Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Characterization
Plot
What is This?
100
Sound effects used as an enhancement within a piece of writing are known as...
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A hint at details that will occur later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
Avarice is...
What is extreme greed?
100
The inciting incident that sets the plot in motion?
What is Coyotito is stung by a scorpion?
100
The plants waved and danced in the gentle current.
What is personification?
200
A comparison between two or more objects using like or as... When two or more objects are compared..
What are simile and metaphor?
200
Use of an object to represent an idea or concept
What is symbolism?
200
The first person to venture to the village after Kino has found the pearl ___________ Why does he come?
Who is the priest? What is he thinks of all the repairs that must be done to the church?
200

The game that Juan Tomas is referring to.

What is being cheated their whole lives?

200
A thud and crunch was heard as Kino broke the branch with his steps.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Details used to create a visual picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
300
The big fish devouring the little fish represents
What is the Doctor and the westerners who take advantage of Kino and the villagers?
300
Define static characters. Describe two static characters found within the book.
What is a character used to move the plot along- who usually has the opposite traits than one would expect? The priest and the doctor both represent avarice, as they are only concerned about their own needs.
300

The pearl impacted Kino and Juana's relationship in several ways, explain.

What is they were content and in love in the beginning of the story, they found it easy to communicate and get along, but after finding the pearl they began to argue and fight. (Kino was even physical).

300
It captured the light and refined it and gave it back in silver incandescence.
What is imagery?
400
What is this an example of? Kino observed a lingering, light glisten from the lovely, luminous pearl.
What is alliteration (consonance)?
400

The canoe represented

What is his cultural heritage as well as a way to get food?

400
This character warns Kino that the pearl is evil.
Who is Juana?
400
The climax of this story is...
What is when Kino jumps and attacks the tracker?
400
He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to preserve himself and his family.
What is metaphor?
500
What is this an example of and why? The nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news.
What is personification?
500
Ants represent
What is Kino and the obstacles that he must face on his journey?
500

Define a dynamic character. Which character is dynamic and why?

What is a character who undergoes a change for the better or worse by the end of the book/story? Kino because he undergoes a change after finding the pearl. He becomes obsessed with improving his family's lives and turns on Juana at one point.  (Juana also, as she is more outspoken as the story goes on)

500
This story is a parable because... , which is...
What is it teaches a moral/lesson. People should be content with what they have in life. Corruption and greed are not prejudice- they may take over any person.
500
The mountain was used to show the obstacles Kino had to face after finding the pearl.
What is symbolism?
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