| A | B |
|---|
| figurative language | language that makes unusual comparisons to effect, interest |
| literal meaning | words mean exactly what is said |
| figurative meaning | language that means more than what it says on the surface |
| irony | unexpected event |
| foreshadowing | hints provided by author to future events |
| symbolism | object that has its meaning and then an additional deeper meaning |
| metaphor | two unlike items are compared |
| simile | to unlike items are compared using like or as |
| Sam Adams | leader of the Sons of Liberty |
| James Otis | Infrequent visitor to the Observer's meetiings |
| Dove | lout who steals tea at the party |
| Mrs. Bessie | secret Daughter of Liberty |
| Mr. Lorne | editor of the Observer |
| Paul Revere | organizes a secret spy system |
| Merchant Lyte | a crooked cheat |
| Lavinia Lyte | Johnny's grand-cousin |
| Mr. Lapham | very pious shop owner |
| Issanah | fragile girl, ends up in London |
| Cilla | works for aristocratic woman |
| personification | giving human qualtities to non-human object |
| birth and death room | place where Johnny's silversmithing career dies and new future is born |
| musket | symbol of Rab's determination to fight |
| crucible | symbol of Johnny's downfall |
| new sun | symbol that shows the rise of a new way of living |
| "Disperse, Ye Rebels" | battle of Lexington Concord |
| A Man Can Stand Up | Major theme of novel |
| The Fiddler's Bill | Intolerable Acts |
| "We are at peace!" | symbol |
| Hancock's rejection of Johnny | irony |
| "...like a river of blood" | simile |
| "He's riding two horses..." | Merchant Lyte |
| "Book learning never scalding no pigs" | Mrs. Lapham |
| "The boy was a born fighter..." | Rab |
| "...Not reading God's Word-like their parents did..." | Mr. Lapham |
| "Best friends'ever had..." | Dove |
