Choices
The choice that Katrin makes that makes her father believe that she is grown up.
What is to get the brooch back?
In "The Brothers," they quarrel over this object.
Ways that Katrin's mother showed unselfishness.
What is by offering her mother's brooch to her daughter as a gift, and then by trading it to the shop owner for her daughter's dresser set?
A brief but wise saying.
What is a proverb?
Expression of one thing in terms of another.
What is metaphor?
The choice that Baard makes that mends his relationship with his brother.
What is to go to his house and make amends?
Skeeter made this difficult choice Skeeter in "Weep No More, M'Lady."
What is to return M'Lady to her rightful owner?
In "Make Me Thy Fuel," the author uses this metaphor (aside from the one in the title) to refer to herself.
A weakness or failing in a person.
What is a character flaw?
What is a theme?
In the poem, "This Is Just to Say," this author doesn't seem truly repentant of this choice.
What is eating the plums in the icebox?
The merchant in "The Nail" made this grave mistake.
What is that he ignored the missing nail in his horse's shoe?
In "Midas," Marygold is distraught over this.
What is that the roses have turned to gold?
Descriptive words or phrases that create an impression and that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
Type of story in which the protagonist's actions result in disastrous consequences.
What is a tragedy?
The Playwright's purpose in writing The Ugly Duckling.
What is that beauty is only skin deep?
This character flaw caused Katrin in "Mama and the Graduation Present" and Baard in "The Brothers" to make the wrong choice.
What is pride?
Walukaga solves his quandary this way.
What is by requesting 1000 loads of charcoal?
A story that has at one time been held by a cultural group to be true and that seeks to teach why things happen the way they do.
What is a myth?
The Ugly Duckling is an example of this literary genre.
What is drama?
This made King Midas realize that "gold isn't everything."
What is losing Marygold?
The two types of conflict.
What is internal and external?
This happens to Anders as a result of the bitterness between the brothers.
What is he becomes impoverished?
A unique expression that cannot be defined by the meanings of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
The repetition of words or phrases within a work.