Vocabulary
Central character or leading figure
Protagonist
Rewrite this sentence to be grammatically correct:
"What time we gonna go to the mall?"
"What time are we going to go to the mall?"
Leslie Marmon Silko's ancestry (THREE PARTS)
Laguna-Pueblo, Mexican, and American
Natural imagery
Imagery: Descriptive figurative language used to create tone and mood and have a certain effect.
Figurative language: contains a literary device
If it's natural imagery, it must be related to nature
Edward is characterized as condescending and self-absorbed.
Find a quote that supports this.
Quote must be strong and support that assertion.
All-knowing
Revise this sentence.
"Sophia said Get out of the rain!
Mr. Hyslop
A schoolmate of Hattie at divinity school who tries to assault her
Figurative language examples (at least 3)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
Name at least 3 prepositions
for example:
of, with, from, into, during, until, against
Incomplete syntax at the end of a line; meaning runs over
Enjambment
Sister Salt called her outside.
The part of speech of "her"
Pronoun
Describe Indigo as a character (At least THREE significant details)
Possible answers:
Brave, adventurous, stubborn, spirited, kind
Young, Sand Lizard
Protagonist of Gardens
Deeply connected to nature
Definition of personification
Find a quote from Gardens containing natural imagery.
Must have figurative language and be related to the natural world.
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Imagery
What is "heavenly" modifying?
The part of speech of "heavenly."
Modifying rain
Adjective
Theme of Gardens in the Dunes
Possible answers: Must be in a complete sentence, must be a universal, overarching theme.
Possible answers:
Creates tone and mood
Characterizes the narrator
Establishes setting
Creates distinctive authorial voice
Describe how Indigo, Hattie, Sister Salt, Grandma Fleet, Edward, and Laura are connected
Indigo and Sister Salt are sisters and part of the Sand Lizard tribe.
Grandma Fleet is also a member of the tribe but has passed away, their grandmother.
Hattie is married to Edward, took Indigo from the bush (when Indigo ran away from the boarding school) and brought Indigo with them on their travels
Laura is Hattie's Aunt Browyn's friend who is a professor in Italy
“Little room”
Stanza
Define "Adverb"
Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
1. He went to collect orchids
2. Lowe and Co added other people to his expedition at the last minute
3. While in Para, Mr. Vicks set fire to the orchids they did not collect as a way to increase their monopoly
4. Edward was injured and arrested, and left in debt.
Write your own example of natural imagery
At teacher's discretion.
Must be natural, grammatically correct, and contain figurative language
1. Indigo and Sister Salt are captured and separated
2. Hattie discovers Indigo and decides to bring her to New York and Europe
3. Hattie has a revelation that Indigo must return to her family while visiting Aunt Bronwyn
4. Edward proceeds on his mission without permission from the government and his company