks and follows him down a street as white people laugh at him

Is the story (king of the bingo game) ultimately opitimistic or pessimistic provide examples to support your reasoning.

The story “King of the Bingo Game” by Ralph Ellison is generally considered to be pessimistic. The protagonist is a poor black man who is struggling to pay for his wife’s medical bills. He is desperate and has no hope for the future. The bingo game is his only chance to win some money and save his wife. However, he is constantly thwarted by the rules of the game and the indifference of the people around him. He falls asleep and has two vivid dreams that reflect his fears and anxieties. The story ends with the protagonist being humiliated by the bingo caller and the audience, and he is left with nothing. The story is a powerful critique of the American Dream and the systemic racism that prevents people from achieving it .

Basic plot points of king of the bingo game?

• The story takes place in a movie theater that doubles as a bingo hall.

• The protagonist is an unnamed Black man who has recently moved from Rocky Mont, North Carolina, to an unnamed city in the North (possibly New York) and feels uncomfortable with the culture, which he perceives as unfriendly.

• The protagonist is sitting in a movie theater, watching a movie he has already seen three times. He is hungry because he is broke.

• He falls asleep during the movie and has a nightmare about a train running off its tracks and chasing him down a hill while white people stand around him and laugh.

• The older man next to him wakes him up and tells the protagonist that he was yelling in his sleep.

• The man offers the protagonist whiskey, which makes him lightheaded since he is drinking it on an empty stomach.

• The protagonist is then given a chance to play bingo and win a large sum of money.

• He becomes obsessed with winning and begins to ignore the other players and the game’s rules.

• The protagonist eventually wins the game but is denied the prize money by the game’s overseer.

• The protagonist then goes on a rampage, attacking the overseer and destroying the bingo equipment.

• The story ends with the protagonist being hit in the back of the hed by a policeman

How can Arnold Friend be seen as a devil is disguise?

Because he hides his identity with sunglasses, always seems to wear a mask.

How can Connie be characterized in the story?

As self absorbed

Basic plot points (where are you going where have you been)

• The story is set in the 1960s and revolves around a teenage girl named Connie.

• Connie is a self-conscious and rebellious girl who enjoys spending time with her friends at the plaza and flirting with boys.

• One day, a boy named Arnold Friend comes to her house when she is alone and tries to convince her to go for a ride with him.

• Arnold is a mysterious and sinister figure who seems to know everything about Connie and her family.

• He threatens to harm her family if she does not comply with his demands.

• Connie is terrified and tries to resist Arnold’s advances, but he eventually convinces her to come with him.

• The story ends with Connie leaving her house and getting into Arnold’s car, leaving her fate unknown.

Basic plot points of the lesson

• A highly educated Black woman named Miss Moore moves to Sylvia’s neighborhood and begins to take the local children on trips to teach them about poverty and inequality.

• “The Lesson” follows the children on a trip to FAO Schwarz, a famous toy store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan that was known for its expensive deluxe toys.

• During the trip, Miss Moore tries to teach the children about economic inequality and the value of money.

• Sylvia is initially resistant to Miss Moore’s lessons and is more interested in the toys in the store.

• However, as the trip progresses, Sylvia begins to understand the harsh realities of poverty and the importance of education.

• The story ends with Sylvia walking away from the group, deep in thought about the lessons she has learned.

What is the lesson learned at the end of the story?

Socio economic inequality.

What is the theory of omission (Iceburg theory)?

Words on a page should be merely a small part of the story. Used to indicate the larger unwritten story that resides below the story

What are the man’s thoughts on the procedure the girl might have? (hills like white elephants)

Awfully simple, perfectly simple, not really an operation at all.

Symbolism of the white elephant and what it means?

The white elephant symbolizes the unborn baby. The man had never seen one before and the woman makes the connection and realizes his indifference to the procedure and the life of the baby.

What does alcohol represent in the story?

The only functioning part of the couples relationship

Symbolism of the setting?

The trainstation that they are at symbolizes how their relationship is at a crossroad and whichever choice they make or train they get on will alter their lives forever.

How much time has passed in the story?

35 minutes

Basic plot points for hills like white elephants?

• The story opens with a description of the setting: a train station surrounded by hills, fields, and trees in a valley in Spain.

• The American and the girl sit at a table outside the station, waiting for a train to Madrid. They order drinks and begin to bicker about the taste of the alcohol.

• The girl remarks that the nearby hills look like white elephants, to which the American responds that he’s never seen one.

• The American mentions that he wants the girl to have an operation, although he never actually specifies what kind of operation. He argues that the operation would be simple, but then says the procedure really isn’t even an operation at all.

• The girl asks what will happen after she’s had the operation. The man answers that things will be fine afterward, just like they were before, and that it will fix their problems.

• The girl agrees with him, but then retracts her earlier comment by saying the hills don’t actually look like white elephants to her anymore.

• They argue for a while until the girl gets tired and makes the American promise to stop talking.

• The Spanish bartender brings two more beers and tells them that the train is coming in five minutes.

The story then ends with the bartender telling them the train will leave in 5 minutes

What are the descriptions sammy gives of the girls in A and P?

1st girl: Chunky, belly pale, lips bunched together under her nose

2nd Girl: Tall one, black hair that wasn’t frizzed right, chin to long, type of girl that is striking but will never quite make it.

3rd Girl: Queen, long neck, long white prima dona legs, white shoulders.

How can Sammy be seen as a judgmental character?

He classifies many people as animals. He classifies the shoppers as sheep three times and pigs once. He calls people a lady a witch twice. Sammy disrupts the norm

What three characters inappropriately leer at the girls?

Old mcmahon, lengal, and stokesie

What classism takes place in the story?

The classsism in a and p is highlighted in many different ways. First most of the towns population is middle class or lower, the town is not on the beach and it is north of boston. however queens family is perceived to live a relaxed wealthy life, sammy is working while sammy and the girls don’t have to. Second was queenies comment of “we are decent” to lengal which basically was implied to mean “we are better than you.” Finally the classism is highlighted in the different parties in sammies dream.

Basic plot points of A&P

• Three teenage girls wearing only their bathing suits walk into the store, and Sammy, the cashier, watches them closely.

• Sammy is particularly interested in the most attractive girl, whom he dubs “Queenie.”

• As the girls roam the aisles of the store, they create a stir, and Sammy’s coworkers begin to admire them.

• Lengel, the store manager, approaches Sammy’s checkout lane and chastises the girls for entering the store in bathing suits, citing store policy.

• The girls are embarrassed, and Queenie protests that her mother wanted her to come in and buy some herring snacks.

• Sammy suddenly turns to Lengel and quits his job, protesting the way Lengel has embarrassed the girls.

• Sammy hopes the girls are watching him.

The story finally ends with sammy leaving the store and seeing the girls are not waiting for him. He sees a married woman screaming at her child.

Who seeks revenge in the story and why? (cask of amontillado)

Montressor seeks revenge on fortunado for a thousand injuries and an unspecified insult.

What is the setting?(cask of amonitallado

Dusk in italy during carnival season

Who acts as bait in the story?

Luchresi

who he says can’t tell amotillado from sherry

In what two ways is Fortunato describe as drunk?

His gait is unsteady and the way his eyes look.

What is the example of foreshadowing in the story?

The trowel because it will play a role in fortinado’s death.

Basic plot points (cask of amontillado)

• Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato, who has insulted him.

• Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs with the promise of a rare and expensive wine, Amontillado.

• As they descend, Fortunato starts coughing, but Montresor insists on continuing.

• They reach a crypt piled high with bones, where Montresor tells Fortunato that the Amontillado is in a granite niche off to one side.

• Montresor chains Fortunato to the back of the niche and begins to construct a wall, enclosing Fortunato into the niche.

• At first, Fortunato panics, moaning and screaming. As the wall grows higher, he tries to frame Montresor’s actions as a joke. He finally cries out, and then is silent as Montresor finishes the wall.

• Montressor at the end of the story says nobody had disturbed the crypt for 50 years

Nouns

Names of persons, places, things, or ideas. Nouns can be doers or receivers of action. Nouns can be parts of phrases and clauses used to describe verbs or other nouns.

Pronouns

Take the place of nouns. There are many kinds of pronouns, including personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, compound personal pronouns, and relative pronouns.

Verbs

Indicate action or a state of being. Certain verbs, called auxiliary or helping verbs, assist main verbs in creating various tense (time) forms.

Adjectives

Modify nouns or pronouns. They answer "Which one?" "What kind?" and "How many?"

Adverbs

Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They answer "When?" "Where?" "How?" about verbs and "To what degree?" about adjectives or other adverbs.

Prepositions

Show a relationship between their object and some other word in the sentence.

Conjunctions

Join two sentence elements, including words, phrases, and clauses.

Interjections

Single words that express strong emotion. They stand alone in sentences in which they appear and are separated from the sentence with a comma or an exclamation point.

Verbs:

Action Verbs

Indicate some action, either physical or mental.

Linking Verbs (be verbs)

Act as an equal sign in a sentence, do not convey action, express a state of being.

Auxiliary (helping) Verbs

Commonly known as helping verbs, share some of the same words as linking verbs, are not the main verb in the sentence.

Subject + Action Verb + Receiver: Transitive

The quarterback threw the ball.

Receiver (Subject) + Action + possible prepositional phrase or understood doer: Passive Voice Transitive (victimization)

The squirrel was chased by Titus.

Doer + action (no receiver): Intransitive Complete

Titus ran with the boys. Titus ran.

Subject + Linking Verb: Intransitive Linking

One of the greatest quarterbacks was Brett Favre. The lambskin rug felt warm.

Tenses:

Simple Tense

Present tense: Present part of the verb (add s for first person singular). Past tense: Past part of the verb. Future tense: Will/shall + present part of the verb.

Perfect Tense

Present perfect tense: Have/has + past participle of the verb. Past perfect tense: Had + past participle of the verb. Future perfect tense: Will/shall + have + past participle of the verb.

Progressive Tense

Present progressive = Present (be) + main verb + ing (present participle part). Past Progressive = Past (be) + main verb + ing (present participle part). Future Progressive = Will + be + main verb + ing (present participle part).

Perfect Progressive Tense

Present Perfect Progressive = Have/has + been + main verb + ing (present participle part). Past Perfect Progressive = Had + been + main verb + ing (present participle part). Future Perfect Progressive = Will + have + been + main verb + ing (present participle part).

Emphatic Verb Tense

Present emphatic = Do/does + present part of the main verb. Past emphatic = Did + present part of the main verb.

What is an examples of active voice?

Active voice - The subject of the sentence is the one doing the action expressed by the verb. Elizabeth went to the game on Tuesday. Passive voice - The subject is the person or thing acted on or affected by the verb's action. The bill was passed in the Senate by the politicians.

What is the difference between lie,lay,lain and lying.

To lie means to rest or recline. The parts of the verb to lie: lie(s) lay lain lying. To lay means to put or place. It is a transitive verb and so needs a receiver. The parts of the verb to lay: lay(s) laid laid laying.

To Rise irregular verb forms (intransitive: no receiver)

Rise rose (has) risen rising.

To Raise (transitive: we raise something or someone)

Raise raised (has) raised raising.

To Sit (intransitive: no receiver)

Sit sat (has) sat sitting.

To Set (transitive: we set something or someone)

Set set (has) set setting.

Does the subject change if we use words like as well as, together with, or with?

If we use words including as well as, together with, with, or accompanied by, the number of the subject does not change. (Another way to say this is that we) usually ignore any prepositional phrases that follow the subject. My best friend [as well as some of my enemies] was present at the showdown.

What are some rules for singular subjects

Two or more singular subjects joined by or or nor create a singular subject since only one of the subjects will complete the action. George or Paul was going to the concert. (Only one was going.)

What are some rules for subject verb agreement?

If the subject is compound and joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the subject closest to that verb. John or the other band members are leaving for the concert. The band members or John is leaving.

How to identify singular words in a sentence?

Each, every, either, neither, anyone, one, everybody, and nobody are singular. Everybody is going to the party. Each of the winners is expected to attend the ceremony.

Tell me about collective nouns

We may be considering a large group when we use these words, but consider that we are thinking of one person at a time when we use the words listed in this point. A collective noun (team, jury, club, crew, choir, band) is singular when all the members are acting as a unit. A collective can be plural if the members are acting separately. The team was running onto the field.

Tell me about collective plurals

If the members of a collective are acting separately, the collective is plural. The team were trying on their new uniforms. This is obviously a separate activity for each team member. Making a collective plural always sounds awkward.

Just some good info for the grammar test

If a writer joins two subjects with and, the subject is plural and needs a verb that agrees with a plural subject. The lion and the tiger are restless tonight. Turn questions into statements if you are confused about subject/verb agreement in a question. (Is/Are) your parents going to the party? Turn that into Your parents are going to the party — the agreement is clear.

how are sentences changed when they begin with here there and where?

Sentences that begin with here, there, where are usually inverted (with the subject being at the end of the sentence) The verb in an inverted sentence still agrees with the subject. EX: There are the musicians. – Musicians are there. EX: Where is Paul going. – Paul is going where? Exceptions to ignoring the object of the preposition when considering subject/verb agreement: If a prepositional phrase beginning with of follows all, some, plenty, abundance, or rest, the verb agrees with the noun in the phrase which is the object of the preposition.

Good info

Usually we discount the phrase, but this is one of two exceptions. Some of the pizza is ice cold. Some of the slices of pizza are ice cold.

Good info. (doesn’t matter if you get this right just read)

If a sentence contains one of the --- who or one of the --- that, the verb agrees with the object of the preposition which would probably be plural. He is one of the people who are trustworthy. (Logic here: the antecedent of the pronoun who is people, so who is plural. We’ll talk about antecedents in the pronoun section.)

Tell me about a gerund as a subject and what it does.

Gerund as subject: Hiking can be dangerous. (single-word gerund) Hiking in the Ozarks was his favorite activity. (gerund modified by an adverbial phrase) Hiking mountainous trails is exhausting. (gerund with its own object)

Tell me about a gerund as a direct object and what it does

Gerund as direct object: Paul enjoys swimming. (single-word gerund) My best friend loves mountain climbing. (gerund modified by an adjective) My mom likes playing tennis. (gerund with its own object)

Tell me about a gerund as a predicate nomnitive and what it does

Gerund as predicate nominative: My worst nightmare is finding a spider in my shoe. (gerund with its own object and an adverbial modifier) John’s happiest moment was meeting his future wife. (gerund with its own object) His idea of a perfect night is playing video games. (gerund with its own object)

What is a gerund with examples?

Gerund as object of a preposition: I am worried about taking my chemistry test. (gerund with its own object) Don’t blame me for being popular. (gerund with its own complement) Mr. Spencer told the story of the founding of America. (gerund with an adjective modifier and a phrase modifier)

What is a participle

A participle is a verbal adjective. It always modifies a noun or a pronoun.

What is a present participles and what does it do?

Present Participle (-ing): The running man was in trouble. Sometimes, participles are in a normal adjective position. Running down the street, the man knew he was in trouble. A participial phrase might begin a sentence. I saw a man running a marathon. A participial phrase might end a sentence.

What is a past participle and what does it do?

Past Participle (-ed): Past participles can also act as verbals. Past participles used as verbals may also have objects, complements, and adverbial modifiers. The vanquished hero left the castle. Banished from his friend group, George wandered around the playground alone. The children chosen for the play celebrated and called their parents.

Infinitives:

What are nouns and adjectives and adverbs and what do they do?

Noun — Names a person, place, or thing; answers the questions who? whom? or what? Adjective — Describes or limits a noun or a pronoun; answers the questions which one? or what kind? Adverb — Describes or limits a verb, an adjective, or another adverb; answers the questions when? where? how? why? or to what degree?

What are infiinitives with examples? Tell me about them.

Basically To + a verb. Examples of infinitives used as each of these jobs: His goal was to succeed. To succeed is the infinitive used as a predicate nominative, renaming goal in this sentence. He worked to succeed. To succeed is the infinitive used as an adverb. It modifies worked and tells why he worked. His plan to succeed was based on ambition. To succeed in this sentence works as an adjective to answer what kind of plan? To succeed was his main focus. To succeed is used as the subject. It is, therefore, acting as a verbal noun. He wanted to succeed. To succeed is used as the direct object; it is acting as a noun to answer he wanted what?

Two major pieces of epic literature in Western civilization?

Iliad and Odyssey

Famous ancient Greek poet?

Homer

Who is Herodotus?

Greek historian and geographer

What is the Iliad?

Greek hexameter epic poem

Who is Helen?

Most beautiful woman of Greece, wife of Menelaus, and cause of the Trojan War

Book 1?

Begins with the invocation of the Muse

Nostos?

Odysseus’ return home from Troy by sea

Kleos?

Theme of glory or fame, especially as achieved through heroic deeds

In medias res?

In the middle of things, the narrative starts in the middle of the story

Who tells the story?

A bard

What line is Odysseus first mentioned?

Line 21

Polutropos?

An epithet used to describe Odysseus, often translated as "man of many turns"

Odysseus’ absence causes problems for his family. What problems for Penelope? Telemachus? Society?

Penelope is harassed by suitors, Telemachus struggles with his father's absence, and society is disrupted by the suitors' behavior

Who are the suitors?

Men from Ithaca and surrounding islands who wish to marry Penelope

Xenia?

Ancient Greek concept of hospitality

Telemachy?

Series of books (1-4) in the Odyssey where Telemachus sets out to find news of his missing father

Why does Telemachus call the men to assembly?

To address the issue of the suitors who have taken over his home

How has Penelope managed to hold off the suitors' demands for the past three years?

By weaving a burial shroud for Laertes and undoing part of it each night. She refused to marry any of the suitors until she finished the shroud.

What sign does Zeus send to the assembly, and what is its meaning?

Two eagles, interpreted as a prophecy of disaster for the suitors

What does Telemakhos plan to do now?

Embark on a journey to find news of his father