Characters
Figurative Language 1
Figurative Language 2
Symbolism
Characters 2
100
This character is depressed because she was raped before the beginning of her freshman year of high school.
Melinda Sordino
100
What type of figurative language is this: "Cushions reversed to show their pretty white cheeks"?
Personification
100
What type of figurative language is this: "It's like watching someone caught in an electric fence, twitching and squirming and very stuck"?
Simile
100
What does the Thanksgiving turkey symbolize, and why does Melinda's mother feel so much pressure to cook a turkey?
Turkey symbolizes family unity and tradition, among other things. Melinda's mom thinks that they will be a "good" family if she cooks a turkey.
100
This character is Melinda's former best friend.
Rachel/Rachelle Bruin
200
This character "breaks up" with Melinda because she feels like she is too weird.
Heather
200
What type of figurative language is this: "Art follows lunch like dream follows nightmare"?
Simile
200
What type of figurative language is this: "The engine clanks."
Onomatopoeia
200
What does the tree symbolize?
It symbolizes Melinda's internal health and well-being, as well as her ability to speak out about what happened to her.
200
Melinda's lab partner, stands up against a teacher for freedom of speech
David Petrakis
300
This character helps Melinda to find her voice through art.
Mr. Freeman
300
What type of figurative language is this: "The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where the film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation Rituals"?
Metaphor
300
What type of figurative language is this: "If she doesn't sell a billion shirts and twelve million belts on Black Friday, the world will end."
Hyperbole
300
What does snow symbolize to Melinda?
The innocence and purity of childhood
300
This character manages a clothing store that stresses her out on Thanksgiving.
Melinda's Mom
400
This character is also known as IT and The Beast.
Andy Evans
400
What type of figurative language is this: "My English teacher has no face"?
Hyperbole
400
What type of figurative language is this: "I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to."
Metaphor
400
Why does Melinda faint when she is dissecting the frog?
She relates to the frog in its helplessness, and it reminds her of how she was a victim in her rape.
400
This character is afraid of clowns and helps Melinda voice her opinions about Andy Evans.
Ivy
500
This character harps on the importance of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
Hairwoman
500
What type of figurative language is this: "Clink, clink, clink-- he drops ice cubes in a heavy-bottomed glass and pours in some booze"?
Onomatopoeia
500
What type of figurative language is this: "Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology?"
Allusion
500
Why does Melinda identify with Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter?
She feels like she is also isolated from society and should wear a letter S on her chest to symbolize her silence.
500
Although not a true character in the novel, Melinda has a poster of this person hanging in her closet, and she acts as Melinda's conscience.
Maya Angelou
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