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In Uglies, who is 'Squint' and why?

It's Tally's nickname because of her small eyes.

Example of what? The idea in this novel about the hardships of coming of age.

Theme

a main idea that the author attempts to convey to the reader. (the hardships of coming of age.)

Theme

Giving human qualities to something that is not human

Personification

a difference between what is expected and what actually happens.

Irony

What is Tally's surname?

Bigsby

Rafferty

Youngblood

McKenzie

The time and place where a story occurs

Setting

the use of exaggeration to make a point.

Hyperbole

Example of what? "It 'mazes me, Jeth, it does fer a fact, the way you kin recollect all the things Shad tells you and how you kin put them from his way of talkin' into mine."

Dialect (a style of speech)

What piece of technology does Uglies have in common with the movie Back to the Future II?

Hoverboard

Opinion question: Do you think everything is how it seems in Uglies? Or is there something deeper/weirder/suspicious going on? If so, guess what's happening.

Hmmmm, interesting. In order to avoid spoilers, I'll give points regardless :)

The perspective from which a story or poem is written.

Point of view

A literary device used to indicate something that is to come.

Foreshadowing

A literary device that compares unike objects using "like" or "as."

Simile

the act of placing two things side by side for comparison or contrast.

Juxtaposition

"Tally gulped a few breaths of smoky air, then was slapped in the face by a wave." Which literary technique is used here?

Personification

the feeling or emotion an author evokes in the reader through the use of sensory words or phrases.

Mood

A figure of speech where an oject, person or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning

Symbolism

saying something that means the opposite of what is said

Verbal Irony

Example of what? "He'd put his hand in the fire for you."

Idiom

"Tally could feel their complaints through the soles of her shoes, like a distant earthquake rumbling." Which literary technique is used here?

Simile

the use of exaggeration to make a point

Hyperbole

Which character in Uglies shares their name with a European capital, but 50% of the vowels are wrong?

Peris

Example of what? "The trees all smiled at him that afternoon, and they said, "What war, little boy, what war?"

Personification

Example of what? "All of these once familiar sounds had taken on overtones of wailing,"

Personification (or foreshadowing)

How are Tally and Shay different?

Shay seems more suspicious/critical of the way their society works. She is not excited to become 'pretty'.

This describes your topic, introduces your claim and describes how you will support and develop your claim

Thesis statement

Example of what? "It's been days that I've looked for'ard to hevin' a meal with you, and here I've lost myself in talk that gits me worked up and loud of voice."

Dialect (a style of speech)

an expression that does not literally mean what it says, but has a different, understood meaning.

Idiom

Example of what? "He'd join a mob to murder his own grandmother."

Hyperbole

Which of these is not a location in Uglies?

New Pretty Town

Pretty City

Uglyville

Rusty Ruins

A literary device that compares two unlike objects without using "like" or "as."

Metaphor

Example of what? "The pot can't call the kettle black."

Idiom