Homesick - Literary Elements

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

Def: when and where the story takes place

Ex: Hankow, China - 1925-1927

Question 2

Foreshadowing

Answer 2

Def: when the author gives a hint of what is going to happen

Ex: Millie leaves her suitcase by the front door

Question 3

Symbol

Answer 3

Def: one thing that represents something else

Ex: Ocean=freedom

Question 4

Comic Relief

Answer 4

Def: Use of humor in an intense part of the book

Ex: Jean’s thoughts about the priests on the scary mountain.

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Def: a comparison using like or as

Ex: My father’s chin is as hard as stone.

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

Def: Giving non-human objects human characteristics

Ex: The wind was looking for something lost.

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

Def: Author’s attitude toward a subject - how the story feels

Ex: Rushed tone in Chapter 5 (in a hurry)

Question 8

Theme

Answer 8

Def: A message the author wants to get across

Ex: Your past is a part of your identity - “Home is where the heart is.”