Figurative Language
Type of figurative language that is Nat asking himself if some outside source is telling the birds when to migrate?
The main character of the birds
Who is Nat Hocken
What is the main conflict of the story
What is man vs. nature/Nat vs. the birds
What is the definition of the word recounted
What is described in detail/narrated
The Theme of The Birds
What is Nature will always win?
Type of figurative language in: “We’ll make the feathers fly.”
What is an Idiom?
Who does Nat work for
Who is Mr. Trigg
What country does this story typically take place in
What is England
What is the definition of the word sullen
What is gloomy
The Author of The Birds
What is Daphne Du Maurier?
Type of figurative language in: “In the distance he could see the clay hills, white and clean, against the heavy pallor of the sky.”
What is imagery?
Who works as the cowman on Mr. Triggs farm
Who is Jim
What point of view is the story in
What is 3rd person limited
What is the definition of the word placid
What is calm
What natural event does Nat think is originally connected to the unusual behavior of the birds
The change in weather/The east wind
Type of figurative language that Mr. Trigg is happy to hunt the birds
What is Situational Irony?
What is the name of Nat's daughter
Who is Jill
What point in the story is the climax
What is Nat's wife turning on the radio for the second time, and nothing comes on
What is the definition of the word garish
What is too bright
Who does Nat and his wife find dead by the road on the way home from the Trigg's home
Who is the postman
Type of figurative language that the land birds are all gone when Nat wakes
What is Foreshadowing?
What is the name of the first kid to be attacked by the birds in the story
Who is Johnny
How does the story end
What is Nat waiting to die while the birds tear through his front door
What is the definition of the word deft
What is skillful in a quick, sure, easy way
What historical event is frequently referred to by Nat
What is World War 2