"Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree. Ah..."
Who is Janie?
What rhetorical device is shown in the quote "the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace..."
What is Personification
"..the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyzes arch to meet the love embrace and the estatic shiver"
What is the pear tree?
Becomes Mayor
Who is Joe?
Joe does this after Janie insults him in front of other men.
What is slap?
"She'd grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man. You done been spoilt rotten."
Who is Logan?
What rhetorical device is shown in the quote "Who want any lil ole black baby layin' up in de baby buggy lookin' lak uh fly in buttermilk?"
What is a simile
"He seized hold of his dikes and ran forward until he met the quarters; uprooted them like grass and rushed on..."
What is the Hurricane?
Janie shoots him
Who is Tea Cake
Janie is telling her the story of her life.
Who is Pheoby?
"A woman stay round uh store till she gt old as Methusalem and still can't cut a little thing like a plug of tobacco! Don't stand dere rollin' yo' pop eyes at me wid yo' ru,p hangin' nearly to yo' knees!"
Who is Jody?
What rhetorical device is in the quote "She wasn't a petal open anymore with him"
What is a metaphor
"Ah done been tuh de ______ and back and now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons. Dis house ain't so absent of things lak it used tuh be befo' Tea Cake come along. It's full uh thoughts, 'specially dat bedroom."
What is the horizon?
He calls Janie spoiled
Who is Logan?
The feeling Janie has after joes death, it is why she rejects suitors after his death.
What is independence?
"Look at me! Ah ain't got no flat nose and liver lips."
Who is Mrs.Turner?
What rhetorical device is in the quote "The winds, to the tiniest, lisping baby breath had left the earth. Even before the sun gave light, dead day was creeping from bush to bush watching man."
What is descriptive imagery
"There would be more stories about how poor the brute was; his age; his evil disposition and his latest caper."
What is the Mule?
Married Janie to boost his status/for his schemes.
Who is Joe?
This is tea cakes original name.
Who is Vergible Woods?
"But dey wanted uh chance tuh win it back so Ah set back down tuh play some mo'."
Who is Teacake?
What is a hyperbole
"He set it up and began to show her and she found herself glowing inside. Somebody wanted her to play. Somebody thought it natural for her to play. That was even nice"
What are checkers
Charged "ugly women" two dollars to come into the party.
Who is tea cake?
He flirts with Janie when she first gets to eatonville.
Who is Amos Hicks