Characterization
Define characterization
A detailed description of what a character looks like, thinks, or feels.
Define sensory language
A way for a writer to help the reader see or connect with an image, description, action, or scene. Appeals to the 5 senses.
Define symbolism
When an object represents something else or a bigger idea
Compare and contrast simile and metaphor.
Both are a comparison. Metaphor does not use like or as while simile does.
Where are the kids at the beginning of the story?
Trapped inside the house wanting to get outside.
Which character is defined as "motherly"
Mira
Which sense does the following appeal to?
"...his paws and ears and tail all reaching out like dying travelers in search of water."
Sight Only
In the beginning of the story, what do the outdoors symbolize for the children?
Freedom and independence
What literary device is defined as giving non-human things human-like characteristics?
Personification
What game do the kids decide to play?
Hide and Seek
Which character is defined as having "long, hefty, hairy footballer legs."
Raghu
What sense does the following appeal to?
"It was dark, spooky in the shed."
Sight
What does the shed represent?
The unknown
What figurative language is the following?
"they burst out like seeds from a crackling, overripe pod into the veranda..."
Simile
Why does Ravi decide to look for another hiding spot?
He thought he was too exposed (out in the open) on his flowerpot.
Ravi
What sense does the following appeal to?
"But at least that had been a familiar place, and even smelled pleasantly of starch, laundry, and, reassuringly, of his mother."
Smell
What does the twilight represent?
Ending
What figurative language is the following an example of?
"...his paws and ears and tail all reaching out like dying travelers in search of water."
Simile
What is Ravi's motivation to stay in the shed even though he is scared?
His desire to beat Raghu and his other older siblings.
Name at least two characters who would be considered flat and static (don't change).
Manu
Mira
Raghu
What sense does the following appeal to?
"...or gathered in knots to share a loot of mulberries or black, teeth-splitting jamun from the garden trees."
Taste
What does the funeral game symbolize?
The death of Ravi's innocent childhood
What figurative language is the following an example of?
"two white marbles rolling in the purple sockets"
Metaphor
What does Ravi realize at the end of the story?
The world does not revolve around him. The rest of the kids forgot about him.