ENG I/II Midterm Review

"She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness."

• symobolism

• simile

• situational irony

• style

It (the canoe) was a bulwark (wall of defense) against starvation.

• simile

• mood

• motif

• metaphor

The beach was yellow sand, but at the water;s edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place.

• theme

• motif

• diction

• imagery

the pearl represents hope; the scorpion represents fate; Kino’s canoe represents survival

• simile

• metaphor

• style

• symbolism

This was the bed that had raised the King of Spain to be a great power in Europe, had helped to pay for his wars, and had decorated the churches ...

• paradox

• protaganist

• personification

• parable

At the end of chapter 3, Juana said, "It (the pearl) will destroy us all." This is an example of . . .

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• symbolism

"A town is a thing like a colonial animal." This is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• paradox

"And a town has a whole emotion." This is an example of...

• imagery

• conflict

• setting

• personification

"The doctor's eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammocks and he thought of Paris." This is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• imagery

• symbolism

What is the first conflict in The Pearl?

• Kino does not like his breakfast

• Coyotito is crying

• The scorpion stings Coyotito

• Juana has had enough of Kino's drama.