What are the big metaphors in Esperanza Rising?
| Excerpt of text | Metaphor |
|---|---|
| Ex. Las Uvas: Page 14, read from “She watched the silver crochet needle …” to “… down to the bottom of the valley. Skip one.” | “Esperanza, in this way my love and good wishes will be in the blanket forever.” |
What are some examples of figurative language in the giver?
- Simile- “And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!” pg.20. -This is saying that someone has different eyes than anyone else.
- Hyperbole- “Jonas thought Larrissa had drifted into sleep.” pg.31.
- Onomatopoeia- “He could hear the crack of the bone.” pg.108.
- Idiom- “He killed it, my father killed it.” pg.150.
What is some figurative language in The Hunger Games?
Figurative language used in The Hunger Games includes similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification. simile: A comparison of two things (that may or not be alike) using the words like or as. She is as busy as a bee. personication: The act of giving non-human things or ideas human qualities or actions.
What is an example of imagery in The Hunger Games?
For example, butterflies “balloon to the size of houses then shatter into a million stars,” “trees transform to blood and splash down over [Katniss’s] boots,” and “ants begin to crawl out of the blisters in [Katniss’s] hands” (Collins 340).
Who is more vulnerable during the reaping the rich or the poor Why?
By Suzanne Collins. The tesserae make the poor in District 12 more vulnerable during the reaping (that is, the selection of the tributes). The result is a tension between the upper and lower classes, such as we see in the interaction between Gale and Madge, the rich mayor’s daughter.
How many times was Gale’s name in the reaping Bowl?
In the movie, Gale tells Katniss that his name is entered 42 times for the Reaping.
What does kissing three fingers mean?
admiration
How did haymitch win his games?
Haymitch won his own Games by using the arena’s force field as a weapon – a subversive act which the Capitol did not take well. We learn in the Mockingjay book that a couple of weeks after his victory, Haymitch’s mother, younger brother and girlfriend were all killed by Snow as punishment.
What happened Gale?
After almost dying from a trap activated by a pod, Gale is taken away by peacekeepers. As he is being taken away, he mouths at Katniss “shoot me.” She finds herself unable to do it, just as he is unable to kill her after the assassination of President Coin.
What’s Katniss’s mom’s name?
Mrs. Everdeen
What is Katniss’s mother’s mental state?
Katniss’ mother’s mental state is depression. It has affected Katniss because her mother is not caring for the family like a mother should.
How does Katniss mom die?
Everdeen with Katniss, so does absolute tragedy. Prim ultimately dies from a hovercraft attack, bringing much grief not only to Katniss, but to Mrs. Everdeen as well.
Why does haymitch drink so much?
Due to the horror of the Games, his grief over his family’s deaths, and the fact that every tribute he trained was killed in the arena, Haymitch turns to drinking and isolates himself from the rest of District 12.
Why did Katniss choose Peeta instead of Gale?
From the beginning of the series, Katniss’s feelings about Peeta and Gale are complicated. Ultimately, Katniss chooses Peeta because he is the only one who can understand what she has been through, and she does not like the side of Gale she saw in District 13.