Characters
An individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward.
What is a character?
The protagonist in Marigolds.
Who is Lizabeth?
Having a desire to harm someone; mean-spirited
What is malicious?
A reader’s question or comment about a text written directly on the text
What is an annotation?
Lizabeth's brother.
Who is Joey?
a conversation between characters
What is Dialogue?
The period of time when Marigold's took place. (hint, not looking for a specific year)
What is The Great Depression Era?
Useless; no chance of being successful
What is futile?
To say something in return; to answer or reply
What is a response?
Miss Lottie's son
Who is John Burke?
the main character—the one the story revolves around and who usually has a problem to solve.
What is a protagonist?
The antagonist in Marigolds.
Miss Lottie
Active force or energy; enthusiasm or intensity
What is vigor?
To trace the development of events or ideas within a text
What is to track?
Who is the author of Marigolds?
Who is Eugenia Collier?
the character whose goals work against the protagonist
What is an antagonist?
Why did Miss Lottie plant Marigolds?
It was one beautiful thing she could have and care for, it was one thing that brought her joy in an otherwise very sad period of time.
Having no definite form or distinct shape
What is amorphous?
The act of making a judgment or decision about something
What is an evaluation?
The ideal that the United States is a land of opportunity that allows the possibility of upward mobility, freedom, and equality for people of all classes who work hard and have the will to succeed.
What is the American Dream?
An aspect of a person or character's behavior and attitude that make up that character’s personality.
What is a trait?
Why did Lizabeth destroy the Marigolds?
She was angry/sad/confused about her family being affected so heavily by the great depression.
Using color, line, and shape to express an idea or feeling rather than a realistic image
What is abstract?
An idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge
What is an inference?
Three female deities from Greek Mythology that take vengeance or inflict punishment on mortals (hint: in the story, the sentence goes "I was running as if the ______ were after me, perhaps they were -running silently and furiously until I came to where I had half known I was headed: Miss Lottie's yard".)