"Frankenstein" & Flowers for Algernon Review

What is an ALLUSION?

• A statement that uses like or as to compare two things or ideas.

• An exaggeration of a statement or claim, not to be taken literally.

• A reference or mention of a person, place, thing or idea from pop culture, sports, politics, or literature.

• Words that produces the sound they describe.

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What is irony?

• When people set traps and fail

• The reason why something bad happens.

• The opposite of what is expected to happen.

• When make a statement and it happens.

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Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows:

I feel a lot better today, but I guess I’m still a little angry that all the time people were laughing and making fun of me because I wasn’t so smart. When I become intelligent like Mr. Strauss says, with three times my I.Q. of 68, then maybe I’ll be like everyone else and people will like me and be friendly.

I’m not sure what an I.Q. is. Dr. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were—like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds. But Dr. Strauss had a big argument with him and said an I.Q. didn’t weigh intelligence at all. He said an I.Q. showed how much intelligence you could get, like the numbers on the outside of a measuring cup. You still had to fill the cup up with stuff.

“Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes

What is ironic about Charlie's description?

• People laugh and make fun of Charlie, but he still likes them.

• Charlie does not know what an I.Q. is, but his doctors do.

• Charlie learns that an I.Q. is like a measuring cup, and that now he must fill his head with knowledge.

• D. Charlie thinks that when he is smarter people will like him better, but what happens is the opposite.

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Which statement by Charlie below is ironic?

• "You still had to fill the cup up with stuff.”

• “Dr. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were—like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds.”

• “When I become intelligent like Mr. Strauss says, with three times my I.Q. of 68, then maybe I’ll be like everyone else and people will like me and be friendly.”

• “. . . I guess I’m still a little angry that all the time people were laughing and making fun of me because I wasn’t so smart.”

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What is motivation?

• Doing something without a reason or bribe.

• Doing something as a favor for someone.

• The emotions a person feels.

• The reason someone does a certain thing.

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Read the excerpt below and choose one of the statements below that motivate Dr. Frankenstein to do his work.

No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption. These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting passion.

• He wants to stop failing and begin feeling some success.

• He wants to be God.

• As hard as the work is, it lifts his spirits

• He wants the being to look up to him as its creator.

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Read the excerpt below and choose a second motivation for Dr. Frankenstein and his work.

No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption. These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting passion.

• He likes the idea of bringing something dead back to life.

• He wants to stop failing and begin feeling some success.

• He wants to do something that no one has ever done before.

• Like a doctor, he is passionate about making people well.

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What does self centered mean?

• When one only focuses on one's self an no one else.

• To care about others and give of yourself.

• To be generous and kind with all that you have.

• To oppose the opinions and feelings of others without concern.

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What does determined mean?

• When you are thinking hard about something but might change your mind.

• When you are going to do it no matter what.

• When you have a decision to make and it's difficult.

• When you are preparing for something.

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What does obsessive mean?

• When one forgets everything negative and blocks it out of their mind permanently.

• When one cannot stop thinking about or doing something.

• When one has a carefree spirit and goes with the flow.

• When one does what is best for them no matter what.

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