Literary Devices
China
Japan
Vietnam/Laos
Miscellaneous
100
What is a comparison of two things using like or as?
What is a simile?
100
This character's love for The Little Seamstress was largely physical.
Who is Luo?
100
This is a short Japanese poem often describing nature or a season.
What is a haiku?
100
What historical conflict were the Boat People trying to escape in the 1970s?
What is the Vietnam War?
100
An example of this is using a more specific word for "small," such as "tiny" or "miniscule."
What is diction?
200
This is a literary device that uses hints or symbols to indicate later plot developments.
What is foreshadowing?
200
This is what the Maoist Chinese government used to help influence the attitude of its citizens.
What is propaganda?
200
This is a Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in aging and imperfection.
What is Wabi-Sabi?
200
This was a name given to people who tried to escape by water to a free country.
What is Boat People?
200
The sensory description used by Dai Sijie to describe the scene working in the mine is an example of what literary device?
What is imagery?
300
This literary device compares similar things or ideas without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
300
Luo's alarm clock representing the boys' control over the workers is an example of this.
What is a literary symbol?
300
From the Farewell to Manzanar quote, "At this point no one dared to protest, it would have been impolite," we can infer this.
What is politeness is important in Japanese culture?
300
This is the central idea of "From Vietnam 1979."
What is the need to escape to freedom?
300
In an essay, this ties a new paragraph to the previous one.
What is a transition sentence?
400
This is the use of exaggeration to provide strong emotion, create humor, or prove a point.
What is hyperbole?
400
The fact that Luo spends so much time "civilizing" the Little Seamstress only to see her leave is an example of this.
What is irony?
400
This is why some poems are translated differently.
What is because in some languages, there are no literal translations for specific words?
400
This is a firsthand account of something the author actually experienced.
What is a memoir?
400
This is an implied, additional meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
500
This results when the outcome of a story differs from what was expected.
What is irony?
500
In Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, this is the effect of the narration shift between Ma, Luo, the Old Miller and the Little Seamstress.
What is to show the effect of point of view?
500
This Taoist philosophy of balance in life is seen in the story "Wabi-Sabi."
What is Yin and Yang?
500
A memoir is told from this point of view.
What is first person?
500
"Family is important in tough times," is a theme statement best suited to this work we read in class.
What is "Farewell to Manzanar?"
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