Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Literary Devices
Identify the Character
Dialect and Oral History
100
The people who are talking about Janie when she arrives back in town are know as the
Who are the Sitters
100
The person who raised Janie
Who is Nanny
100
Her eyes are like the stars in the sky
What is simile
100
Janie's latest love interest
Who is Tea Cake
100
Male storytellers
What is a griot
200
Janie wears this when she first comes back to town
What are overalls
200
At what age does Janie discover that she is not white
What is six years old
200
He's a rock
What is metaphor
200
The person who immediately comes to see Janie when she returns to town
Who is Pheoby
200
a literary technique used to contain an embedded narrative, a story within a story, to provide the reader with context about the main narrative
What is a frame narrative
300
The name of Pheoby's husband
Who is Sam
300
Janie's nickname as a child
What is Alphabet
300
The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner
What is personification
300
The local boy that Janie kisses
Who is Johnny Taylor
300
female storytellers
What are Griottes
400
The food that Pheoby brings to Janie
What is Mulatto Rice
400
Janie describes her emergence into womanhood with hearing this type of song
What is a flute song
400
The raging winds
What is personification
400
The wealthy middle-aged farmer that is Janie's 1st husband
Who is Logan Killicks
400
Messages that are transmitted orally from one generation to another
What is Oral Tradition
500
What region is Janie returning from
What is the Everglades
500
What ended Janie's childhood?
What is a kiss from Johnny Taylor/being caught by Nanny
500
The great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind
What is imagery
500
The name of Janie's mother
Who is Leafy
500
Long poetic narrative form sung by West African women to reveal the nature of relationships between women and men
What is the Saabi
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