Literary Device Definitions
Beginning of the story; characters introduced, setting and early signs of the conflict
What is the exposition?
"Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk..."
What is simile?
The setting of "Initiation"...
At Lansing High School in October at the beginning of the school year.
Why does John Burke sit in outside in a chair all day?
He is mentally disabled.
This beloved Eric Carle book begins, “In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.”
What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Rich description which creates a picture in a reader's mind. Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
"In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians..."
What is setting?
Sylvia Plath
Why does Miss Lottie grow marigolds?
To add beauty to the community/To take pride in her work.
A sloop, yawl, ketch and a schooner are all types of these.
What are boats?
The perspective from which the events in the story are told.
What is point of view?
"He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans."
What is characterization? (+100 points for direct)
The name of Millicent's best friend, who does not get into the sorority.
Who is Tracy?
Destroying Miss Lottie's marigolds symbolizes what for Lizabeth?
What is the end of her childhood/becoming an adult
This colorful pirate’s reign of terror along the Carolina coast ended when he was killed in battle on Nov. 22, 1718
Who is Blackbeard?
The ending of a story.
What is resolution?
"...the girls in faded dresses that were too long or too short, the boys in patchy pants, their sweaty brown chests gleaming in the hot sun. A little cloud of dust followed our thin legs and bare feet as we tramped over the barren land."
What is imagery?
An example of internal conflict in "Initiation" is...
Millicent gets angry at Beverly, of course, but she can't do anything about it because she wants to be in the sorority so badly.
To become popular or be true to yourself? This was her problem.
They had to sing, dance, clean, not wear makeup or do their hair, and cannot talk to boys.
"And one other thing I remember, another incongruency of memory—a brilliant splash of sunny yellow against the dust—Miss Lottie’s marigolds." Using this context, the definition of "incongruency" is...
What is inconsistency; lack of agreement or harmony, not going together
This is a koala's (my favorite animal)'s main source of nutrition.
What is eucalyptus?
The message or lesson presented by the author in the story.
What is theme?
"Within Millicent another melody soared, strong and exuberant, a triumphant answer to the music of the darting heather birds that sang so clear and lilting over the far lands. And she knew that her own private initiation had just begun."
What is resolution?
Millicent has to do this while on the bus to get into the sorority.
What is ask people what they had for breakfast?
In one sentence, create a theme for Marigolds.
Collier writes Marigolds in order to show that [TOPIC][UNIVERSAL IDEA]
A flock of geese in flight can be called a skein or wedge; the same group on the ground or in the water is this.
What is a gaggle?