test review packet of their eyes Flashcards
vanity fled like a flood
fl? who describing?
simile
joe
last simile of novel
she pulled in her horizon like a great fish net
nanny’s head an face looked like the _____ of some old tree that had been torn away by storm
fl?
old tree
simile
teacake’s house was a magent
stated metahpor
who is the mule of the world
black women
he’s a whirlwind among breezes
Joe
metaphor
she was a rut in the road
janie
metaphor
he crawled off to lick his wounds
implied metaphor to joe
it woke up old Okechobee and the monster began to roll in his bed
implied metaphor
tongues cocked and loaded
black people at trial
implied metaphor
and the lake got madder and madder
personficiation
but the stillness was the sleep of swords
alliteration
personification
metaphor
technical climax
teacake gets bit by the wild dog
dramatic climax
when teacake and janie face each other with the guns
symbols of teacake
music
laughter
sun
symbols of logan
security
pacify nanny
symbols of janie’s quest
road,
gate
horizon
symbols of johnny taylor
sexual awakening, loss of innocence
symbols of mrs. robbins
humiliating wife
symbols of mrs turner
racism within the race
motifs in novel
tree
chair
janie’s quest
janie’s mom’s name
leafy
janie’s voice
changes
chooses when to use her voice
joe’s voice
powerful
humiliation
degradation of others
teacake’s voice
flirty
fun
light
equal
porch’s voice
gossip
talk
judgmental
author’s voice
poetic
colloquial
noncomplaining
glorious being
johnny taylor
stood for far horizons
joe
stopped speaking in rhymes
logan
lacerated janie with a kiss
johnny taylor
looked like she’d been livin through a hundred years of january without one day of spring
plantation mistress
look like some ole skullhead in de grave yard
logan
the little emperor of the cross-roads
joe
the son of the evening sun
teacake
the monstropolous beast had left his bed
okechobee lake
was a glance from god
teacake
too old a vessel for new wine
annie tyler- vessel
new wine- who flung
owned the yellow mule
only male without a powerful voice
matt bonner
stole money from annie tyler
who flung
friend of teacake
stood at trail
sop de bottom
friend of janie
bearer of her tale
phoebe watson
phoebe’s husband
sam watson
girl that like teacake
nunkie
stabbed teacake after gambling
double ugly
woman that came begging for food
embaresses husband
mrs. robbins
used by who flung
annie tyler
owner of restaurant. tries to get her brother with janie
pays homage to white people
mrs. turner
represents hard labor
logan
represents physical abuse
joe
represents laughter
teacake
represents sexual awakening
johnny taylor