Literary Devices
"Do you see this?" she said over and over, tink-tink-tink. (Tan 53) (For context, LuLing was writing out letters to show Ruth how it's done)
What literary device does the quote above use?
Onomatopoeia because "tink-tink-tink" is referring to the sound her brush makes while writing.
True or False
Is Precious Auntie, LuLing's mother?
True
Amy Tan
Who is she?
Author of The Bonesetter's Daughter
True or False:
Did the relationship between LuLing and Ruth relate to Tan's relationship with her own mother?
True
"Best friends and worst enemies, archrivals and gleeful conspirators". (Tan 55)
What literary device does this quote use?
Juxtaposition because both of the words are contrasting each-other.
Her story is written in first person and in Chinese.
LuLing Liu Young
Ruth and LuLing
Protagonists throughout the book
What year was Tan born in?
1952
"She could warn her away from danger, disease, and death".
What literary device does this quote use?
Alliteration because of the repetition of the "d" sound.
Ruth's partner, who is the father of Sofia and Dory
Art
Family Dynamic and Mother-Daughter relationship
What are these in the book?
Themes
California
"Little-girl-time, she want my chipao dress, want my melon fruit, want everybody attention". (Tan 55)
Anaphora because of the repetition of "want my".
The ex-wife of Ruth's partner, Art. Mother of Dory and Sofia.
Miriam
Precious Auntie's family had been bonesetters for ________ years.
900 years
What was Amy Tan's job before being an author?
A technical writer
"[Ruth] liked to think that limited space inspired limitless imagination". (Tan 37)
What literary device is this quote using?
Paradox because the quote shows a contradictory statement idea that limited space serves as a source for a limitless imagination
"The Bonesetter's Daughter"
Precious Auntie
Bones, Ghosts/Spirits, Suicide
What are these in this book?
Motifs
What is the name of Tan's breakthrough novel?
"The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan in 1989