Plot 1
What is the setting of the story?
What memory did Songham have about Tokchae regarding chestnuts?
Tokchae had to pull thorns out of Songham's bottom.
What figurative language is this passage from the story? ". . . settled under the high, bright autumn shy."
assonance
What method of indirect characterization is this passage? Tokchae, his face averted, refused to look at Songsam.
action
averted
turned away
Who is the prisoner?
Tokchae
they were childhood friends
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "The northern village at the border of the thirty-eighth parallel. . ."
allusion
What literary element is this passage:
The northern village at the border of the thirty-eighth parallel was singly settled under the high bright autumn sky.
setting
obstruction
obstacle; barrier
What is Tokchae's relationship with his father?
close
What words describe Tokchae?
generous and thoughtful; caring; loving
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "In front of the farmhouse that had been turned into a public peace-police office, . . ."
alliteration
What point of view is this passage:
I'm not going to make any excuses.
first person
constitutes
makes up; forms
What finally happened to the crane the boys made into a pet?
it got shot
Why does Songham flush the cranes?
to give Tokchae a chance to escape
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "Plucking out those needles hurt so much that he could not keep tears from welling up in his eyes."
personification or metaphor
What method of indirect characterization is this passage:
A woman so small and plump that she knew the earth's vastness but not the sky's altitude.
appearance
mainstay
principal support
At the beginning of the story, the writer has Songham to do something that foreshadows the ending of the story. What is it?
Songham volunteers to take Tokchae with him.
What do both the sniper and Songham experience because of the war?
internal conflict
What figurative language is this passage from the story? "Songsam felt a sudden surge of anger in spite of himself and shouted, "So how many have you killed?"
alliteration
What method of indirect characterization is this passage?
Songfelt a sudden surge of anger in spite of himself. . .
private thoughts
refuge
shelter; protection from danger or difficulty