Life of Pi
What country is Pi from?
India
Who is the main character in the story?
Rainsford
Who is the seventh man's best friend?
K.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
metaphor
The actions leading to the climax are
rising actions
How did Pi originally get his name?
His uncle named him after a pool in France
The name of the island where Rainsford gets trapped is
Ship-Trap Island
Does the seventh man mainly experience an internal or external conflict?
internal.
Loaded words and phrases have significant emotional implications and involve strongly positive or negative reactions beyond their literal meaning
charged language
the climax is
the highest point in the story; the stakes are the highest
What type of conflict does Pi experience while on the life raft? Explain.
Both internal and external - explain!
Who says this: "“Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death.”
Whitney
After K. dies, the seventh man is forced to leave home. Why?
His survivor's guilt does not allow him to function properly.
a figure of speech in which two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.
parallelism
what are the two types of characterization? How do they work?
indirect & direct
Pi has to kill this animal in order to feed Richard Parker. Why is it hard for him to do so?
Dorado
How does Ivan die while he and the dogs hunt Rainsford?
A knife to the chest by a trap set by Rainsford
The seventh man finds these things which make him remember K., and urge him to go back home to Province S.
K.'s paintings
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
analogy
Foreshadowing is what? Name one instance of foreshadowing in any of the stories we've read
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
The carnivorous island where Pi lands is in the shape of what?
The Hindu god Vishnu
Explain how Rainsford changed throughout the story
. . .
Explain how the seventh man changed throughout the story.
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Make one analogy or metaphor
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Explain 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person points of view.
1st - told from the narrator's pov.
2nd - Uses words like 'you.'
3rd - narrator is not a part of the story.