Literary Terms
The most exciting part of the story
What is the climax?
This character has red hair.
Who is Fiona?
No one in the community can see it
What is color?
A word that describes a sound
Onomatopoei
Transfers memories to Jonas
Who is the Giver?
What is foreshadowing?
Looks at the Naming List.
Who is Father?
When community members are "let go"
When actions have the opposite effect of what is anticipated
Situational Irony
Received a memory from Jonas
Who is Gabriel
The villain in the story
Who is the antagonist?
Works for the Department of Justice
Who is Mother?
The number, and gender, of each child in a household
1 boy and 1 girl
The ideas and feelings associated with the word
Connotation
The memory Jonas gave Gabriel as they went up the hill
What is warmth?
The perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
Has difficulties with precision of language
Who is Asher?
The rule that Jonas struggles with the most
What is "you may lie"?
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
What Jonas sees when he came down the hill at the end of the story?
What are Christmas lights
Setting the stage for the story by introducing characters, setting, and conflict
What is exposition?
Has become the Receiver
Who is Jonas?
The first object Jonas saw changed
What is an apple?
When the audience understands something the character(s) does not
Dramatic Irony
It is ironic because they release people
What is the job of a Nurturer?