Literary Elements
What literary element refers to the time and place of a story?
Setting
What figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What is Mariam’s relationship to Jalil?
Father
Mariam’s struggle to please her father best fits which conflict?
Man vs self
A theme in A Thousand Splendid Suns (Ch. 1–10) is:
Oppression, Control, Injustice, Isolation, Guilt, etc
Who is the protagonist of A Thousand Splendid Suns (Ch. 1–10)?
What figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What major event ends Mariam’s childhood innocence?
Nana's suicide
The fate of the house in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is which conflict?
Man vs Nature
A theme in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is:
The dangers of technology
What literary element refers to the main character’s struggle?
Conflict
The automated house in “There Will Come Soft Rains” is an example of what figurative device?
Personification
What happens to the human characters in “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
They are killed by a nuclear explosion
Pi’s struggle at sea represents which conflict?
Man vs Nature
A theme in Life of Pi is:
Survival
What literary element is developed through repeated ideas like oppression, survival, and obedience?
Theme
The sea in “The Seventh Man” acts as what figurative element?
Symbolism
Who dies in “The Seventh Man”?
K
Mariam’s forced marriage represents which conflict?
Man vs Society
A theme in “The Seventh Man” is:
Facing fear/trauma
What is the primary setting of Mariam’s childhood?
Kolba
Richard Parker in Life of Pi represents what figurative concept?
Symbolism
What keeps Pi alive on the lifeboat?
His survival instincts and companionship with Richard Parker
All texts explore which shared theme?
Survival
A theme shared by all the texts is:
Survival through hardship