World War 2
What country did the USA send supplies to during WW2?
The UK
Why did Sadako start folding 1000 paper cranes?
To have her wish granted
Name one of the two reasons the director decided to have a circle stage for play.
1) The Circular stage brought the audience closer for an emotional experience
2) the stage resembles the flag of Japan
Foreshadow means:
For the story to give hints on what might happen in the future
What type of figurative language is this: "The tables folded like great butterflies back through paneled walls."
Simile
What place of the USA was attacked by Japan in WW2?
Pearl Harbor
How old was Sadako when the nuclear bombs dropped in Hiroshima?
She was two years old
In the play, who motivates Sadako to fold cranes?
Kenji
appropriate means:
suitable; correct
What type of figurative language is this: "The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, it's bared skeleton cringing from the heat."
Personification
How many bombs were dropped on Japan during WW2?
Two
What did Sadako's classmates do when she passed?
Made fundraisers to build a memorial for her and folded paper cranes in her honor.
What did Sadako's Grandmother mean by "the bomb continues to fall" even afterwards?
People continue to suffer from the after effects of it
discipline means:
To follow rules; to show self-control
What type of figurative language is this:
"The computer wires wavered while the circuits cracked."
Alteration
What year did WW2 start?
1939
Sadako had leukemia, which is cancer that effects the _______
blood
The director showing Sadako falling a bunch of times while running foreshadows what?
Sadako getting sick.
magnificent means:
impressively beautiful, fancy, elaborate, or extravagant; striking.
What type of figurative language is this: "In the large kitchen the oven alarm rang 'beep beep' right at 6pm."
onomatopoeia
What were the names of the two bombs dropped on Japan?
"The Little Boy" and the "Fat Man"
"The Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima
What did Sadako's brother do in memory of Sadako?
Sadako wished to get better, but she also had other wishes as well that the story seems to end up granting her. What were these other two wishes?
1) To see her grandmother again
2) For there to never be another bomb like that again
subdued means:
little energy; less energy; gloomy
What type of figurative language is this: "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, would hardly know we were gone."
Personification