RECALL/INTERPRET
What object does Sal NOT want to send her father and why?
postcard
Why did Sal's mom leave?
She was not well ... needed to figure things out.
Why do you think the whispers in Sal's mind stop saying "rush, rush, rush" and instead say, "slow down, slow down"?
She's getting nervous about getting so close to Idaho (her mother).
“The buildings were all jammed together like a row of birdhouses.”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
simile
Occasionally, they would turn to look at me, or INTERJECT a 'Gol-dang!' or a 'No kidding?'
throw in
Why does Gram end up in the hospital?
snake bite
Why does Sal kiss trees?
She once saw her mother kissing a tree.
When Sal says, “we had absolutely no idea all the trouble the journals were going to cause," it is an example of which LITERARY ELEMENT?
foreshadowing
“Don’t be a goose.”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
metaphor
I think fear had made us all a little CANTANKEROUS.
grumpy, bad-tempered
What special assignment did Mr. Birkway give Sal and what did Sal decide to do for it?
-mini journal
-kissing trees
Why does Phoebe believe that her mom was kidnapped?
She doesn't want to believe that she left.
When Sal says, “Two years ago when they drove to Washington, D. C., they were arrested for stealing the back tires off a Senator's car,” it is an example of which SIGNPOST?
memory moment
"The Ohio Turnpike which is the flattest, straightest piece of road in God's whole creation."
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
hyperbole
We have to get on with things. We can't MALINGER.
pretend
Why is Sal MOST worried about Mrs. Cadaver?
Sal's afraid she is trying to replace her mother.
Sal's father says, "Sal, you're trying to catch fish in the air."
What does this mean?
Don't waste your time tine ... your mother isn't coming back.
This is something that reminds Sal of her mother.
(not the same as recall/interpret 200)
blackberries
“Her voice was a little squeak. The only sound that came out was a tiny ‘Erp--’”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
onomatopoeia
She ate PRIMLY, she nodded politely, she smiled a small, polite smile after
everything she said.
formally, respectably
Who is the lunatic seeking out?
Mrs. Winterborn
Name an important THEME so far.
Abandonment, relationships, culture, identity, nature, etc.
When Sal says, “When my mother left for Lewiston, Idaho, that April, my first thoughts were, “How could she do that? How could she leave me?” it is an example of which SIGNPOST?
tough question
“Rush, rush, rush, said the wind, the sky, the clouds, the trees.”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
again & again
I explained that just as Phoebe was going to DIVULGE the purely awful thing that had happened to Mr. Cadaver, her father came home from work and we all sat down to dinner: me, Phoebe, Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom, and Phoebe's sister, Prudence.
reveal, make known