Literary Strategies
When an author compares to things using like or as.
What is Simile
"I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet."
Where is a simile?
When an author compares two different things.
What is a metaphor?
"Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder."
Where is a metaphor?
The author's attitude toward a particular written subject.
What is the author's tone?
"Our mothers had taught us that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards!"
What is the author's tone towards short hair?
Forcing people to change who and what they are is barbarous and savage.
What is one of the story's themes?
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
What is imagery?
"I cried aloud, shaking my all the while until I felt the cold blade of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids."
Where is imagery?
She believed she would have been seen as a coward
What is the internal conflict?
What is alliteration?
"A large bell rang for breakfast, its loud metallic voice crashing through the belfry overhead and into our sensitive ears. The annoying clatter of shoes on bare floors gave us no peace. The constant clash of harsh noises..."
The main character views the dresses on the other girls as inappropriate.
What is ironic for the missionaries?