Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.
What is a symbol?
100
The reason Maggie feels homely and ashamed of herself.
What is "because she was severely burned in a house fire"?
100
The author's central idea or main message about life.
What is the theme?
100
The author's name
Who is Alice Walker?
100
The narrator and mother
Who is Mama
200
A symbol can be one of these things.
What is an object, animal, event, person, or place?
200
Mama's sister's real name.
What is "Dicie"?
200
A major theme that has to do with how one is raised as well as the heirlooms that represent family.
What is heritage?
200
One award Walker won.
What is Pulitzer Prize National Book Award?
200
She is scarred from the fire that burned down the house.
Who is Maggie?
300
The setting of "Everyday Use" which is also a symbol.
What is the yard?
300
Mama could be described as this.
What is masculine?
300
The theme that represents the opportunity that was given to Dee that Mama or Maggie never had that separated Dee from her family and her true self.
What is an education?
300
The year Walker was born.
when is 1944?
300
She believes she has found her true heritage.
Who is Dee?
400
A private space free of regret, an extension of the house, a place of freedom and comfort.
What is the yard?
400
What type of figure of speech is "It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep"?
What is a simili?
400
A theme that is understood through the writer's diction, language construction, and literary devices.
What is implied theme?
400
The award winning publication of Walker
What is The Color Purple?
400
The man who arrived with Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo.
Who is Hakim-a-barber (Asalamalakim)?
500
This represents the importance of family and the connection of generations.
What is the quilt?
500
Dee (Wangero) 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.