Where the Crawdads Sing
What do the people of Barclay Cove call Kya?
When lines of poetry almost rhyme: seen and been
What is slant rhyme?
An extended metaphor
What is a conceit?
A loud, unpleasant, prolonged noise
3 letters...D
What is din?
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”
Who is Polonius?
What word does Kya mess up in school that makes her feel ashamed leading her to drop out and never return?
Dog/God
A six line stanza
What is a sestet?
When inanimate objects or animals take on human form
What is anthropomorphism?
To go back and forth on, waver
9 letters...V
What is vacillate?
"There's a way to be good again."
What gift does Kya give to Chase that he keeps until the day he dies?
The scallop shell necklace.
A line that drips to the next sentence with no punctuation
What is enjambment?
When a speaker addresses an object or person who is not expected or is unable to respond.
What is apostrophe?
A person making a humble plea of someone in power.
9 letters...S
What is a suppliant?
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”
Who is Holden Caulfield?
How does Tate win Kya's trust before he becomes her friend?
A 19-line poem with a refrain that runs throughout is called...
A story with 2 levels of meaning.
What is allegory?
To behave in a way that fails to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
12 letters...P
What is presumptuous?
"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing."
Who is Mama?
What do the sheriff and deputy find as a major clue that ties Kya to the murder of Chase Andrews?
red wool fibers on his jacket that match a hat they find in her shack
A line of poetry that is 4 syllables long and goes from stressed to unstressed is called....
What is trochaic dimeter?
I am not unhappy that I just won a million dollars! This is an example of which literary technique?
What is litotes or understatement?
to conceal the true nature or state of...
9 letters...D
What is dissemble?
“Oh my offence is rank, it smells to heaven“
Who is Claudius?