Tabitha-Ruth “Turtle” Wexler, known as “Alice” to Flora Baumbach, is a highly intelligent 13-year-old girl. She is very protective of her long, dark braid of hair and anyone who touches it gets a kick to the shin. She excels at playing the stock market.
How to use figurative language in the Westing games?
Warped reflections or tretops and drfting clouds n the glass face sunset towers. (imagery) It looks like a closet. (simile) The newly paved drive way curved sharply and doubled back on itself rather then breach the city county line. (imagery) tsk tsk. (onomonapia) Chapter 4-6 They faced north gaping like statues cast in the momentof discovery.
How are similes used in the Westing games?
(Simile) Sit down Grace Windsor Wexler! (Foreshadowing) Standing like a dummy (simile) The tenants of Sunset Towers awoke from clue-chasing, blood-dripping dreams, bound in twisted sheets and imprisoned by fifteen-foot snow-drifts. (Imagery)
What was the first rocket in the Westing Game?
“first rockets lit up the Westing house, lit up the sky. BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM. BOOM!!! The heirs gathered around Turtle at the window. BOOM! Stars of all colors bursting into the night, silver pin-wheels spinning, golden lances up-up-BOOM! crimson flashes flashing blasting, scarlet showers BOOM! emerald rain BOOM!
What was the motif of the Westing Game?
A motif of this novel lies in the diversity of its cast. Not only do we have Americans of different races like J.J. Ford and Mr. Hoo, we have recent immigrants to the country such as Mrs. Hoo, who each become more and more a part of the American fabric throughout the story.
Warped reflections or tretops and drfting clouds n the glass face sunset towers. (imagery) It looks like a closet. (simile) The newly paved drive way curved sharply and doubled back on itself rather then breach the city county line. (imagery) tsk tsk. (onomonapia) Chapter 4-6 They faced north gaping like statues cast in the momentof discovery.
How are similes used in the Westing Game?
Standing Like a Dummy (Simile) This simile is used in Chapter 8 to describe Angela as she watches Sydelle patronize Chris by saying, “he’s got a smile that could break your heart.” Angela at this point has not found her voice yet, and often says only what others want her to. She does not intervene, like a dummy. Like a Turtle’s (Simile)
What are the elements of the Westing Game?
Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Metaphors and Similes Irony Imagery The Westing Game Film Adaptation “Get A Clue” and Theatre Adaptation Literary Elements Related Links Essay Questions Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 Citations
What does S-E-a mean in the Westing games?
S-e-a means sea, like what a turtle swims in. (Simile) Chapter: 11-14 “Brush and comb clutched in her fists like weapons,” (simile) “soft and wispy like a baby’s” (simile) I still look like a turtle (simile) “Walking into the coffee shop was like entering a cave” (simile) “Sydelle Pulaski raised her hand like a schoolgirl.” (Simile)
