1) Passage Analysis 1) Quote: My prep team.

My foolish, shallow, affectionate pets, with their obsessions with feathers and parties, nearly break my heart with their good-bye. Its certain from Venias last words that we all know I wont be returning. Does the whole world know it? I wonder. I look at Cinna. He knows, certainly. But as he promised, theres no danger of tears from him. Response: The narrators tone in this passage is tragic and frightening although is very mysterious. The passage reflects 3 things, causing there to be 3 different moods. The first tone is tragic. It reflects Katnisss sad emotions towards having to go back to the arena. Seeing her foolish, shallow prep team with their obsessions with feathers and parties breaks her heart, knowing that this may be the last time she will ever see them again. It also reminded her of the fact that she will be leaving her whole life behind when she enters the arena, unless of course, she wins, although it is highly doubtful. The second and third tones are frightening and mysterious, which reflects Katnisss emotions towards the third quarter quell and having to go back to the arena. Katniss is certain from Venias last words that we all know (she) wont be returning. She is scared. She doesnt know what to expect and what she will encounter in the arena. The 75th year, the 3rd Quarter Quell of the Hunger Games will have an arena thats one of a kind. It will be built to be treacherous, chaotic and filled with game. The arena will not only be filled with trained experienced past victors. They are past victors trying to kill her. 2) Quote: Convince me, he says. He drops the napkin and retrieves his book. I dont watch him as he heads for the door, so I flinch when he whispers in my ear. By the way, I know about the kiss. Then the door click shut behind him. Response: The narrators tone in this passage is mysterious and very frightening, because the scene is based on a matter of life and death. In this passage, the narrator is Katniss, the girl who won the 74th and last Hunger Games, and he is President Snow. In the last Hunger Games there is supposedly only one winner, although Katniss creates a plan, which makes her and Peeta both win the games. The fact that the two both win, makes the government think that they are going to have an uprising and a rebellion against them, as they broke the rule of the Hunger Games. Their excuse was that they were madly in love, although just a few weeks before this passage, Katniss kissed Gale. Gale is Katnisss friend who she secretly loved and who secretly loved her as well. In this passage, President Snow threatens Katniss to make sure people believe that she is madly inlove with Peeta. Otherwise, he will do something to ruin her life, yet does not tell her what he will do, supporting the tone of the passage being mysterious. President Snow said Convince me which shows that if he is not convinced that Katniss and Peeta are in love, he will do something to Katniss and her loved ones. Me is put in italic, showing emphasis on the word, demonstrating that President Snow is trying to make it more difficult for Katniss. By the way, I know about the kiss, said President Snow, which is about her kiss with Gale, this quote is demonstrating that he already knows that he will not be convinced no matter what Katniss does. President Snow set Katniss up for a challenge, and it is not

just any challenge, it is one that Katnisss and her loved ones lives are depending on. 2) Vocabulary

Sheath (noun) - A close fitting cover for something. Sentence: Her sword had a sheath to keep clean and sharp. Ward (noun) A separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient. Sentence: She was locked in a ward because her sickness is far too contagious for her to be put in a public room. Flaunt (verb) To display something ostentatiously, especially to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance. Sentence: The models always flaunt their specially designed outfits in the runway. Reap (verb) To cut or gather. Sentence: The old man use to reap his ripe crops when he was a farmer. Preside (verb) To be in position of authority in a meeting or gathering. Sentence: The president presided in the meeting for the new bill trying to be passed.
3) Sentence Imitations 1) The streets are almost deserted, which would not be so unusual at this time of day if people were at the mines, kids at school. The bananas are almost rotten, which would be very common at this time of month because mothers did not buy them, fathers did not eat them. 2) When the mines reopen, wages are cut, hours extended, miners sent into blatantly dangerous work sites. When the schools are closed, guards are relaxed, teachers are happy, students sent to their peaceful homes.