"The Giving Tree"
Literary Features
The Hero's Journey
Persuasion
100
Who wrote it?

Shel Silverstein

100

"Busy as a Bee" is an example of...

Simile

100

Steps 1-3

  1. The Ordinary World

  2. The Call to Adventure

  3. Refusal of the Call

100

Who defined the 3 appeals of rhetoric?

Aristotle

200

What is the last thing the tree provides?

stump (resting place)

200

What is "a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story."

Foreshadowing

200

Steps 4-6

Meeting the Mentor

Crossing the Threshold

Tests, Allies, Enemies

200

Name the three appeals of rhetoric

Logos, Pathos, Ethos

300

Which literary device does it use: Personification or anthropomorphism?

Anthropomorphism (involves non-human things displaying literal human traits and being capable of human behavior vs. humanlike characteristics in a metaphorical and representative way)

300

What is "a recurring symbol or idea which takes on a figurative meaning."

Motif

300

Steps 7-9

Approach to the Innermost Cave

The Ordeal

Reward 

300

Define the 3

Logos appeals to logic

Ethos appeals to the speaker's status or authority

Pathos appeals to the emotions

400

A study found that Swedish and Japanese people tended to interpret the book differently. How so?

Swedish children and mothers tended to interpret the book as dealing with friendship, while Japanese mothers tended to interpret the book as dealing with parent–child relationships

400

The song "Alphabet Aerobics" Blackalicious is an excellent example of what device?

Alliteration

400

Steps 10-12

The Road Back

The Resurrection

Return with the Elixir 

400

List 3 of the several ways to be impactful in a debate

Impactful statements

Data-backed evidence

Eloquent delivery

Strong body language

Use of relevant visuals

True understanding of the topic 

500

The book could serve as a metaphor for different types of relationships between people. List 3

Mother - child

friend 

romantic 

environment 

Communist gov - citizen

500

This device is when a word resembles the sound that it describes

Onomatopoeia

500

Who came up with this?

Joseph Campbell

500

Who was the founder's mentor's mentor?

Socrates