chapter 16 jac plus

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

“Cousin Charles was a ghost, but a ghost that could be driven away”

-resembles a ghost as he tries to act like merricats father. Thus a reminder of the family merriest tried so hard to free herself from

Question 2

metaphor 2

Answer 2

“our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky”

-occurs at the end of the novel after the top of Blackwood’s house is destroyed. Transforms the ruins of her house into a paradise by imagining an elegant castle.
Conveys childish mindset

Question 3

foreshadowing def

Answer 3

def-narrative device which storytellers gives an advance hint of what is some later in the story

Question 4

foreshadowing

Answer 4

“Death Cup Mushroom” foreshadows the revelation that Merricat is the true murderer

-happened the first paragraph when introducing herself

Question 5

foreshadowing 2

Answer 5

“I wonder if I would have chosen differently if I had known these were the last books”

referring to library books as “ones that would stand forever”

-raises the question of why she can’t return them to the library, what happens