7-Reading-OutoftheDust-PoetryTermsandCharactersQuiz Flashcards
Stanza
Formal division of lines in a poem
Free Verse
Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses and/or create a picture in the reader’s mind
Simile
Uses like or as to compare two unlike items
Metaphor
Something that is described as though it is something else
Alliteration
Repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or vowel sounds in successive or closely related syllables
Anaphora
Repetition of the same expression at the beginning of two+ lines
personification
when a non-human subject is given human characteristics
symbol
something that is itself and also stands for something else
Billie Jo Kelby
protagonist; about 13 years old
Bayard Kelby (Daddy)
Billie Jo’s Dad
Polly Kelby (Ma)
Billie Jo’s Mom
Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney
men who take part in rabbit drives
Livie Killian
Billie Jo’s friend who moved to California
Arley Wanderdale
teaches music; invited Billie Jo to play music
Mad Dog Craddock
Billie Jo’s musical rival, a singing ploughboy
Mr. Hardly
runs a general store; not honest about money
Joe de la Flor
farmer with skinny cows
Miss Freeland
Billie Jo’s teacher
Vera Wanderdale
Arley’s Wife
Elzire Dione
Mother of the first Quintuplets to live past infancy
Doc Rice
Doctor- Treated Ma and Billie Jo
Aunt Ellis
Billie Jo’s Dad’s sister, lives in Lubbock, Texas
Franklin
Billie Jo’s dead baby brother
Coach Albright
Basketball Coach
Haydon P. Nye
Don’t do yet
g
Pete Guymon
Don’t do yet
g
Calb Hardly
Don’t do yet
g
Louise
Don’t do yet
g
