Figurative Language
“The thunder growled angrily as the storm approached,” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an example of imagery?
“Connie was fifteen, and she knew she was pretty,” is an example of this type of characterization.
What is direct characterization?
This is the protagonist of the story.
Who is Connie?
These are the manipulative techniques Arnold uses on Connie.
What are he compliments her, threatens her family, and uses romantic language?
“His voice was music to her ears,” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
“The way he smiled made Connie feel both flattered and afraid,” is an example of this type of characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
These people visit Connie after her family leaves for the barbecue picnic.
Who are Arnold and Ellie?
Connie steps outside and moves out into the sunlight. So much land that Connie had never seen before and did not recognize except to know that she was going to it.
What is the Resolution?
Readers are introduced to these two characters in the exposition of the story.
Who are Connie and her sister, June?
“He ran like a cheetah chasing its prey,” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
“Connie was self-conscious and often worried about her looks,” is an example of this type of characterization.
What is direct characterization?
This is where Connie and her friend really go after her friend’s father drops them off at the movie theater.
Connie is 15-year-old girl who lives with her mother, sister, and father. Connie and her mother do not have a healthy relationship and argue often.
What is the Exposition?
Connie’s mother is always picking on her about this.
What is Connie looking in mirrors?
“The bees buzzed around the beautiful flowers” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an onomatopoeia?
“Connie dreamed about romance and listened to music constantly,” is an example of this type of characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
Arnold makes this symbol in the air while Connie is watching him.
What is X?
Connie’s family is threatened. At this moment Connie runs to the phone to call for help.
What is the Climax?
The habit of looking in mirrors suggests this about Connie.
What is she is preoccupied by her appearance?
“The classroom was a zoo during free time,” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
This is why Arnold’s comment, “My sweet little blue-eyed girl” is unusual.
What is her eyes are not blue?
A boy with shaggy black hair stares at Connie at the drive-in and mouths the words, “Gonna get you, baby.” This man later shows up at Connie’s house when she is home alone.
What is rising action?
“Connie’s mother is always after Connie” for this reason.
What is her looks are gone and she is jealous of her daughter's beauty?
Connie does this at the end of the story.
What is she walks out the door?
Connie suffers from an out of body experience. When Connie comes to, Arnold is at her front door coaxing her to leave with him.
What is falling action?
Connie constantly tries to recreate her identity. Her actions create serious conflicts and reveal an important life lesson that she learns the hard way.
What is not all attention is good attention?