People/Characters
The author of the story.
Who is Pearl Crayton?
The place where the story takes place
Where is Louisiana?
The central theme in the story.
What is religion?
Name this type of imagery, “Nobody with a dime’s worth of sense wanted to go to a hot, burning Hell where a red, horned Devil tormented folks with a pitchfork…”
What is visual imagery?
Th sun whips the world goes on; if the moon whips the world comes to an end.
What is an eclipse?
The person who brought the news about the world coming to an end
Who is Rena
The axis around which planation life revolved
What is the church?
The narrator confides in her dad and he reassures her that the world is not ending soon and calms her fears. This the _____ theme.
What is love & family relationship?
My imagination marched me up before the judgment seat.....
what is personification?
The narrator had these about the moon dripping away in blood and a lot of other distressing visions aroused from misunderstood words.
What are dreams?
The person asked the girls if they had gotten religion
Who is Ms. Daya
The narrator has a conversation about this with her father
What is the world coming to an end?
This theme helps to spark the controversy over the misconception of the world ending
What is religion?
Name the figure of speech, " Our church had hellfire-preaching"
What is a metaphor?
The narrator mentioned that nobody knows about the ______ and nobody was smart enough to have figured it out.
What is Revelation?
Daddy was a ______ in the church.
Who is a deacon?
These made the rumblings the narrator heard that made her think the world was ending
What is an airplane?
This theme highlights a child's misunderstanding the world coming to an end.
What is childhood & Innocence?
name the figure of speech, "I went around the rest of the day with my mind loaded down"
What is a metaphor or hyperbole?
Lucky the girls had some religion or else they would be going to this place
What is hell?
The one who did hell-preaching at the church
Who is the pastor?
The narrator did this when she thought the world was ending
What is 'she ran out of her house screaming'
This theme demonstrates a father's love by allowing his child to trust his views.
What is love & family relationship?
Name the figure of speech, "That's when the sun has a fight with the moon"
What is personification?
In the end, the narrator was overwhelmed with a desire to _____ in a world and enjoy as much of it as possible.
What is live?