Terms
A comparison of two things using the words like or as.
Name one example of dialect in "Mother to Son."
Answers will vary.
Name one of the metaphors used in John 1 to describe Jesus.
Answers will vary.
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
Personification.
What is the primary metaphor in "The Soul's Dark Cottage"?
The body as a worn, old house.
In "What Stumped the Bluejays," at the end of the story, what does the jay realize he's trying to fill up with acorns?
A house.
Define theme.
Recurring or emerging ideas in a work.
How is personification used in "The Nightingale and the Glowworm"?
Both animals have human attributes ascribed to them. The glowworm is described as "eloquent" and uses reason; the Nightingale approves of the reasoned speech and acts on it.
Which animal in "The Spider and the Wasp" displays "some interesting analogies to reasoning" (i.e. acts almost intelligently)?
The wasp.
An entire story with two or more levels of meaning.
Allegory.
What might be one theme in "The Return of the Rangers"?
Answers will vary but might include: The austerity of nature, the value of human life, and overcoming difficulties to survive.
An equivalence between two dissimilar things.
Metaphor.