The Pearl, Ch. 3 Literary Elements

At the end of chapter 3, Juana said, "It (the pearl) will destroy us all." This is an example of . . .

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• symbolism

After saying his dreams, Kino, "suddenly was afraid of his talking..." "Now the neighbors knew they had witnessed a great marvel." These quotes illustrate...

• imagery

• irony

• 3rd person omniscient narration

• conflict

"A town is a thing like a colonial animal." This is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• paradox

"And a town has a whole emotion." This is an example of...

• imagery

• conflic

• setting

• personification

"The doctor's eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammocks and he thought of Paris." This is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• imagery

• symbolism

"Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone..." This sentence is typical of Steinbeck's . . .

• motif

• syntax

• tone

• theme

"...(Kino) was glancing about suspiciously, for the evil song was in his ears, shrilling against the music of the pearl."

• irony

• paradox

• motif

• simile

When the priest came to Kino's brush house, he began to hear the music of evil. The priest is supposed to be a good person. This is an example of...

• paradox

• imagery

• personification

• situational irony

Kino "could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man's (the doctor's) possible knowledge." This is an example of...

• conflict

• irony

• imagery

• mood

"His hand closed down over the pearl and cut the light away from it." This is an example of...

• conflict

• paradox

• symbolism

• simile