Characterization
This character is described as "his beautiful white beard, his bald crown made it even more impressive"
Who is grandfather?
What had Paval done to himself that caused him to tragically pass away?
What is straining himself?
What literary device is used when Paval does this - "He lay patiently fighting for breath, like a child with croup. Ántonia's father uncovered one of his long bony legs and rubbed it rhythmically. From our bench we could see what a hollow case his body was."
What is foreshadowing?
How tall is the tree described as "a cold fresh smelling little tree"
Who is the author of My Antonia?
Who is Willa Cather?
Who is described "having a rosy face with its snubbed nose set in this fleece was like a melon among its leaves."
Who is Peter?
What place does Antonia sleep in?
What is a small hole?
What literary device is shown by this quote. "All the world about us was a broth of gray slush, and the guttered slope between the windmill and the slope was running black water."
What is imagery?
"At 4 O'clock a visitor appeared." Who is this visitor?
Who is Mr.Shimerda?
What were the shavings that Mrs.Shimerda gave the burdens?
What are dried mushrooms?
"He wore a sombrero hat with a wide leather band and a bright buckle, and the ends of his mustache were twisted up stiffly"
Who is Otto Fuchs?
"I FIRST heard of _______ on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America."
What literary device is used it says "When we saw a figure moving on the edge of the upland, a gun over his shoulder. He was walking slowly, dragging his feet along as if he had no purpose."
What is foreshadowing?
Who said "good woman"?
Who is Mr Shimerda?
What did Jim do before he fell asleep during July?
What is he watched the heat lightning?
Who is the person that is described as "there was something reckless and extravagant about her."
Who is Antonia?
What did Ms.Shimerda do when Grandpa went to their house to try to get Ambrosch to work for him?
What literary device is used when he says "He might have stepped out of the pages of “Jesse James.” He wore a sombrero hat, with a wide leather band and a bright buckle, and the ends of his moustache were twisted up stiffly, like little horns."
When was the first snowfall?
When was December 21st?
What place had Willa Cather been born?
Where is Nebraska?
What two people is the book talking about when it says "He sprang in beside her."
What is the groom and the bride?
What is "Jimmy slayed the snake?"
What literary device is used when he describes a rattlesnake like this - "He was not merely a big snake, I thought—he was a circus monstrosity. His abominable muscularity, his loathsome, fluid motion, somehow made me sick. He was as thick as my leg, and looked as if millstones couldn’t crush the disgusting vitality out of him."
What is a hyperbole?
Mr Shimerda was offered this by grandmother when the book says "grandmother insisted on his drinking of __________"
What is Virginia Apple Brandy?
What dessert does Jim like that is described as "being boiled in a bag?"
What is pudding?