LITERARY DEVICES
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called what?
What do we call the people or beings in a story?
Characters
Knowledge passed through speaking and storytelling is called ______ tradition.
Oral
Which Food Chief represents the animal world?
Skəmxist / Bear
Which of these movies was NOT released in 1994?
A) The Mask
B) Pulp Fiction
C) Jurassic Park
D) The Santa Clause
C — Jurassic Park (1993)
Giving human qualities to something non-human is called what?
Personification
What is the time and place of a story called?
Setting
A person's or culture's way of understanding the world is called a ______.
Worldview
The Four Food Chiefs teaching comes from which Nation?
The Syilx Okanagan Nation
This 1994 movie featured Keanu Reeves trying to keep a city bus from dropping below 50 mph.
Speed
"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of what?
Metaphor
What do we call the main problem in a story?
Conflict
What word means someone's particular way of seeing or understanding something?
Perspective
What English-class term could describe Bear, Salmon, Bitterroot, and Saskatoon Berry representing larger ideas?
Symbolism
This singer married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 in one of the decade’s most talked-about celebrity marriages.
Michael Jackson
When an author gives hints about something that will happen later, what is it called?
Foreshadowing
What is the main message or larger idea of a story called?
Theme
What word means a responsibility to give back or maintain a mutual relationship?
Reciprocity
Which Food Chief represents the water world?
Ntytyix / Salmon
This 1994 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Bale was an adaptation of a classic Louisa May Alcott novel.
Little Women
An object, animal, place, or image that represents a larger idea is called what?
Symbol
What is the turning point or most intense moment of a story called?
Climax
Rules or expectations about how certain cultural knowledge, stories, ceremonies, or practices should be approached are called ______.
Protocols
What is one (most) important part of the En’owkinwixw process?
Listening to different perspectives.
This early internet company was founded in 1994 as “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web” before getting its much more famous name.
Yahoo