Literary Devices
When an author drops subtle hints or warnings about what will happen later on in the story
What is foreshadow?
What is a debtor?
The decade Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was published in.
What is the 1950s?
The most common punctation mark that goes at the end of a sentence
What is a period?
Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of neighboring or nearby words.
Ex. She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
Threatening, evil
What is sinister?
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
A clause with a subject and a verb but can't stand on its own
What is a dependent clause?
Introduction to the novel through setting, character information, historical context, etc.
What is exposition?
A god, goddess, or supreme being.
Ex. "Ani played a greater part in the life of the people than any other " (Achebe 36).
What is a deity?
What is the Niger River?
Identify this part of the sentence:
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a princess.
What is a prepositional phrase?
A character that accentuates the traits of another character, usually the protagonist
What is a foil character?
Something regarded with disgust or hatred.
Ex. "Our dead fathers are weeping because of the shameful sacrilege they are suffering and the we have all seen with our eyes" (Achebe 203).
What is abomination?
The resource that made Southern Nigeria sought after by the British.
What is palm-oil?
When only a comma separates two independent clauses
What is a comma splice?
The continuation of a sentence, clause, or thought from one line of poetry to the next without a terminal punctuation mark.
What is enjambment?
The establishment of a colony; subjugation of a people or area especially as an extension of state power.
What is colonization?
The year the Amalgamation of Nigeria takes place.
What is 1914?
Identify the tense and infinitive form of this verb:
She bore him a daughter.
What is past tense of the verb to bear?