The Foretelling
Written by: Alice Hoffman, Presented by: Kaonou
The story is told in first person
Exposition
Rain - Queen-to-be, warrior, and dream rider
Alina- Current queen, mother of Rain
Fore teller- Tells the future of Rain
Io- Rain's little step sister
Conflict- Rain has to decide her destiny and the kingdoms future. She has to make the best choices for her people.
Setting- Takes place back then when war was constant, Mountain cave, and the Amazon Kingdom,
Rising Action-
- Rain found out she has a little step sister and becomes very mean to Io
- Rain's very first battle
- Winter comes
- The Amazon women have to move up to a mountain cave
- Queen is very weak
- Baby is coming to soon
- Baby turns out to be a boy
Climax- The climax happens when Rain's mother becomes pregnant and very weak. When the baby is born, it turned out to be a baby boy. The Amazon sisters tell Rain to get rid of the baby, but the fore teller told her to keep the baby alive. Rain then has to decide to keep him or not.
Characterization
Rain rode her horse like the wind. ( This shows us that Rain is good at riding horses.)
We lay down together in the grass, even though he must assuredly be my enemy. ( This shows the reader that Rain sometimes bends rules even though she knows she shouldn't do it.)
Theme
Figurative Language
" A war that never seemed to end." ( Metaphor that described Rain's first battle.)
" One line of darkest blue on my wrist." ( Example of imagery, also telling the reader the shade of blue because different shades of blue mean different things.)