"The Scarlet Ibis"

Identify the literary device.

"They named him William Armstrong: such a name sounds good only on a tombstone."

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• hyperbole

• imagery

Identify the literary device.

"...he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse..."

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Why does Brother think Doodle's name should be changed?

• People would want him to do too much

• William Armstrong resented the name William Armstrong.

• The name William Armstrong was trending, so it was too common.

• Doodle wouldn't answer to the name William Armstrong.

The story is told as a memory. What is the effect?

• He recalls it as wonderful, which means he changed it in his memory.

• He doesn't clearly remember because time has passed.

• He knows the ending before he starts, which affects how he tells it.

• He remembers childhood resentments, which affects memories.

Look at the words that are bolded. What's the tone of the excerpt?

"The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox. The five o'clocks by the chimney still marked time, but the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle. The last graveyard flowers were blooming...speaking softly the names of our dead."

• enthusiastic

• thoughtful

• grim

• frustrated

Why did the parents wait to name Doodle after he was born?

• They couldn't agree on a name.

• Everyone waited that long back in the day.

• They would get too attached to him if they gave him a name. Then he would die.

• They had to wait to take him to church to be baptized.

Why did Brother show Doodle his coffin?

• He wanted to make Doodle laugh.

• He wanted to put him IN the coffin.

• His cruel streak came out.

• He wanted Doodle to understand how amazing it was that he lived.

Which quote shows the boys' triumphant success?

• "...I put him on his feet at least a hundred times each afternoon."

• "And before I'll help you down from the loft, you're going to have to touch it."

• "Finally, I could see I was licked. Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever..."

• "There wasn't a sound as Doodle walked slowly across the room and sat down at his place at the table."

Identify the literary device.

"We'd pick flowers and string them together with wire grass and bedeck ourselves. When the sun was going down, we'd drop our jewels into the stream and watch them float away toward the sea."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Which supports the story's point of view?

• Third Person "he" pronoun means the narrator isn't in the story.

• Pronouns "me" and "my" mean that the narrator is a character in the story.

• Readers don't know the narrator's identity because no names are used.

• The narrator is detached from the story. Readers can tell by the tone.