Literary Devices
“All the sound rocked back and forth in my ears” (111)
Give an example of a literary device
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Ex: Personification
What was the main event in this chapter?
Annie gets very sick
How does Annies Mother react to Annies sickness
She is very worried for Annie
Name one of the two literary devices present in this quote, “The words traveled through the air towards me” (109).
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Ex: Personification or Metaphor
Give a theme of the chapter
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Ex: emphasizes mother-daughter relationships and how they may change throughout childhood
"Keeping beat to a music I was not privy to” (119)
Give an example of a literary device
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Ex: Metaphor
Who comes to care for Annie?
Ma Chess
Who is Mr. Stephens?
Annies medical doctor
The main immediate occasion for chapter seven is what?
Annie becomes sick
How does Annie express her new feelings towards Gwen at the end of the chapter
Gwen who used to be the love of her life is now reduced to an annoying acquaintance.
"I felt hollow inside" (119).
Give two examples of literary devices
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Ex: Hyperbole, IC- Annie- distraught, DC, tone and diction
When does Annie's sickness finally ends, and what seems to corresponds to it?
After three and a half months the heavy rainfall in Antiga finally stops, which concludes Annies sickness
Which character is introduced near the end of the chapter, as someone who greatly cares for Annie and who Annie loves?
Ma Chess
Find a quote that represents the use of Pathos
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Find an example of Ethos in Chapter 7.
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Give a quote representing a simile
You can use your book
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Did Annie feel bad about wishing her mother was dead, why?
Yes, this because she then starts thinking about how her life would be without her, and it ends up making her very sad.
What two characters are introduced in the book when they come to visit Annie and bring her mother their dinner?
Mr. Earl and Mr. Nigel
give an audience and purpose statement for chapter 7
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Ex: Audience: Needs to be based on illness, Purpose: Needs to be based on caring for others.
Give an example of how Annie Johns childhood is the same to Jamaica Kincaid.
(Use knowledge on the activity we did when first starting the book)
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Ex: Jamaica Kincaid also grew up in Antiga
Kincaid also had a great interest in reading and learning like Annie John
Kincaid's mother was also from the Dominican like Annie John.
"my ears they would fall to the floor, suddenly dead" (109).
State two literary devices and an effect.
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Ex: personification , T- Gloomy D- Negative (dead)
EF: emphasizes to us how Annie feels, and her curiosity of what her parents are saying about her and her sickness
How does Annie feel when returning back to school after her sickness
As Annie returns back to school she feels more popular than ever when all the girls won't stop asking her about it. She would make very arrogant responses and would enjoy it. She also shares how she leaves all the girls wishing that they would get sick, and how she doesn't feel the same way she used to feel of Gwen.
What character was introduced as favorited by everyone, especially Ma Chess, and has passed away?
Jonnie, Uncle Jonnie, John
Find a subject word in this chapter and give reasoning why.
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Ex: behavior (116), this represents how Annie acts towards her mother and father while she is sick. Her behavior may be different towards her mother, father, Ma Chess, and other characters brought into this chapter
What is Annies dream while she is sick and what does it symbolize
Annie dreams that she drank all the water in the ocean, which filled her entire body up. Then her body starts to crack and she bursts open with a loud roar.
This possibly symbolizes how Annie has been holding in her inner feelings towards everyone in her life, and alludes to one day she may explode and let them all out.