Figurative Language
What kind of figurative language does this quote exemplify?
"It is not just a yard. It is like an extended living room."
Simile
Who is the character described below?
"A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. There are yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun. I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out. Earrings gold, too, and hanging down to her shoul.ders. Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm up to shake the folds of the dress out of her armpits. The dress is loose and flows, and as she walks closer, I like it."
Dee (Wangero)
Who is the narrator and what type of narration is the story being told?
Who is this quote describing?
"In real life I am a large, big.boned woman with rough, man.working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man."
Mama
How does Maggie behave when Dee and Hakim-a-barber arrive, and what does her reaction say about the characters in "Everyday Use"
Dee and Hakim-a-barber view themselves as two sophisticated city people coming to pay their backward country relatives a visit. As the two arrive, Maggie "attempts to make a dash for the house," which Mama prevents her from doing. She seems nervous or shy about the meeting, which is usual for her where strangers are concerned
Why does Dee insist on changing her name?
She wants to embrace her African heritage and reclaim her culture.
"(Dee) burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know"
Personification/ Metaphor
Mama explains that Maggie "will marry ______________ (who has mossy teeth in an earnest face) and then I'll be free to sit here and I guess just sing church songs to myself."
Who is Mama describing?
John Thomas
What are Dee's plans for the chute top and butter dish?
Use them as table decorations in her flat
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is suggested by Dee’s prolonged picture-taking with her Polaroid?
Dee wants to take photos of her mother, sister, and their house to presumably show to others. She wants to display her own upbringing and collect items for her cultural reclamation project.
"Asalamalakim" is...
a greeting sometimes used by Arabic speakers
Who poisoned several of the cattle herders' cows?
The white men
Choose TWO forms of figurative language that the quote below exemplifies.
"Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arm sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black papery flakes."
simile, personification, metaphor, imagery, onomatopoeia, idiom, puns, alliteration, hyperbole
Metaphor and Imagery
Who is Dee named after?
Her aunt
Dee demands Mama give her various household objects to decorate her apartment, including what 3 items?
1. The Butter Churn
2. A Bench
3. The Quilts