Literary Devices
A word that shows up again, and again, and again, and again
What is repetition
The time and place
What is setting
A condition where people lack the money and resources to meet their basic needs for a healthy and safe standard of living
Poverty
The bright, cheerful flowers that stand out against the drab, dusty poverty of the shantytown
What is Marigolds?
What assignment everyone should have finished by now
Big Bertha's Big Biscuits
What is alliteration
The point of action in a story
What is plot
A deep awareness of another person's distress paired with an active desire to relieve it
Compassion
The historical time period when the story takes place.
What is the Great Depression
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A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
The "who" in the story
What are Characters
The strip of wood or stone at the bottom of a doorway marking the entrance.
what is threshold
The point in the story that drives Lizabeth to lose control and destroy Miss Lottie's garden in the middle of the night
What is hearing her father cry
How Mr. Wilson feels about the beach
What is "hates it"
The writer's attitude or feeling about the topic or audience
What is theme
The meaning or message of the story
What is theme
The placement of two or more contrasting things, characters, or ideas side by side to highlight their differences or unexpected similarities
What is Juxtaposition
The profound emotional and psychological transition Lizabeth experiences after destroying the garden
what is loss of innocence into compassion, or, making something beautiful from pain
The college Mr Wilson went to
What is San Diego State University
Your choice of words
What is diction
A stylized perspective of vocabulary, tone, syntax, and point of view
The "cage" in Caged Bird refers to
What is segregation/Jim Crowe laws (bonus 100)
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Lack of Freedom
What Miss Lottie represents
What is create hope in a world of despair
What Mr Wilson said is the "best advice" he ever got in college about writing
What is "read your writing out loud"