Figures of Speech
Biography
Summary
Criticisms
Trivia
100
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
Alliteration
100
What is the state was Hurston was born?
Alabama
100
What year does the story takes place?
1933
100
What does gold and silver currency symbolize?
Wealth in American Society
100
What is type of business does Slemmons owns?
Ice Cream Parlors
200
What is the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
Iorny
200
Aside from writing she was also well studied in?
Anthropology
200
What is an adjective meaning lightly plated with thin gold or gold colored foil?
Gilded
200
Silver money is represented as?
Good
200
What does "little feet for shoes" refer to?
Babies
300
What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Metaphor
300
What is Hurston's best known work?
"Their Eyes Were Watching God"
300
Which is not a Theme in the story? Love, Betrayal, Hypocrisy, or Forgiveness
Hypocrisy
300
What is a huge asset in the marriage between Missie May and Joe?
Money
300
Does Joe knows the baby is Defiantly his?
No
400
What is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Simile
400
What year did Hurston die?
1960
400
Six-Bits equals?
Seventy Five Cents
400
How should currency gain its meaning
Community
400
Why did Slemmons keep his gold at a distance from people?
It was Gilded
500
What is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecodoche
500
What year was Hurston inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame?
2015
500
With what does Slemmons seduce Missie May?
Gold
500
What does Slemmons define?
Gilded
500
What treat symbolizes Joes love for Missie?
Candy Kisses
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