Westing Game Literary Term Use

Sunset Towers, Lake Michigan, 1970s

• setting

• plot

• conflict

• claim/thesis

Turtle's mother doesn't like her, therefore Turtle doesn't have a mother figure.

• plot

• conflict

• claim/thesis

• non-fiction

Flora's daughter passed away, therefore she doesn't have someone to mother.

• setting

• non-fiction

• conflict

• resolution

Flora acts as a mother figure for Turtle, and Turtle is a daughter figure to Flora

• conflict

• climax

• thesis/claim

• resolution

In the novel, J.J. Ford was the firt black woman judge in the state of Wisconsin.

• setting

• claim/thesis

• figurative language

• literal language

"A cluster of red sparks hissed through the kitchen door,kissed the ceiling . . . ."

• resolution

• setting

• figurative language

• literal language

"Not one of them shivered, not yet."

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• resolution

• symbolism

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

• literal language

• claim/thesis

• onomatopoeia

• plot

The name "Denton Deere" is an example of

• figurative language

• literal language

• alliteration

• climax

You can have a great deal of money and still not be happy.

• conflict

• theme

• resolution

• figurative language