The Giving Tree

Once there was a tree....and she loved a little boy.

This is an example of:

• Paradox

• Methaphor

• Allegory

• Personification

And the tree was happy

But time went by.

And the boy grew older.

And the tree was often alone.

This is an example of: (choose 2 options)

• Paradox

• Methaphor

• Allegory

• Personification

The unconditional love of the tree for the boy can be a ___________ for the love of a mother for her children.

Another popular interpretation of the story is one focusing on environmentalism in which the tree represents all the planet’s natural resources which are exploited by selfish human beings for short-term goals and needs.

This is an example of:

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Personification

Then one day the boy came to the tree

and the tree said, 'Come, Boy, come and

climb up my trunk and swing from my

branches and eat apples and play in my

shade and be happy.'

This is an example of:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Paradox

The tree gives up a lot for the boy - her apples, branches and even her trunk. The more the tree sacrifices, the happier she felt.

Which one of the literary devices is used?

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Paradox

• Personification

One of the allegorical meanings of The Giving Tree is about the relationship between a mother and son. The son takes from the mother, and she gives.

• TRUE

• FALSE