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Voice
Literary Devices
Character Understanding
100
The way the author creates a voice for Ruth May
What is tone, diction and syntax
100
The effect literary devices has on the novel
What are literary devices that help construct the basis for the overall meaning of the whole story by providing examples of foreshadowing of what is bound to happen. Such as Ruth May comparing herself to a green mamba snake which is ultimately the cause of her demise
100
Parallels seen between Ruth May and the Congo?
What is how Ruth May was the essence of the Congo in character form
200
She is in the Congo in the 1950's and the way she speaks allows us to understand the time in history that she lived. For example, she grew up with the segregation​ of blacks and post war time era
What is Ruth May's stance in time and location, relative to the events and settings she is narrating
200
Literary devices help by creating an emphasis on her character, for example, for Ruth May, she's very young and the literary devices that are used for her character help us understand how her innocent gullible mind works?
What is literary devices help with the understand​ing of Ruth Mays character?
200
How did Ruth May survive the ant attack?
Orleanna carried her
300
Ruth Mays voice remains constant
What is a static character?
300
An example of personification that is used to help the overall meaning of the text
What is the forest's lifelike or green mambas biblical part in the novel?
300
What is Ruth Mays motivation?
Her family
400
Kingsolver uses language to show how Ruth May is still a child who is unexposed from the real world
What is the way the author uses language to create a voice for Ruth May?
400
Are paradoxes used in Book 3?
No
400
Why does Ruth May want to be a Green Mamba?
That's her safe place. She wants to disappear and be a green mamba in the trees