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A Long Way Gone: Time Usage and Literary Devices
A Long Way Gone: Time Usage and Literary Devices
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1
In what way are crucial moments to the plot represented?
They are dramatized
Detailed descriptions
Summarized
Overly drawn out
2
What symbol represents kindness?
Moon
Blood
Trees
Cassettes
3
At what specific event did time slow down?
First 12 years of his life
Fishing
Walking in the wilderness
In rehab
4
What is one reason why some memories were not put in the book?
It would be One Day in the Life of Ivan all over again
The storyline would become confusing
certain things would bore a reader
5
What significance does personification have in the novel?
Nature reacting in a human-like way to the tragic events
It gives character development for the secondary characters.
It contrasts with similes and metaphors
6
At what moments does time go quicker in the novel?
Less important events
Fishing
More Important events
When his family dies
7
How many years did Beah spend as a child soldier?
Four
Three
Two
Eight
8
What was an example of a symbol in A Long Way Gone?
Moon
Blood
Shoes
Cassette tape
9
When Ishmael dreams of events yet to come, what literary device is used?
Foreshadowing
Personification
Irony
Imagery
10
What literary device is in this quote "...as if nature itself was afraid of what was happening"
Personification
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
