Literary Elements
Characters
Plot
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
Starts out symbolizing hope, but ends up symbolizing evil
What is the pearl?
100
Characterize the doctor.
What is greedy, cruel, and selfish.
100
The story takes place in....
What is Mexico.
100
parable
What is a story that teaches a lesson.
100
TRIPLE JEOPARDY Author of The Pearl
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
"The grass isn't always greener on the other side" is an example of...
What is Theme?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY What happens to Coyotito that acts as the inciting incident to the story?
What is being stung by the scorpion?
200
The name of the town where Kino FIRST attempts to sell his pearl.
What is La Paz.
200
poultice
What is a healing clay or material.
200
Kino wants to go here to try and sell the pearl.
Where is The Capital?
300
Explain the difference between MOOD and TONE.
What is Mood = The way a piece of writing makes you feel Tone = The author's attitude towards their topic
300
Juana prays for THIS when Coyotito is stung.
What is a pearl.
300
How does Juana feel about the pearl? How does this differ from Kino?
What is Juana wants to throw it back - Kino wants to sell it.
300
light from the heat of an object.
What is incandescence?
300
What is Kino's most valuable possession and give two reasons why.
What is the canoe. It was given to him by his father (represents tradition and connection to culture) and allows them to fish, eat, travel, etc.
400
Give three examples of imagery and explain their significance in the story.
Answers will vary.
400
Kino and Juana flee here to escape the trackers.
What is up the mountain / in a cave.
400
What happens to Coyotito at the end of the novel? What caused this to happen? Be specific!
What is he is killed. Shot by the tracker while hiding in the cave. He cried and the trackers thought it was a coyote.
400
When the man was sick, he made a _____________ sound.
What is guttural.
400
Name two example of the Songs and explain their significance.
What is to portray a mood in the writing. The songs (Song of the Family and The Song of Evil) coincide with what is going on in the plot.
500
This story is meant to be a metaphor. Why does Steinbeck leave the prologue incomplete and open-ended?
What is so the reader can take his/her own lesson or interpretation from the story based on his/her own life experiences.
500
Kino does this to conceal himself from the trackers.
What is takes off his clothes / strips naked.
500
Kino and Juana throw away the pearl at the end of the novel. Explain the reason for this.
What is it has brought them nothing positive.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Use the following two words in contextual sentences. a) malignant b) convey
Answers will vary
500
What does Kino mean when he says "the pearl has become his soul"?
What is that he has lost his connections to his culture, and it has taken over his life. Without it, he has/is nothing.
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