Vocab A
What is allusion?
This is an example or reference to an outside story or event.
What is a monologue?
This is defined as a long uninterrupted speach by a single character.
Who is Kirsti?
The youngest child of the Johansen family.
What is the Star of David?
This is the symbol that Annemarie decided to wear at the end of the novel.
What is protagonist?
This is the good guy, or hero, of a story.
What is patronizing?
This means to talk down to someone, to mock them
What do pink frosted cupcakes represent?
This symbol represents happier times.
What is antagonist?
This is the bad guy, or villain, of a story.
What is a memory?
This is when a character thinks about an earlier event.
Who is Peter?
This is the character that is responsible for helping to solve the problem of the search dogs sniffing out hidden passengers.
What is Little Red Riding Hood?
This is the allusion made while Annemarie runs to the harbor.
What is sleeping medicine?
This is the thing Peter gives the baby so it woke cry.
What is irony?
This is known as a contradiction in terms.
What is a flashback?
This is when a character goes back to re-live an earlier event.
What does the cat represent as an allusion?
It represents a mythological allusion
What is to be buried next to Lise?
This was Peter's final request.
What is personification?
This is when an author gives human traits to a non-human object.
What is foreshadowing?
This is when an author hints at events to come.
How is Mama as a character in the book?
This character is sly- always playing up the stereotypes in order to work in the underground resistance.
What is a biblical allusion?
This is the type of allusion used when Peter reads the Psalm.
How old is Kirsti at the end of the book?
She is 7