Keesh
Pi
Figurative Language
Lost Island of Tamarind
Poetry
100
Keesh and his village live here.
What is The Arctic?
100
Pi was stranded on a lifeboat with these other characters.
What is a hyena (the chef) a zebra (the sailor) an orangutan(Pi's mother) and a tiger (Richard Parker/Pi)
100
This type of figurative language makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
These are the main characters in Lost Island of Tamarind.
Who is Maya, Penny and Simon?
100
An example of this poetic element would be"Pretty princess picked pineapples persistently."
What is alliteration?
200
Keesh hunts this type of animal in order to feed his tribe and family.
What is polar bears?
200
Pi found these items under the life-boat's tarpaulin
What is biscuits and fresh water?
200
An example of this kind of figurative language would be: "The room was an icebox, so I turned up the heat."
What is a metaphor?
200
This is the name of the boat Maya, Penny and Simon were on.
What is "The Pamela Jane"?
200
This poetic elements is the message, point of view and idea of the poem
What is theme?
300
This group laughed at Keesh when they heard his plans to hunt polar bears
What is "The Council"?
300
Pi was able to survive in these three ways
What is rationing food/water supply, fishing, and taming Richard Parker
300
This type of figurative language involves giving human characteristics to an object or animal.
What is personification?
300
This is how Maya, Penny and Simon were separated from their parents.
What is a storm wrecked the ship?
300
This author was also civil rights activist
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
The author, Jack London, uses this kind of conflict to show how the harsh environment affects Keesh.
What is external?
400
This character trait of Pi allowed him to survive and overcome the challenges before him.
What is his hope?
400
An example of this type of figurative language would be: "I am trying to solve a million issues these days."
What is hyperbole?
400
Maya, Penny and Simon come across their father's handwriting in this.
What is a logbook?
400
In the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou, these words are repeated often.
What is "I rise"?
500
Keesh was able to kill polar bears using this.
What is his mind? Or "head-craft"
500
This is the story Pi prefers to tell
What is the story with the animals?
500
This type of figurative language appeals to the senses, and example is: "The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet."
What is imagery?
500
This is what Simon was able to calculate
What is the latitude and longitude?
500
In the poem, "Still I Rise" the narrator compares herself to many things to convey the theme of survival and "rising above." Name three things she compares herself to.
What is dust, moons, suns, tides, hope, air, black ocean, dream, hope of the slave?
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