Literary Terms
Background Information
The Old Man and the Sea 1
Old Man 2
Old Man 3
100
Identify the literary/figurative device utilized in this excerpt: "The hawks, he thought, that come out to sea to meet them. But he said nothing of this to the bird who could not understand him anyway and who would learn about the hawks soon enough. “Take a good rest, small bird,” he said. “Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.”
What is personification?
100
The novella 'The Old Man and the Sea' was published in this year.
What is 1951?
100
At the beginning of the novella, Manolin is no longer allowed to fish with Santiago for this reason.
What is Santiago is unlucky?
100
Santiago admires baseball/Joe DiMaggio for these reasons.
What is DiMaggio plays through injury; baseball shows that anything is possible for anyone with enough work.
100
At the beginning of the novella, Hemingway compares the color of Santiago's eyes to this.
What is the color of the sea?
200
Identify the literary/figurative device utilized in the following excerpt: “In the dark the old man could feel the morning coming and as he rowed he heard the trembling sound as flying fish left the water and the hissing that their stiff set wings made as they soared away in the darkness.”
What is onomatopoeia?
200
For his contributions to literature, Hemingway was awarded this prize.
What is the Nobel Prize for Literature; or, the Pulitzer Prize.
200
His fellow fisherman refer to Santiago as "salao," which means this.
What is extremely bad luck?
200
Santiago is treated this way while he and Manolin dine at the terrace cafe.
What is many of the fishermen mock Santiago for his bad luck?
200
Santiago allows his own fishing lines to drift, unlike most other fishermen, for this reason.
What is it allows him to be exact and precise?
300
Identify the literary/figurative device utilized in the following excerpt: “The dolphin look greener from there and you can see their stripes and their purple spots and you can see all of the school as they swim. Why is it that all the fast-moving fish of the dark current have purple backs and usually purple stripes or spots? The dolphin looks green of course because he is really golden. But when he comes to feed, truly hungry, purple stripes show on his sides as on a marlin.”
What is visual imagery?
300
Hemingway developed this principle, which states that good authors leave the majority of their work unstated and left to the inference/interpretation of the reader.
What is the iceberg principle?
300
At the beignning of the novela, Santiago has not caught a fish in this many days.
What is 84?
300
Despite being forbidden by his parents to sail with Santiago, Manolin continues to show his loyalty this way.
What is by helping Santiago unload his equipment each day?
300
Santiago wishes this repeatedly during his struggle with the marlin.
What is that the boy (Manolin) was with him?
400
Identify the literary/figurative device utilized in this excerpt: “His sword was as long as a baseball bat and tapered like a rapier and he rose his full length from the water and then re-entered it, smoothly, like a diver and the old man saw the great scythe-blade of his tail go under and the line commenced to race out.”
What is simile?
400
A fan of action and adventure, Hemingway served/was involved in a series of wars/conflicts - name one.
What is WWI? WWII? The Spanish Civil War?
400
Santiago frequently dreams about this image from his past.
What is the lions on the African beach?
400
These "reckless" creatures are ultimately responsible for the destruction of the marlin.
What are the shovel-nosed sharks?
400
This event causes Santiago to curse the treachery of his own body.
What is his cramping hand?
500
Identify the literary/figurative device utilized in the following excerpt: “Do you believe the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as long as I will stay with this one? he thought. I am sure he would and more since he is young and strong. Also his father was a fisherman. But would the bone spur hurt him too much?”
What is allusion?
500
Sometimes belligerently drunk and aggressive, Hemingway once threatened to issue a beating to this man, famous for his 1950s Communist witch hunts.
What is Joseph McCarthy?
500
Throughout the novella, comparison are drawn betweenSantiago and this fellow figure from literature.
Who is Jesus?
500
Santiago declares to the marlin that he does not care "who kills who" for this reason.
What is the fish is as strong as he is and more beautiful, and a worthy opponent.
500
After a great struggle, Santiago finally kills the marlin this way.
What is with a harpoon?
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