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Vocab
Characters
Plot
Literary Elements
Influence of the Taliban
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What is a burqa?
a long tent-like garment, which the Taliban have decreed women must wear whenever they go outside.
100
Who is the main character?
Parvana
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What is the setting of The Breadwinner?
Afghanistan
100
What is a simlie?
A compariosn between two unlike things, using like or as.
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Who is responsible for wearing a head covering in public?
women
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What is a chador?
A piece of cloth worn by women and girls to cover their hair and shoulders.
200
What happened to Parvana's father?
arrested by the Taliban
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Whyd has Parvana's family had to move so much?
due to the bombing
200
In what point of view is The Breadwinner written?
3rd person
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Who is to have a beard?
men
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What is a land mine?
A bomb planted in the ground, which explodes if it is stepped on.
300
How did Hossain die?
land mine
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Where did Parvana and her mother travel?
to prision to get her father
300
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
300
If a women wants to go in public, what is required?
travelling with a man
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What is a toshak?
A narrow mattress used in many Afghan homes in stead of chairs or beds.
400
Describe Parvana's and Nooria's relationship.
uneasy, Nooria very critical of Parvana
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How is Parvana's mother responding to her husband being in prison?
not well, depressed
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Simile or metaphor? "' We'll go now! We'll go!' She grabbed the arm of one of her mother's attackers. He shook her off as if she were a fly.'"
simile (key word=as)
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If a women is ordering from the market, how is she to do this?
call in from outside the store
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What is a karachi?
A cart on wheels, pushed by hand, used to sell things in the market.
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Who is Mrs. Weera?
family/mother's friend
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What is the plan for the family to survive while their father is away? Why?
Turn Parvana into a boy, so she can go out to get food
500
Provide 2 rules or things to consider when using dialogue in your writing.
Quotations, spacing, punctuation inside quotations
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What conflict is there for Parvana and her family since her father is in prison and the Taliban are in control?
no one is technically elligible to go out therefore...