irony
Verbal Irony, pg.137- "Do you kids want white meat of dark meat?" "This is an integrated turkey."
foreshadowing
Pg.192- "Yeah, but it's gonna get much worse."
Pg.198- "Without that job..."
Pg.198- "Without that job..."
plot outline
Author's purpose
Inform
figurative language
Simile- pg.71- "It was like entering a darkened movie theater amid the rush of a crowd eager to get seated before the picture begins."
Metaphor-
Alliteration- pg.12 - "freeze frame forever"
Personification-
Idiom- pg.122 - "I was making mountains out of molehills."
Hyperbole- pg.12 - "forever preserved in my mind"
Onomatopoeia-
Metaphor-
Alliteration- pg.12 - "freeze frame forever"
Personification-
Idiom- pg.122 - "I was making mountains out of molehills."
Hyperbole- pg.12 - "forever preserved in my mind"
Onomatopoeia-
symbols
Burning of Scarecrow- Symbolizes the hanging of a negro. (pg.121)
Journalists- Her future occupation. (pg.87)
Journalists- Her future occupation. (pg.87)
themes
Power through Resistance- Grandmother India tells Melba to use passive resistance to her taunters by saying things like "thank you" to them.
Race Relations- Segregation has enforced the idea among the blacks and whites that the black people will take over the white peoples lives, while the black people are scared of the white people will do if they rise up.
Courage- Melba's braveness shows throughout the story when she grows tougher by taking her grandmother's advice and keeping faith in God. She also learns from the soldiers, knowing that they wouldn't cry.
Race Relations- Segregation has enforced the idea among the blacks and whites that the black people will take over the white peoples lives, while the black people are scared of the white people will do if they rise up.
Courage- Melba's braveness shows throughout the story when she grows tougher by taking her grandmother's advice and keeping faith in God. She also learns from the soldiers, knowing that they wouldn't cry.
point of view
First Person- Melba