Characters
Figurative Language
Conflicts
China/Chinese
Rhetorical/Literary Devices
100
She played chess, won many tournaments and was praised as a child prodigy/champion
What is Waverly Jong?
100
I felt such pain, literally a physical pain, as if someone had torn off both my arms without anesthesia, without sewing me back up
What is hyperbole?
100
Waverly's mother doesn't understand the game of chess and has high expectations for her daughter. Each time Waverly wins, her mother takes ownership of those wins and shows it off, Waverly doesn't like it. Her mother doesn't understand how you have to lose to win.
What is character vs. character?
100
The church that Suyuan Woo attended and met the Hsus, Jongs, and St. Clairs
What is First Chinese Baptist Church?
100
"I abandoned my beautiful mah jong table of hong mu."
What is diction?
200
She was arranged/forced to marry Tyan-yu when she was young but eventually was able to escape the marriage after coming up with a plan
What is Lindo Jong?
200
Janice, my oldest sister, had an allergy that made one nostril sing like a bird at night, so we called her Whistling Nose
What is simile?
200
Lindo Jong was put into an arranged marriage where she had to obey her husband, Tyan-yu, unquestionably. A candle that had two ends was lit and if it burned continuously all night, it meant this was a marriage that can never be broken. That night she blew out her husband's end of the candle.
What is character vs. society?
200
Jing-mei Woo's mother cooked this for last year's Chinese New Year dinner
What is crab?
200
You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous.
What is anaphora; syntax?
300
The woman who lost her faith in God after her youngest son/child drowned. She had done everything she could think of including prayer, but his body was never found
What is An-mei Hsu?
300
And then I saw the weeds: "And even more had found refuge under loose shingles and were on their way to climbing up to the roof"
What is personification?
300
Rose Hsu Jordan's marriage is falling apart and she doesn't know what choice/decision to make with the divorce papers
What is character vs. self?
300
Lena St. Clair's mother original Chinese Zodiac before it became a Dragon
What is tiger?
300
"To me, the whole effect looked wrong: too large, too green, too garishly ornate."
What is anaphora?
400
She took piano lessons because her mother wanted her to be a prodigy but was never serious with it. After playing awfully at a talent show and an argument with her mother, her playing was never mentioned again. Following her mother's death, she accepted the piano and played again
What is Jing-mei Woo?
400
Outside I could hear the bombing. Boom! Boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Jing-mei Woo wasn't too fond of Waverly Jong because even though both their mothers want them to be child prodigies, Jing-mei thinks Waverly is snotty and keeps getting outsmarted by her
What is character vs. character?
400
The type of tea Waverly Jong's mother had specified she wanted instead of regular green tea
What is chrysanthemum tea?
400
"...men, women, and children who had never lost hope, but had lost their lives instead."
What is antithesis; parallelism?
500
She was forced to abandon her twin daughters on a road when she had to flee China. However, she never lost hope and would still search for them
What is Suyuan Woo?
500
"...she finally explained that I was late-blooming, like Einstein..."
What is allusion?
500
Lindo Jong has two characteristics, one is an obedient wife role and the other is that she was determined and independent. Lindo made a promise to herself, she would be a good wife but never sacrifice her identity
What is character vs. self?
500
The word used in China by people who believed they had the ability to do anything they put their mind to
What is nengkan?
500
But after sixteen rounds, we would again feast, this time to celebrate our good fortune
What is syntax; sentences that begin with a conjunction?