Wonder and

Imagination

Key of the Kingdom

- Ed Reed

Poetry Appreciation

• Technical

• Summary

• Theme

• Figures of Speech (4)

Questions

1. At what age do you think people begin to lose their imagination? Why does it happen at this point?

2. What is the most effective figure of speech in the poem? Why is it the most effective?

3. Did you like this poem? Explain.

4. Do you believe what the author says in the poem? Explain.

The Caller

- Dave Margoshes

Questions

1. How does Lewis react to the boy’s calls?2.

a) List all the ways in which Lewis attempts to help the boy.b) What other ways does he consider? Why does he reject them?c) What else might he have done to help the boy?

3. What effect do the calls have on Lewis’s life?4. How do the phone calls change? Is there a pattern to

them? What clues are there to suggest the calls are not prank ones?

5. Why does Lewis not tell Judy more about the first phone call? How does she react to the phone calls that follow?

The Stolen Party

- Lilian Heker

Short Story Analysis

• Setting (Characters)

• Complication (Initial incident)

• Conflicts (Rising Action)– External (2)– Internal

• Climax

• Denoument (Conclusion)

Questions

• Compare this story to the poem “False Security”.

• Why is this story entitled “The Stolen Party”?