The Hobbit
Author born in 1892. After the war, he joined the staff of the Oxford English dictionary working
on the Ws. It took him 60 years to create Middle Earth and he did it in three stages - Languages,
Legends, & Stories. - ANS-J.R.R.Tolkein
Originally released as a children's book, published in the mid-1960s, and the most important
race is men, for whose creation and salvation Middle-earth is prepared. - ANS-About The Hobbit
Bravery/cleverness, quest, greed, hospitality, luck, small/unlikely heroes, and the power of
language. - ANS-What are the themes of The Hobbit?
Fire, journey, and underground. - ANS-What are the motifs of The Hobbit?
Foreshadow, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, idioms, and imagery. -
ANS-What type of figurative language can be found in The Hobbit?
author gives hints to the audience about future events; "Precious Treasure" - ANS-What is
foreshadowing? Give an example.
A comparison using like or as; "It had a perfectly round door like a porthole..." - ANS-What is a
simile? Give an example.
is a suggestion comparison between two unlike objects; "On silver necklaces they strung. The
flowering stars, on crowns they hung..." - ANS-What is a metaphor? Give an example.
a word that imitates the sound it is describing; "...ding-dong-aling-dang," - ANS-What is
onomatopoeia? Give an example.
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally; "Gets funny queer fits, but he
is one of the best, one of the best - as fierce as a dragon in a pinch." - ANS-What is a
hyperbole? Give an example.
Attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas; "When they got to the top of it, leading their
ponies, they saw that the great mountains had marched down very near to them." - ANS-What
is personification? Give an example.
An expression that means something totally different than what it says; "A nice pickle they were
all in now..." - ANS-What is an idiom? Give an example.
stimulates the senses to describe the setting or mood of a story; "Darkness grew deeper and he
grew ever more uneasy." - ANS-What is imagery? Give an example.
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