CHAPTERS 9 - 12Literary Terms

Personification Personification - When animals, ideas, and inanimate objects

are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions. For example: The lights knocked some of the darkness out of

the way and we felt safe again. What has been personified? What does this use of personification reveal about the

Watsons’ feelings at the rest stop in Appalachia?

Symbolism Symbolism - Frequent use of words, places, characters, or

objects that mean something beyond what they are on a literal level.

For example: reread the last part of chapter 10 where the Watsons pull off the road at a dark, deserted rest stop in the mountains of Tennessee.

The dark might symbolize racial hatred in America. If so, what might the Brown Bomber symbolize?

Foreshadowing Foreshadowing - Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or

showing what will occur later in a narrative; often providing hints about what will happen next.

What do you think might be foreshadowed by Mr. Robert’s story about saving his dog from drowning?