Oranges by Gary Soto

At the time the incident take place, the speaker’s attitude toward the girl is-

• Passionate and a bit jealous

• Romantic and eager to please

• Shy and frightened

• Affectionate, but superior

The imagery of the breath -"beneath my steps, my breath/ before me" and "Until we were breathing/Before a drugstore" stresses

• the girl's hunger

• the speaker's nervousness

• the speaker's poor health

• the coldness of the day

"Frost cracking/Beneath my steps, my breath/Before me" contains ______________ to ________________.

• Hyperbole, to show exaggerated emotions

• Simile, to compare the breathing with emotions

• Alliteration, to stress the cold

• Idiom, to repeat a commonly used expression.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

The imagery of the orange "making a fire in my hands" (final line) is

• sarcastic, because the boy really wanted chocolate, and not an orange

• ironic, because the readers would not expect a twelve year old boy to enjoy eating fruit

• strange, because he still has the orange after he gave it to the saleslady

• symbolic, because it represents the brightness of the boy's mood

"Oranges" is a narrative poem because

• it tells a story

• it conveys the speaker's feelings

• it uses free verse instead of rhymed patterns

• it describes a time and a place

Which lines from the poem shows that the girl is happy?

• "She came out pulling/At her gloves, face bright/With rouge."

• "And asked what she wanted-/Light in her eyes, a smile/Starting at the corners/Of her mouth."

• "When I looked up,/The lady's eyes met mine,/And held them..."

• "I took my girl's hand/In mine for two blocks,/Then released it to let/Her unwrap the chocolate."

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What figurative language is used in the following quote: "Outside,/A few cars hissing past,/Fog hanging like old/Coats between the trees."

• Imagery and hyperbole

• Hyperbole and metaphor

• Onomatopoeia and metaphor

• Onomatopoeia and simile

Why is the title of this poem ironic?

• The title would suggest a warm, bright emotion, as the poem describes.

• The poem really is not about oranges.

• The title would indicate a bright mood, but is juxtaposed against the dim, gloomy and cold evening.

• It turns out the girl did not like oranges, as the reader had anticipated.

"The lady's eyes met mine,/And held them, knowing/Very well what it was all/About." This line would indicate

• that she had enough chocolate and could afford to give it away.

• that she evidently felt empathy for the boy, and his situation.

• her disappointment that the boy did not have enough money.

• that she knew it was cold outside, and both the boy and the girl were happy to be warm.

"I peeled my orange/That was so bright against/The gray of December." This line is a perfect example of

• idiom

• personification

• juxtaposition

• alliteration