characters
Anne argues a lot with this person and repeatedly expresses her desire to NOT grow up to be like her
Edith Frank (Anne's mom)
What compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
simile
What figurative language is displayed below:
"The house is still trembling from the aftereffects of the quarrels"
personification
How is the idea of publishing the diary first introduced
Anne and her family hear about the diary collections on the radio
What theme is displayed?
"A few tears slid down her cheeks as she went out the door. I lay still, thinking how mean it was of me to reject her so cruelly, but I also knew that I was incapable of answering her any other way."
growing up
Who is described as selfish; a person who always instigates fights with others
Mrs. Van Daan
what is an exaggeration that is used to emphasize a point
hyperbole
What figurative language is displayed below:
"I've got ants in my pants again from having to sit still so long."
idiom
How does Anne begin her final diary entry?
"Little bundle of contradictions."
What type of conflict is displayed?
"Everyone is mad at everyone else: Mother and I, Mr. Van Daan and Father, Mother and Mrs. Van Daan."
external conflict: character vs character
Who is first described as being lazy and obnoxious, but is later viewed as kind and intelligent, but also needy
Peter
What is a reference to history, mythology, or the Bible
allusion
What figurative language is displayed below:
"I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds"
simile
Anne wants to be what when she grows up?
journalist
What tone is displayed?
"Every time I write to you, something special has happened, usually unpleasant rather than pleasant. This time, however, something wonderful is going on."
hopeful, realistic, excited
Who is resented by Anne due to her beauty, intelligence, and relationship with others in the secret Annex
Margot
what is the language that imitates sound
onomatopoeia
What figurative language is displayed below:
"God never deserted our people"
Allusion
How old was Anne when she first started writing in her diary?
13
What theme is displayed?
"This evening, when Bep was still here, the doorbell rang long and loud. I instantly turned white, my stomach churned, and my heart beat wildly--and because I was afraid."
WWII: fear
Who is Anne's only companion throughout the entirety of the diary, yet Anne does not think this person fully understands her
Otto Frank (Anne's Dad)
what is used when you are repeating the initial consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
alliteration
What figurative language is displayed below:
"I'm nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether."
metaphor
How would you describe the Frank family's relationship with the Van Daans
Tense
What theme is displayed?
"I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world."
inner vs outer self/isolation