Figuratively Speaking
She's as prickly as a cactus and very difficult to get along with!
What is a simile?
She was placed in a boat for safety.
Who is Hannah?
People who have fled their home country due to conflict or persecution. They have crossed at least one border, they no longer live in their own country, and if they return to their home country, they will be in danger.
Who is a refugee?
The high point in the story.
What is the climax?
Also known as Concrete poetry, the poem looks like an image of the topic.
What is shape poetry?
They are shining stars.
What is a metaphor?
The city Mahmoud's family had to escape.
What is Aleppo?
People who have left their home country to improve their lives, to get an education, to join friends and relatives, or for other reasons. They may not face immediate danger if they return to the country they left behind, but may leave due to poverty, food shortages, or other challenges.
Who are migrants?
The portion of the plot that leads up to the high point in the story.
What is rising action?
The form of this form of poetry is 5 syllables, 7 syllable, 5 syllables. It originated from Japan and the topic is usually focused on the natural world.
What is Haiku?
The act of giving something nonhuman human-like characteristics.
What is personification?
Isabel's neighbor friend who's family built the boat?
Who is Ivan?
These individuals must flee their homes to seek safety. However, they do not leave their country for the following reasons: to stay close to their homes hoping the situation will improve, they don't have the means or physical strength to travel, or they are stuck in conflict areas where violence cuts them off from a safe route. Initials are IDP.
Who are Internally Displaced Persons?
Inciting Incident.
What is the point in a story where the conflict is introduced?
This comical form of poetry has a rhythm, has an AABBA rhyme pattern, and typically has about 8 syllables in the first, second, and fifth lines.
What is a limerick?
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The instrument Isabel sold.
What is the trumpet?
People who are seeking safety in another country and are still in the process of gaining legal status as a refugee.
Who are Asylum Seekers?
The point in a story where the setting and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The first letter of each line is this form of poetry spells the name of the topic of the poem.
What is an acrostic?
A reference to an outside work.
What is an allusion?
The boat on which Joseph's family traveled.
What is the St. Louis?
The initials UNHCR stand for this.
What is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?
Also known as the conclusion. It is the point in the story where all the loose ends are tied up.
A five line poem with a one word subject, two describing words, three words showing action, a four word phrase, and then one word that refers back to the subject.
What is cinquain?