Literary Terms
This figure of speech gives human qualities/characteristics to inanimate or nonhuman subjects.
What is personification?
At the beginning of the novella, Manolin is no longer allowed to fish with Santiago for this reason.
What is his parents think Santiago is unlucky?
This baseball player is Santiago's hero.
Who is Joe DiMaggio?
This is a cross between a novel and short story.
What is a novella?
The author refers to Santiago as "salao," which means this.
What is "the worst form of unlucky"?
Santiago is treated this way by the younger fishermen while he and Manolin drink beer at the Terrace.
What is they mock his bad luck and age?
This literary device is over-exaggeration for an effect.
What is hyperbole?
At the beginning of the novella, Santiago has not caught a sellable fish in this many days.
What is eighty four days?
Despite being forbidden by his parents to sail with Santiago, Manolin continues to show his loyalty this way each day.
What is by helping Santiago to carry his fishing equipment?
This figure of speech uses the words "like" or "as" to make a comparison.
What is simile?
Santiago frequently dreams about these from his past.
What are the lions on an African beach?
At the beginning of the book, Hemingway compares the color of Santiago's eyes to this.
What is the color of the sea?
This figure of speech describes one thing in the terms of another.
What is metaphor?
What are scars?
What is "gamble"?