Literary Terms
What is a Simile
What is foreshadowing?
This is where Brandon's Dad works
What is Windows on the World in the North Tower?
This is Windows on the World worker in elevator
Who is Shivender?
This is the Female Translator
Who is Mariam?
A direct comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
This is a phrase or description that has different meaning than what the words actually say
What is an idiom?
Who is Leo Chavez?
Time period Reshmina's Anaa (grandmother) grew up in.
What is Golden Time of Afghanistan?
This is why Resmina thinks Pasoon is attracted to joining the Taliban
What is they make him feel important and grown up?
A genre of storytelling about a specific time period or historical event
What is Historical Fiction?
Something that represents something else, usually something intangible.
This is how Reshmina and her brother's childhood differed
What is Reshmina worked nonstop and Pasoon played?
This is what the elevator passengers learn from the voice on the emergency phone
This is what Brandon's realizes about the helicopter hovering near him
What is there is nothing they can do?
This is the most important literary element in historical fiction
What is Setting (time and place)?
This is an informal language made up of words and phrases that quickly go out of style.
What is Slang?
This happens after Brandon checks his watch and hears a big "THOOM"
What is elevator suddenly leans sideways?
This is Reshmina's mother's reaction to the solider
What is she says Reshmina has brought death to the family and village?
This is the liquid running down the stairs at the North Tower
What is unknown?
This is when an audience knows or comes to realize something that a character in the literature does not know
What is Dramatic irony?
This is the setting of Reshmina's story
What is Afghanistan, September 11, 2019?
This is why Americans were searching Reshmina's village
What is looking for hidden Taliban weapons
This is how they learn a jet hit the building
Who is Marni's husband on her cell phone?
This is what is directly behind Reshmina
What is a helicopter with a machine gun pointed at her?