American Born Chinese - Comprehension and Literary Devices

Match the following meanings with the correct Literary Device

• Stereotype

• Believing all Vietnamese people wear nón lá and all English people drink tea.

• Symbolism

• Showing how past events explain what is happening in the present.

• Theme

• Using a character from another story in your book.

• Intertextuality

• The central message of a story.

• Flashback

• The hidden meaning of a person or object.

Which Literary Device does this panel demonstrate?

• Symbolism

• Stereotype

• Foreshadowing

• Intertextuality

Why is the Monkey King initially told he can't enter the God's party?

• He hasn't any shoes

• His monkey fur smells bad

• He is not a God

• He is not the king of Flower-Fruit mountain

Where was Jin Wang born?

• China

• Taiwan

• San Francisco

• California

Who is Jin's first friend at Mayflower (his new school)?

• Peter

• Wei-chen

• Danny

• Amelia

What stereotype is given to Jin Wang and Suzi Nakamura?

• They are arranged to be married

• Suzi and Jin are brother and sister

• They both eat dog

• They both come from China

Place these MONKEY KING events into Chronological order

(The order they happened in the story)

• He becomes immortal

• He gets a magic cudgel (staff)

• He makes all the monkeys wear shoes

• He is refused entry to the Gods' party

• He is buried under a mountain of rock

Place these Jin Wang events into Chronological order

(The order they happened in the story)

• Jin asks Amelia to hang out

• Amelia asks Wei-Chen if Jin has a crush on her

• Jin falls in love with Amelia Harris

• Jin becomes friends with Wei-Chen

• Wei-Chen starts dating Suzi Nakamura

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