THE PEARL Flashcards
(20 cards)
A recurring or repeated element, image, figure, or situation that has a symbolic meaning or helps emphasize a theme
MOTIF
music, illusion and deception, animals
MOTIFS IN THE PEARL
the use of a person, place, event or object concrete object that has a meaning in itself but suggest or represents another meaning as well, usually something more abstract (thoughts/feelings)
SYMBOLISM
concrete words or details that appeal to the senses of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste, or internal conflict
IMAGERY
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are assigned to non-human or living things
PERSONIFICATION
A figure of speech that involves an implied compression between two basically unlike things in which one thing is said to be the other
METAPHOR
A figure of speech comparison in which a comparitive word is used to point out a similarity between two basically unlike things
SIMILE
Symbol for LIFE AND DEATH
SPRING
Symbol for HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
COYOTITO
Symbol for TRAP and DESPENITY/PRESIDUCE
THE TOWN
Symbol for KINO’S SANITY and KINO’S LOVE FOR FAMILY
THE CANOE
Symbol for EVIL
SCORPION
Symbol for TRICKERY
THE COIN
A truth or lesson about life that the author wants to teach the reader
THEME
A theme topic is a single idea expressed by a word or short phrase that sums up the theme in a theme in a simple way
THEME TOPIC
The specific lesson about the theme topic that is communicated through text it is expressed in a complete sentence.
Always stated in general enough terms that can apply to the reader
THEME STATEMENT
Most of the time, the reader must infer them to infer means to draw conclusion from evidence provided in the text
INFERANCE
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
3 of John Steinbeck’s famous works
Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Prize
2 of the important awards John Steinbeck won
