Vocab
Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
Why does Salva run into the bush?
What is there was shooting and the teacher told them to run and hide?
What does Nya spend her day doing?
What is walking to get water for the family?
Why does the author use different styles of print and different time periods in the same chapter?
What is to make it clear that there are two different stories?
A slight or subtle degree of difference
What is NUANCE?
Why did Salva and the other young member of the group, Buksa, fall behind?
What is they heard noises and found a bee hive with honey to eat?
Why do you think the author tells Nya's story first at the beginning of each chapter?
What is to make it clear how important water is for survival in this area of the world?
A device in literature where an object represents an idea
What is symbolism?
the contradiction or denial of something
What is NEGATION?
Why doesn't the old woman take Salva with her when she leaves?
What is he will make it more dangerous for her?
What is wrong with Akeer?
What is she is sick from drinking dirty water?
What is one message - theme - the author is trying to get across?
What is family is important, Perseverance is the key to success?
logical connection of thought
What is COHERANCE?
What does "A cold fist gripped Salva's heart" mean?
What is Sala learns that Marial is killed?
What do the two strangers want from Nya's chief?
What is they want to drill for water between the two trees?
What is an important conflict that Salva faces?
What is war, starvation, losing his family, death of his uncle right in front of him.
logical connection of thought
What is COHERANCE?
What does "(Salva) heard that sigh all the way to his heart" mean?
Why would Salva and Nya not been friends if they had known each other and lived at the same time?
What is they are from different tribes. Salva is Dinka and Nya is Bauer?
What is the historical situation that the author based the book on?
What is the people in the northern area of Sudan want everyone to be the same religion, Muslim - this led to the war in Sudan?