English Fall Final Exam

Terms in this set (25)

summer
the season in 1964, the setting in the South
Kidd
the author of the novel, a baby goat
Lily
the protagonist
punishment
Martha White was a form of
T. Ray
lost his wife
Oh Susanna
song hummed in time of trouble
Deborah
she and May both show compassion by doing the same thing
Rosaleen
wanted to register to vote, arrested
simile
"My hands turned stiff as corn husks from detergent"
Black Madonna
an item treasured by Lily left behind by her mother, helped her find the pink house
bees
the best example of a motif in the novel
June
musician, teacher, initially does not like the fourteen year old
theme
"I thought about my mom. How nobody is perfect"
August
took care of Lily's mother
Neil
waited to hear the word yes
hyperbole
an exaggeration
a journal and dog tags
the two gifts Zach gives Lily
personification
"I wanted to strip naked and let the water lick my skin"
the wall
the place where prayers are slipped between stones
May
led cockroaches out the door with food
first person
the person point of view the book was written
collect call
T-Ray finds Lily by
allusion
the mention of the Civil Rights Act as a historical event that influenced the book
masthead
Our Lady of Chains is a
Zach
aspired to be a lawyer, arrested
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