Figurative Language
What type of figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What literary element refers to the time and place of a story?
Setting
A struggle between a character and another character is which type of conflict?
Man vs Man
What village does Amal’s family originally come from?
Ein Hod
What does the loss of Ismail represent on a broader, political level?
The loss of Palestinian land, identity, and children
What figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Who is the protagonist of Mornings in Jenin?
Amal
Which appeal focuses on emotion?
Pathos
What major event forces Amal’s family into a refugee camp?
The Nakba
What does the birth of Amal symbolize?
Hope, resilience, and continuation despite loss
Identify the figurative language: “The silence screamed in the refugee camp.”
Personification
What literary element reveals the author’s attitude toward the subject?
Tone
The Palestinian people’s struggle against displacement and occupation represents which conflict?
Man vs Society
How is Fatima and Falastine murdered?
Fatima is shot in the head and stomach
How do memory and storytelling function symbolically in the novel?
They preserve identity and resist erasure
What figurative language is an exaggeration used for emphasis, not meant literally?
Hyperbole
What is it called when an author hints at future events?
Foreshadowing
Analyzing Amal’s trauma and suppressed memories best fits which lens?
Psychoanalytical Criticism
Why is Amal sent away from the camp as a child?
For safety and the chance at education/a better future
Olive trees most strongly symbolize what for Palestinian families in the novel?
Connection to land, heritage, and roots
In Mornings in Jenin, recurring images of olive trees are an example of what figurative device that represents deeper meaning?
Symbolism
The repeated focus on memory, loss, and displacement contributes most to which literary element?
Theme
Graphic descriptions of suffering in Mornings in Jenin primarily appeal to which rhetorical strategy?
Pathos
The loss of Ismail, the birth of Amal, and the novel’s focus on memory all reinforce this central idea.
the theme of loss and resilience
The parallel between Dalia and Amal reinforces which central theme of Mornings in Jenin?
The generational impact of trauma