Structure/Contrast
What are the girls wearing that makes them different from everyone else?
What are bathing suits
The name of the main character
What is Sammy?
The point of view of the story
What is first person?
“She was the queen”
What is a metaphor?
how many kids does Stokesie have?
What is 2
What is the most evident contrast between all of the girls?
What is Looks/Physical features?
The number of girls that Sammy talked about
What is three?
The name of the narrator
What is Sammy?
“They would’ve burned her over in Salem”
What is an allusion?
How much is Queenie able to pay for the Herring Snacks?
What is a Dollar
What is Personality?
The name of the store manager
What is Lengel?
How old is the narrator
What is 19?
“A little buzz like a bee in a glass jar”
What is a simile?
What does Lengl also do besides manage the store?
What is Teach Sunday School?
(In Sammy's Mind) What does his family drink and what does Queenie's? (Answer Sammy then Queenie)
What is Lemonade/Beer and Fancy Cocktails?
The type of clothing the girls were wearing in the store
What is swimwear?
Name of the store the narrator works at
What is A&P?
“The sun is skating around on the asphalt”
What is personification?
What does Sammy think the store will be called in 1990?
the Great Alexandrov and Petrooshki Tea Company
What is the main contrast between Sammy and Queenie?
What is Sammy wants change, Queenie has it all?
The nickname Sammy gave to the main girl in the group
What is Queenie?
The person that says “In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits.”
Who is Sammy?
“You could set off a dynamite and people would still continue to shop”
What is a hyperbole?
When is the story dated?
What is the 1960s