Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Authored by SUMIT RAVINDRAN
English
12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green."
What are literary devices used in "Topaz Denizens" used?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
Symbolism
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull."
What is the figurative device used in fingers fluttering"?
Alliteration and Metaphor
Metaphor and symbolism
symbolism and Simile
Transferred Epithet
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"They pace in sleek chivalric certainly.."
What is the Literary Device used in the above lines?
Alliteration
Symbolism
Metaphor
Transferred Epithet
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band"
Why is this "massive weight" of uncle's wedding band a metaphor?
because the weight of unhappiness in the marriage is too heavy for the aunt to carry
because of the heaviness in Aunt's heart due to an unhappy marriage
because the wedding ring was really big and heavy on aunt's fingers
because Aunt's husband was was dominating, and he didn't allow Aunt freedom to express her creativity
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by."
"ringed with ordeals" means":
Aunt's life was surrounded by troubles and painful difficulties
Aunt was tamed, and her husband suppressed her creativity all her life
Her husband was like the "RING MASTER" to the Aunt.
Aunt wedding Ring would not be taken off her finger even when she died
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid."
Why would the tigers go on prancing, unafraid?
The tigers would be an expression of Aunt's undying spirit
tigers wanted to dance
tigers symbolify the desire of Aunt Jennifer to create and win over men
They were embroidered tigers who could not die
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull."
What is it difficult to "pull the ivory needle" ?
Because Aunt Jennifer is weak due to old age
because she has been suppressed all her life
because Aunt finds it difficult to bring out strength for expressing creativity
because it is difficult to embroider with an "IVORY NEEDLE"
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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