Literary Devices/Motifs
WHO SAID THAT?!
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
MLA
100
This is the author's observation of humanity
What is theme
100
"We are going to have to be catfish."
Who is Randy.
100
Randy pays this much for a pound of salt.
What is ten dollars.
100
Pete Hernandez dies from radiation poisioning caused by this.
What is gold jewelry.
100
This is the page at the end of your MLA essay that shows your sources in alphabetical order.
What is a works cited page
200
This literary device is seen in Guppies, exotic fish, and catfish----these represent characters.
What is symbolism
200
"BIRD-WATCHER!"
Who is Florence Wecheck
200
Helen is surprised when Randy decides to invite this family to the steak-party.
Who are the Henrys
200
This man stole gold and silver jewelry from a store nearby. He eventually dies of radiation sickness.
Who is Porky Logan
200
MLA stands for this.
What is Modern Language Association
300
When Jim Hickey gives Randy a bit of honey for nothing, (just because Jim knows it will help the kids that Randy takes care of), it is an example of this device.
What is indirect characterization.
300
"Torches and gasoline. Except there isn't enough gasoline."
Who is Dan Gunn
300
This becomes Lavinia monument.
What is her expensive house.
300
This man is sick from radiation poisoning and Dan decides not to waste any of his precious medicine on him.
Who is Bill Cullen
300
This is found inside of your essay. It shows the reader where you found your research so that he/she can check it out later.
What is an in-text citation
400
This literary device is seen in the following: "She was brash and buoyant, bobbing like a brightly colored cork in a maelstrom, unsinkable and unafraid."
What is a simile.
400
"I doubt if he realized the exact nature and extent of the depression---which is why I am writing this book."
Who is Pat Frank
400
Once the President of a Central Tool and Plate, he now is engineer second-class (behind Malachai).
Who is Bill McGovern
400
This man gives Randy honey to take back to Peyton and Ben Franklin.
Who is Jim Hickey
400
This is found in your introduction. It shows the reader what your paper will be about. It is a sentence that shows your position and gives a brief overview.
What is a thesis statement
500
This literary device is seen when Rita uses her valuable resources (food) to buy worthless and poisonous items (gold, expensive cars). She thinks it will help her, but it actually makes her quite sick.
What is irony.
500
"You look at those big new houses out on River Road. What built half of them? Wars. Profits out of wars. This time I am going to get mine."
Who is Rita Hernandez.
500
This man hates unorthodox funerals and he gets very upset when he has to make room for the victims of the Riverside Inn. He buries the victims with a bulldozer in one massive grave and cries about how his graveyard is ruined.
Who is Bubba Offenhaus
500
Rita's pet 'Living Doll', who is this kind of dog, is killed and eaten in Pistolville
What is a poodle
500
This the act of taking a source and putting it into your own words.
What is paraphrasing.