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What is the
definition of
setting?
Time and place
where the story
takes place?
What is the
definition of
mood?
The feeling or
atmosphere of a
story
What time period
does the story
take place in?
The 1930s, the
Great Depression
What are some
clues in the story
about the time
period?
Roosevelt was
president, 10 cents for
the picture show, a
60-some year old
woman was a child in
the 1880s
What are some
words that would
describe the mood
in the story?
Nostalgic, peacful,
reflective, quiet
“dollar bills, tightly
rolled and green as
May buds”
Visual Imagery
“Craackle! A cheery
crunch, scraps of
miniature thunder
sound as shells
collapse
Auditory Imagery
“A mile or more of
chastising thorns,
burrs and briers
that catch at our
clothes”
Tactile Imagery
“She likes her
coffee chicoryflavored and
strong”
Taste Imagery
“vanilla sweetens the air,
ginger spices it, melting, nose
tingling odors saturate the
kitchen, suffuse the house,
drift out to the world on puffs
of chimney smoke”
Olfactory Imagery
What time of year
do the events of the
story take place in?
Christmas time
Why do Buddy and
his friend get yelled
at after making the
fruitcakes?
They had been
drinking
Why is this
Christmas the last
one Buddy spent
with his friend?
He was sent to
military school,
and she passed
away a few years
later.
Where do Buddy
and his friend go to
get whiskey for the
cakes?
To a log cabin
restaurant by the
river, “Ha ha”
Jones place
Besides a kite, what
is a present that
Buddy got for
Christmas?
Socks, a shirt, a
hand-me down
sweater, a religious
magazine
Why are Buddy and his cousin
so close?
They like the same
things, and like
spending time
together
What is the
definition of
personification?
Giving human
qualities to nonhuman objects
What aspect of the story can
influence characters (for
example by determining their
living conditions), create the
conflict by what the
characters endure, or be a
symbol of an important idea?
The setting
How many
fruitcakes were
Buddy and his
cousin making?
31
Which of the
following is imagery?
a. moss drifts through the branches
like grey mist
b. We are cousins, very distant ones
a. moss drifts
through the
branches like grey
mist
To cut off
sever
goad
To push someone to
do something
Which has a more
negative
connotation, spend
or squander?
Squander
Would winning the
lottery for a million
dollars be prosaic?
Why?
No, because
prosaic is dull or
everyday
Would a cold
medicine that
didn’t work be
potent?
No, because potent
means strong
Make your wager
How and why do
the friend’s letters
to Buddy change
She starts confusing
him with her friend
who died in the 1880s,
because she’s getting
old and feeble