Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is present?
"Her gaze rested on a spider's web that billowed in the breeze like a parachute..."
What is a simile?
Is the romantic element in The Botanist's Daughter furthering the plot?
Yes or No and explain your reasoning
Who is Achilles?
Who is Elizabeth's father's (John Trebithick) horse?
What is the main passion or interest shown early in the book?
What is a passion for nature and botany?
Anna gets a house passed down to her by her grandmother. What is the grandmother's name? (NOT NICKNAME)
Augusta Jenkins
What type of figurative language is present?
"She immediately recognised the gentle tap-tap."
What is onomatopeia?
What is one theme that the book explores in the beginning chapters, especially regarding the modern-day character?
Elaborate
Who are Georgiana and Robert related to, and how?
Who is Elizabeth; sister and her husband (brother-in law)
What journal connects modern-day character to her ancestor's past, leading to revelations and mysteries?
Who does Elizabeth decide to take with her on her journey to Chile?
Who is Daisy?
What type of figurative language is present?
"...Anna pressed the tongues of loose paint against the bare wood..."
What is personification?
What is the significance of the theme of how the past affects a person?
Elaborate.
Who are the Campbells?
Who is the host family in Chile?
"Had she really been too caught up in work, or had she subconsciously denied herself the simple pleasure of a walk on the sand?"
What does this show about Anna's character development?
What is standing up for what she wants and not molding herself into what others need her to be?
Who is Anna's potential love interest?
Who is Noah?
What type of figurative language is present?
"Elizabeth bolted down her breakfast, delighting in the fact that there was no one to chide her for slurping her tea..."
What is a hyperbole?
Yes or No and explain your reasoning.
What does Elizabeth think of Georgiana? (Be specific)
What is a pompous paragon of respectability?
What topic is introduced when Elizabeth speaks of binding corsets? (Chapter Two)
What is the societal standards for women in the 19th century?
Who is Anna's antagonist, and what does she think of doing to obtain her goal? (Chapter 18)
Who is Harvey? What is she thinks of going to England to find her?
What type of figurative language is present?
"Further out, it was darker, indigo blue and menacing, white caps indicating a strong offshore wind, but here, in this sheltered cove, on this sweltering summer afternoon, the water was as clear as gin."
What is an allusion?
How do you think the story will proceed by Anna finding the seeds by analyzing her character development? What opportunities do you thinks she will take?
Who is Tómas Flores the son of? Why did Elizabeth meet him?
Who is the son of Mateo Flores?
What is Elizabeth meets Tomas because the Campbells sent him to go find Elizabeth and Daisy?
What was taught to Daisy when they were on the journey to Chile?
What is how to write and read in English?
What does Anna discover in the beginning of chapter 20?
What is seeds in the box?