Characters
Figurative Language
Dialect and Voice
Folklore and History
Fun Facts
100
The main character of the novel.
Who is Janie Crawford?
100
Identify the figure of speech: "Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain."
What is simile?
100
Zora Neale Hurston's imitating the dialect in her writing did this for the readers.
Brings the characters into the life, they can envision the way life was.
100
The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth
What is folklore?
100
Where Zora Neale Hurston grew up and the setting of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
What is Eatonville?
200
Janie's second husband and the mayor of Eatonville.
Who is Jody (Joe) Starks?
200
Identify the figure of speech: "Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun."
What is personification?
200
Translate the quote in your own words: "Most of these zigaboos is so het up over yo' business..."
These gossipers are caught up in what's happening in your life
200
Stories like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.
What is FairyTale?
200
Actress who plays Janie in movie.
Who is Halle Berry?
300
The owner of the mule in Chapter 6.
Who is Matt Bonner?
300
Explain the meaning of the following quote: "Nanny's head and face looked like the standing roots of some old tree that had been torn away by storm."
What is Nanny is growing/looks really old?
300
The point of view of the novel.
first-third-first person
300
The novel was written in 7 weeks here.
Haiti
300
Author of this novel what wasn't recognized for her hard work until after her death.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
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