Literary Terms
___________ is used to describe written or spoken material.
Literature
_________ is a literary device that allows writers to show their audience specific events that happened before the current action of the story.
The narrator of the novel is _________.
Sophie
_________ can be defined as a person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
Character
What does Sophie name her daughter?
Brigette
_________ is a main universal idea or message conveyed in a literary work.
Theme
The _______ is when, where, and the time a story takes place
Setting
How old is Sophie when the novel begins?
12
When authors give human traits to animals or some other lifeless object. ________
Personification
What color is the bird that the Caco family shares its name with?
Red
_________ is a particular type or category of literature or art.
Genre
The ______ is when the story comes to an end.
Resolution
What is the significance of 31, the number that Atie plays in the lottery?
It is her sister's/Martine's age
A form of text that is performed in front of an audience and is also called a play. ________
Drama
Why is the boy next to Sophie on the flight throwing a fit?
His father was killed
_________ includes short-stories, novels, essays, sermons and interpretations.
Prose
___________ is an object that stands for something other than itself
Symbol
What does Martine say is Sophie’s only job?
To educate herself
A word that describes words that represent sounds. _______
onomatopoeia
The airport when Sophie leaves for New York is in chaos because of riots over ________
The repetition of consonant sounds in a sequence of words is called __________.
Consonance
The sequence of events in a story is the ___________.
Plot
Where does Martine work during the day?
A nursing home
"She is a star" is an example of a/an ___________
Metaphor
How does Martine appear when Sophie first sees her?
Thin and Scrawny