Question

Check-In (page 9): Read paragraph 16 of “The Moustache.” Use what you have learned about connotative and figurative meanings to answer the questions.
Question Answer
1. To whom does Mike compare his grandmother?
2. How does this comparison relate to Mike’s culture?
3. What similes are used to compare Mike’s grandmother and the actress?
4. How do the figurative meanings of the similes help readers to better understand Mike’s grandmother?
5. What is the connotative meaning of the word girlish? How does this meaning reflect how Mike sees and thinks about his grandmother at that moment?

Additional Notes (OPTIONAL)




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Unit 5 Lesson 8: Rhyme and Alliteration
Video Link: Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia | Style | Grammar
Key words: define the following in your own words.
Words Definition
alliteration
repetition
rhyme
rhythm

Check-In (page 3): Use what you have learned about rhyme and repetition to answer these questions. Highlight or underline the correct answer.
1. Which line of poetry has the clearest example of alliteration?
a. With sorrow, he cried; with sorrow, he fought.
b. His whispers flew like the wings of wrens.
c. When the child grew sad, she also became mad.
d. They toiled all night, and into the day.

2. In which lines of poetry does the author use rhyme to connect words and emphasize their meanings?
a. Fiona fretted and paced, and feared for the future.
b. Nathan was a man of his word, and a man who came through.
c. Tanya climbed each rung of the corporate ladder, while those around her grew anxious and madder.
d. Lin watched and he listened until his senses were sharp, like dogs at the airport trained for special security.

3. Which lines of poetry use repetition to emphasize an emotion that the speaker feels about love?
a. I wrote him my letter; I wrote my heart through my pen.
b. We talked every night in calls lasting hours and in texts that rained in like warm April showers.
c. I’ll offer my love like a feather pure white, And hope that my offer is met with delight.
d. My heart broke in anguish, And in anguish my love shattered.

Practice (page 7): Read paragraph 18 of “The Moustache,” a short story by Robert Cormier. Use what you have learned about alliteration and the repetition of sounds to answer the following prompts using the provided spaces below.
Prompt Answer
a. Identify all the examples of alliteration in the paragraph.

b. How does this alliteration reinforce the narrator’s feelings about the woman?

c. What do you notice about the rhythm of the sentences?

d. How do the sound devices affect you as a reader?


Rewrite the paragraph, using different words to express an experience of holding someone’s hands. Be sure to include alliteration, repetition, and rhyme where possible. Write your revision in the provided space below.

Answer 1

I can help with everything here — but I need the actual text (or a short summary) of paragraph 16 and paragraph 18 from “The Moustache” to answer the specific questions about those paragraphs accurately. Could you paste those paragraphs or briefly summarize what they say? Once you do, I’ll complete questions 1–5 and the paragraph-18 prompts (a–d).

Meanwhile, I answered the parts that don’t require the story text and prepared an original rewritten paragraph (as you requested) using alliteration, repetition, and rhyme.

Multiple choice (Check‑In page 3)
1. Which line has the clearest example of alliteration?
- Answer: b. His whispers flew like the wings of wrens.

2. In which lines does the author use rhyme to connect words and emphasize meaning?
- Answer: c. Tanya climbed each rung of the corporate ladder, while those around her grew anxious and madder. (ladder/madder)

3. Which lines use repetition to emphasize an emotion about love?
- Answer: d. My heart broke in anguish, And in anguish my love shattered. (repeats "anguish")

Definitions (write these in your own words)
- Alliteration: Repeating the same initial consonant sound in a series of words (e.g., "wild winds whistle").
- Repetition: Saying the same word or phrase more than once to emphasize an idea or feeling.
- Rhyme: Matching sounds at the ends of words or lines to create musical connection and emphasis.
- Rhythm: The pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds or beats in a line or sentence that creates flow.

Practice (paragraph 18)
I can identify the alliteration, analyze how it reinforces feelings, describe rhythm, and say how the sound devices affect a reader — but I need paragraph 18 text (or a short summary). Please paste it and I’ll fill in parts a–d.

Rewrite (holding someone’s hands)
Here is an original paragraph that uses alliteration, repetition, and rhyme to describe holding someone’s hands:

I took her hands — warm, worn hands — and held them like a harbor holds a boat. Soft skin, steady strength, small and sure, they fit my fingers as if made to fold; hold on, hold on, I told myself, hold on to this hush. Our palms pressed, hands to hands, and my heart kept time with hers, a quiet rhyme of mine and time. Stay with me, stay with me, I whispered, and in that steady, simple clasp we stood — understood, and stood.

If you want, I can:
- Revise the paragraph to emphasize a different mood (tender, nervous, joyful, mournful).
- Provide example answers and phrasing for the paragraph‑16 questions once you paste paragraph 16.
- Give sentence-by-sentence notes showing where the alliteration, repetition, and rhyme occur in the rewrite.

Paste the paragraphs (or summarize) and I’ll finish the rest.