Language Features

Which quote contains repetition?

• "Lorraine knows which side her bread’s buttered on" (p. 163)

• “Something bad, something evil had reached out and touched him as he crossed the road" (p. 22)

• “The feeling of being an outcast in the town was still strong in Jamie’s mind" (p. 138)

• “It drifted, alone, across the oily swells of the deep"

  (p. 3)

What is a hyperbole?

• A type of simile

• An exaggerated claim not meant to be taken seriously

• A figure of speech that uses understatement

• All of the above

Answer explanation

A hyperbole is an exaggerated claim used to express a strong feeling and not meant to be taken seriously.

Such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

Match the following

• Foreshadowing

• "The boat was dead" (p. 3)

• Simile

• "She’d been watching him, helping him, calling him" (p. 203)

• Personification

• "He had this instant eerie feeling that something was very wrong with Port Barren" (p. 23)

• Repetition

• "It was like an electric shock" (p. 59)

“Something bad, something evil had reached out and touched him as he crossed the road" (p. 22)

Which word describes the mood in this quote?

• Optimistic

• Uneasy

• Hopeless

• Ominous

Match the following

• Characterisation /characters

• Refers to a series of reoccurring details/ objects/ images that have symbolic importance in the novel

• Motif

• Refers to the attitude the author takes toward the audience and subject

• Setting

• Refers to time periods, geographic locations, immediate surroundings, day, or times of year employed in the story

• Tone

• Refers to how the author describes people in the novel

Which statement uses hyperbole?

• Jamie’s walk went on forever.

• Butcher knew Jamie wouldn’t be a threat.

• Butcher left Jamie at Flaherety’s Curse to die.

• Archie tells Jamie a story about the wanderers in Port Barren

"Jamie knew, right at the core of his being, that he was … meant to be standing in that clearing, drinking in the dawn" (p. 89).

This quote contains which literary device?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Repetition

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

"drinking in the dawn"

Which term refers to the writer's attitude towards the audience and subject?

• Tone

• Symbolism

• Motif

• Conflict

Which of these are NOT a theme in A New Kind of Dreaming?

• Belonging

• Power

• Feelings of unease

• Balance

DOUBLE POINTS QUESTION

Which of these quotes does NOT contain a rhetorical question?

• "That weird feeling you get here, like you’re all screwed up inside the whole time. Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed it?" (p. 96)

• "You know how in some places you automatically feel welcome and happy, and in others you don’t?" (p. 137)

• "You really think a judge is gonna believe a teenage piece of dirt like you over a sergeant in the police force?" (p. 157)

• “I thought people in the desert wandered in circles?” (p. 201)