On The Cover
What is the title of the book?
Everyday Use
What is the setting
Rural Georgia
What was Dee's new name?
Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo
Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.
a symbol
Mama can be described as this
masculine
Who is the author of the book
Alice Walker
What was the time period
1960s during the black pride movement
Who is pictured on the T.V. in the limousine
Johnny Carson
A symbol can be one of these things.
an object, animal, event, person, or place
Why Maggie feels ashamed of her scars
She was burned in a house fire
What is the heritage of the characters in the story
African
The opportunity that was given to Dee that Mama or Maggie never had that separated Dee from her family and her true self.
an education
Narrator
Mama
The setting of "Everyday Use" which is also a symbol.
the yard
Dee wanting to preserve the quilts by hanging them on the wall instead of them being used like they were intended is this type of figurative language.
irony
One award Walker won.
Pulitzer Prize National Book Award
The author's central idea or main message about life.
theme
The man who came back with Dee
Hakim-a-barber (Asalamalakim)
A private space free of regret, an extension of the house, a place of freedom and comfort.
the house
What type of figure of speech is "It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep"?
simile
The race of Walker.
African American
A major theme that has to do with how one is raised as well as the heirlooms that represent family.
Heritage
Has burns from a house fire
Maggie
This represents the importance of family and the connection of generations.
the quilt
Mama's sister's real name.
Dicie