Who Said It?
"Ah been a delegate to de big ’ssociation of life."
Janie Crawford
Identify the device: “They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
Personification
What does the pear tree represent for Janie?
Janie's ideal of love.
This character forbids Janie from speaking in public.
Joe Starks
In the line “Mah foot is slip’ry, Pheoby,” what does “slip’ry” mean?
Slippery
"You ain’t got no particular place. It’s wherever Ah need yuh."
Tea Cake
Identify the device: “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”
Metaphor
What does the horizon symbolize?
Janie’s yearning for freedom and possibility
This character encourages Janie to seek adventure and love.
Tea Cake
In the excerpt “Tea Cake’s laugh was a song in the emptiness,” what is the effect of that simile?
It shows that Tea Cake’s joy fills a void in Janie’s life
"Lawd, if Ah kin keep one ole friend Ah wants tuh keep mah relation with you pure."
Pheoby Watson
Identify the device: “The wind came back with triple fury.”
Hyperbole
What does the mule symbolize?
The burden of Janie’s oppression.
This character arranges Janie’s first marriage for security.
Nanny
After reading “de sun was gone,” what is the author implying about the mood of the scene?
That the scene has turned hopeless or dark
"Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means to live mine."
Janie Crawford
Identify the device: “So the evening sun sank down as low as a cathedral bell.”
Simile
What does Joe’s head rag symbolize?
Joe’s control and Janie’s subjugation.
This character always covers her hair and silences Janie.
Joe Starks
In “Janie’s hair…hung in glistening ropes,” what does “glistening ropes” convey about her identity?
That Janie’s hair is powerful and natural, part of her true self
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
The narrator
Identify the device: “mouthed madder-mouth”
Alliteration
What does the hurricane represent?
Nature’s overwhelming power and human vulnerability
This voice tells Janie’s story in third person.
The narrator
In the passage “They sat in company with the others in other shanties,” what theme is developed by grouping them together?
Community and shared resilience in the face of hardship.