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According to Perrine’s, “Literature exists to communicate significant experience” and “its function is not to tell us about the experience but to allow us imaginatively to participate in it.”  

Two words used to describe poetry are:  

When the family stops at a restaurant, what “pet” does the owner have outside?  

The grandchildren are named:  

In a poem, the voice that is talking / telling the story is the same as the poet.  

FICTION QUESTION The symbol from “Everyday Use” that relates back to the title is:  

MATCHING Directions:  Match the character / setting / symbol / quote to the correct work of literature.   “I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

POETRY QUESTION This poem features “chronic angers” and “blueblack cold” to convey the thoughts and feelings of the speaker.  

POETRY QUESTION Which poet wrote “The Wild Swans of Coole?”

FICTION QUESTION Essentially, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” features three families:  The Grandmother with her son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren; Red Sammy with his wife and their monkey; and the Misfit with Hiram and Bobby Lee.