Quote Identification Practice for Exam:“I run my tongue over the gross

gummy flap. The sharp edge of the flap cuts my tongue. I taste my blood. IT’s face suddenly pops up in my mind.”

For the quote above:(1) When did it happen in the plot of Speak?

(What major events happened before/after?)(2) Why is it significant to Speak’s main themes &

conflicts? (3) What literary device is it AND explain how you

know! (tone, motif, foreshadowing, character development, symbolism/D.H.M.)

Quote Identification Practice:

“There are twelve of them: Jennie, Jen, Jenna, Ashley, Aubrey, Amber, Colleen, Kaitlin, Marcie, Donner, Blitzen and Raven.”

For the quote above: (1) When in the story did it happen? (2) Why is it important?(3) What literary device is it? And explain!

(Character development, tone, symbolism, point of view)

(1) When: Melinda said at the beginning of the book while at the first pep rally with Heather. At this point in the story, we know Melinda is an outcast, but we have no idea why yet.

(2) Importance: Just as she does in this quote, Melinda uses sarcasm throughout the book to avoid protect herself from difficult emotions and to show disapproval. As an outcast who has been raped, Melinda is envious and hateful toward the cheerleaders who are popular and comfortable in their beautiful bodies. She uses sarcasm to poke fun at them rather than admit that she has been robbed of the chance to be happy, liked, and comfortable like them. As the book goes on, Melinda becomes less sarcastic and more honestly serious as she begins to admit to the pain of her rape.

(3) Device: Tone: This quote shows a clear tone of sarcasm. Melinda is humorously comparing the cheerleaders to reindeer to criticize them. She does this, perhaps, because they travel in a pack like reindeer: prancing around after a leader.

EXAMPLE RESPONSE

Terms you should know for tomorrow:

• Motif

• Tone

• Symbol

• Character development

• Foreshadowing

• Point of view

• Rhetoric, Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Quote #1:

The news-team anchor-dude bellows, “Five dead in house fire! Young girl attacked! Teens suspected in gas station holdup!” I nibble on a scab on my lower lip.

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Quote #2:

I look at my homely sketch. It doesn’t need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn’t perfect and that makes it just right.

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Quote #3:

Me: “Can you buy me some seeds? Flower seeds?”

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Quote #4:

“Andy Evans will use you. He is not what he pretends to be. I heard he attacked a ninth-grader. Be very, very careful. A Friend. P.S. Tell Greta-Ingrid, too.”

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Quote #5:

The photographer keeps saying, “Sexy, sexy, very cute.” It creeps me out. Heather sneezes in the middle of a group pose and her mother runs in with tissues. It must be catching. My throat is killing me. I want a nap.

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Quote #6:“I see a girl caught in the

remains of a holiday gone bad, with her flesh picked off day after day as the carcass dries out. The knife and fork are obviously middle-class sensibilities. The palm tree is a nice touch. A broken dream, perhaps? Plastic honeymoon, deserted island?”

I reach in and pluck out the Barbie head. I set it on top of the bony carcass. I place a piece of tape over Barbie’s mouth.

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Quote #7:What seeds need to germinate: Seeds are inefficient. If the seed is planted too deep, it doesn’t warm up at the right time. Plant it too close the surface and a crow eats it. Too much rain and the seed molds. Not enough rain and it never gets started. Even if it does manage to sprout, it can be choked by weeds, rooted up by a dog, mashed by a soccer ball, or asphyxiated by car exhaust.

It’s amazing anything survives.

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Quote #8:The Ecology Club has won round two. We are no longer the Tigers because the name shows “shocking disrespect” for an endangered creature.

I know I’m shocked.

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