The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

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The Emperor and the Kiteby Jane Yolen

• Genre
• Folktales are stories that were first told
  orally. They reflect the customs and beliefs of
  a culture.

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Vocabulary

• plotting planning in secret to do something,
  often something evil
• loyal constant and faithful to people or ideals
• neglected failed to care for or attend to
• insignificant lacking in importance, meaning,
  size, or worth
• unyielding constant and never-ending not
  giving way
• steely like steel, as in strength, hardness, or
  coldness
• twined twisted around

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Figurative Language

• In figurative language, the meaning of a group of
  words often is different from the meaning of each
  word in that group. Writers use figurative
  language to create vivid images in the mind of
  readers.
• Idiom a group of words with a special meaning
• Simile a comparison signaled by the use of like
  or as
• Metaphor a comparison that says one thing is
  something else
• Personification a figure of speech that gives
  human qualities to animals, abstract ideas, or
  nonliving things