Copy of Tuck Everlasting

By Jennifer Jeon

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Alliteration:

Alliteration is the use of words that begin with the same sound near one another

Example:

"...found herself straddling the bouncing back of the horse...."

pg. 31

Setting:

Simile:

The place where the story takes place.

A simile is a phrase that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things that are alike.

Example:

Example:

The fictional town of Treegap, the woods, and the home of the Tucks in the year 1880 and in the year 1950.

“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.”

pg. 3

the woods

Tucks house

Tucks house

The woods

Metaphor:

A metaphor is a phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show they are similar

Example:

"But this rowboat now, its stuck. That's what us Tucks are, Winnie.... Stuck so's we can't move on."

pg. 63

Personification:

Tuck Everlasting

Literary Devices

Making a non human, nonliving object represent human characteristic.

Example:

"Across the pond a bullfrog spoke a deep note of warning."

pg. 60

Dialogue:

A conversation between characters

that's closed in by quotation marks.

Irony: A funny circumstance where ones words mean the opposite in the situation.

Ex. " There!...You're safe forever." (to the toad) pg. 133

Example:

"Look out for that toad... Durn fool must think it's going to live forever."( the same toad) pg 139

"I'm Winnie," she said. "Who are you?"

"I'm Jesse Tuck," he answered. "How do." And he put out a hand

I am immortal, you pheasants

pg. 27

Symbols: something that represents another thing( a hidden message).

Ex. :"That feeling- it tied her to them, to her mother, her mother, her grandmother, with strong threads too ancient and precious to be broken" pg 82

Point of View: The position of how the story is told. First person (I, we, me, us), second person (you, yours, third person (he, him, she, her, it

Ex.

"She began to creep forward. She would just go just close enough to see." pg. 25

Tone: The attitude or emotion used in a piece, or voice

Example:"Nonsense. It's the elves!" crowed her grandmother excitedly." Pg. 21

Hyperbole:

An intended exaggerated statement used for emphasis or effect

pg. 97

" Mae's face drained of color"

Example:

Foreshadowing:

Hints or clues to the oncoming event in the story.

Example:

"At sunset of the same long day, a stranger came strolling up the road from the village and paused at the fosters gate.

Pg. 17

Protagonist:

The leading character in a story.

example:

"At noon on the same day in the first week of august, Winnie Foster sat on the bristly grass..."

pg. 13

Antagonist:

A character that opposes the protagonist, or story.

The man in the yellow suit on pg. 17 and pg. 93-99

Example:

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Climax:

The boiling point in the story

Example:

Onomatopoeia:

Imitations of sounds

"Mae lifted the shotgun... Her strong arms swung the shotgun round her head, like a wheel... with a dull cracking sound, the stock of the shotgun smashed into the back of his skull."

Ex.

"Plop"

pg. 100

pg.131

Falling Action: A part of the plot that leads to the resolution after the climax has been reached.

1

3

Her I'll lend you my clothes

It's fine. We're twins after all

2

4

Wear them and immediately start escaping

Nobody will be able to tell the difference

Example:

The Tucks break Mae out of the jail and Winnie uses herself as a decoy so they won't be caught. Winnie is contemplating if she should drink the water or not.

Chapters 6-18

Rising Action: The part that leads up to the climax, and sets out the conflict of the story

Example:

The Tucks explain to her that they're immortal and she can't tell anyone. The man in the yellow suit stole their horse and told the Tucks his plan to sell the water.

Exposition: The intro or beginning of the story where all the background information is placed.

Resolution: The resolving part in the story where the dispute or problems are solved.

Example:

The Tucks escape safely and Winnie decides to not drink the water and live with aging. And when the Tucks come back Winnie has moved on and is dead.

Ex.

Mae sets out to find her two sons, as they reunite every 10 years. The man in the yellow suit comes to the Fosters fence and asks for a certain family. And Winnie finds out about the spring, so the Tucks kidnap her.

Chapters 1-5

The Way out