Figurative Language
Angry clouds
What is personification?
The introduction to the story (characters, setting, mood)
What is the exposition?
Left partially open
What is ajar?
The three thugs
Who are the antagonists?
A soldier who died in the war
Who is Lemon Brown's son?
Tires HISSING
What is onomatopoeia?
Third Person Limited View
What is the POV?
Spur of the moment
What is impromptu?
Greg and Lemon Brown
Who are the protagonists?
Blue's singer
Who is Lemon Brown?
"The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken..."
What is a simile?
All of the events that lead to the eventual climax of the story
What is the rising action?
Apartment building
What is a tenement?
The primary problem that drives the story
What is the conflict?
Math failure
Who is Greg?
"If I started singing at a funeral the dead would come to life and start dancing to the beat."
What is a metaphor?
"happily ever after"
What is the resolution?
Shaking or vibrating movement
What is tremor?
Treasure does not have to be something of great monetary value
What is the theme?
Disappointed parent
Greg's father
"razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days."
What is a hyperbole?
Lemon shows Greg his treasure
What is the climax?
Threatening
What is ominous?
What is symbolism?
Tenement trespassers
Who are the 3 thugs?