Characters
Literary Terms
Setting
Plot
Symbols/Apartheid
100

Black man that Hally has "shared" his education with.

Who is Sam?

100
Giving non-human objects human characteristics.
What is personification?
100
The year the story took place.
When is 1950?
100

The play-within-a-play skit that the men act out.

What is the scene of the men in Sam's room playing checkers?

100

Sam tries to convince Hally that ball room dancing is this.

What is art?

200
White 17 year old south African boy
Who is Hally?
200
When something happens in the story that hints to a future event to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
200
What movement took place?
What is Apartheid?
200

3 Characters that are characterized indirectly.

Who is Hally's mother, father, and Hilda.

200

A social reform leader of Apartheidwho delivered an impassioned speech at his trial

Who is Nelson Mandela?

300
black man owned by Hally's parents who Sam is teaching to dance.
Who is Willie?
300
Central message of the story.
What is theme?
300

Number of black men working in the tea room.

what is 2?

300

Sam and Willie are practicing for.

What is Ballroom dance competition?

300

Group withe the most power during the time of the Apartheid Movement

Who is the white english speaking people?

400
Indirectly characterized as an alcoholic.
Who is Hally's father?
400
Referencing another piece of text, person, or event either directly or indirectly.
What is allusion?
400
The part of Africa the story take place in.
What is Port Elizabeth or South Africa?
400
Person who calls that Hally's father is being released.
Who is Hally's mother?
400

Sam says the dance floor is a world without this.

What is collision?

500
Indirectly characterized by leaving messages for Hally.
Who is Hally's mother?
500
Going back to an event that has already occurred.
What is flashback?
500

Room where story takes place.

What is St. George's Park Tea Room?

500
Hally rejects all of Sam's men of magnitude except which person.
Who is Fleming?
500
Symbol for Hally's relationship with Sam.
What is a kite?
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