Literary Element Identification
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| show | SIMILE: Comparison between the cameramen and a wolf. It is there to help explain how they don't really mean their large smiles and friendly appearance, similar to the "wolf in sheep's clothing" idiom. A wolf is a threat.
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| show | METAPHOR: Comparison between Granddaddy and a train. It shows how powerful he is, going at his own pace and not letting anyone stop or slow him down. He gets the job done. It also helps explain why Granddaddy is so well respected among the others.
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| Cathy say it’s because he’s "so tall and quiet and like a king" (6). | show 🗑
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| show | METAPHOR: Granny is drawing comparison between the lack of respect and privacy in the bridge story and what the cameramen are doing to them now. In both, a mockery is being made of human struggles or "blues."
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| "Smilin man was smilin up a storm" (2). | show 🗑
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| show | SIMILE: This quote helps us get a better idea of what life is like for the characters; it is a tangible comparison made by children--they compare what they know. This shows that the girls are creative and observant, with a playful touch as well.
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| show | METAPHOR: This quote tells us that Granny feels the cameramen are treating the family like props and not people.
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| Granny was on the porch "making the cakes drunk" (1). | show 🗑
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| "Let's get on away from here before I kill me somebody" (3) and "murder on her mind" (6). | show 🗑
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| "The pecan barrels, the sled, me and Cathy, the flowers the printed stones along the driveway, the trees, the twins, the toolshed" (2). | show 🗑
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| "[The cameramen] buzzin at our clothesline and the twins' bicycles, then back on the meadow" (2) | show 🗑
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| "Granddaddy holds his hand out--this huge hand I used to sit in when I was a baby and he'd carry me through the house to my mother like I was a gift on a tray" (6). | show 🗑
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| show | SYMBOLISM: Represents protection. Granddaddy uses it to protect his family from the hawk. Later, he breaks the camera. He then "... picks up the hammer and jams it into the oilskin pocket" (7), putting away his "sword" like a king after battle.
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| "His woman takin bites out of her own hand and not even knowin it" (3). | show 🗑
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| show | IMAGERY: Paints a picture for the reader so that they can feel like they are using their five senses while reading this. It gives them an understanding of what is going on by basically showing them what is happening vs telling them.
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| show | HYPERBOLE: Expresses how the twins realize their mistake in getting excited about the end of the bridge story. Their expressions change drastically (but are not literally swallowed).
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| show | METAPHOR: The narrator resents cousin Cathy and refers to her (sarcastically) as an actress in the way she ends the story of Goldilocks.
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| show | IMAGERY: This portion of the falling action provides description of the family returning to normalcy--peace and quiet, a comfortable mood--after the confrontation with the cameramen is resolved. Sound, smell, and sight imagery are all present.
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| "He looks down into his chest of metal reels and things like he's protectin a kitten from the cold" (7). | show 🗑
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| Granny was "moanin real low like a funeral"(5). | show 🗑
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| "The old ladle drippin rum into the tins, like it used to drip maple syrup into the pails when we lived in the Judson's woods, like it poured cider when we were on the Cooper place, like it used to scoop buttermilk when we lived at the dairy" (1). | show 🗑
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| Terms to know: IMAGERY | show 🗑
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| show | Diction means word choice. Examining diction and its layers of meaning help determine the nature of imagery, mood, or tone used in a story.
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| show | A unique variation of a standard language. This can add depth and authenticity to characterization and setting.
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| Terms to know: FLAT vs ROUND characters | show 🗑
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| show | Static characters do not change through the story. Dynamic characters undergo change and growth, realize something important.
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