Vocabulary
What word means showing a desire to harm another; spiteful.
malicious
What word means deep feelings of guilt and repentance?
contrition
What does Miss Lottie do in order to create beauty in her situation?
grows marigolds
What are two events that contribute MOST DIRECTLY to Lizabeth's innocence?
Hearing her father cry and pulling up Miss Lottie's marigolds
"Whenever the memory of those marigolds flashes across my mind, a strange nostalgia comes with it and remains long after the picture has faded.
personification
What word means poor; poverty-stricken?
impoverished
What word means calmly; quietly?
placidly
At the end of the story, how does Lizabeth feel about Miss Lottie?
admiration
What does the story show about the Depression?
Finding the strength to cope with poverty and lack of work was difficult.
Let's look at Mrs. Lottie's lovely marigolds.
alliteration
What word means lacking enough water for many types of plants to grow; dry?
arid
What word means stirring up?
inciting
Who hears her father cry and feels fear?
Lizabeth
What happens in the final interaction between Lizabeth and Miss Lottie?
Miss Lottie stares at Lizabeth wordlessly.
After the marigolds were destroyed, they were unattractive.
euphemism
What word means useless; vain?
futile
What word means clearness?
clarity
Who has a mental disability?
John Burke
What makes Lizabeth join in with boys throwing stones?
What literary device is this:
"Long after the sobbing and humming had stopped . . ."
parallelism
What word means with a sharp sadness or pain; movingly?
poignantly
What is conflict with an outside source?
external conflict
When does Lizabeth begin to have compassion?
When she sees Miss Lottie's pain and despair.
What is internal conflict?
When a character has a conflict within him/herself
What figurative language is this:
"The world had lost its boundary lines."
personification