Literary Terms:

1. pg 26 - Figurative Language

"Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talking in rhymes to her."

As Janie and Logan's marriage progressed, Janie notices the change in tone from her husband. Logan no longer speaks soothingly of love and affection towards Janie (rhymes) but instead he begins to ask her to do work. The love that Logan has for Janie is no longer expressed because Janie refuses to allow him into her heart. Her dreams of love and passion still posses her and hinder any possible thought of learning to love the man to whom she is now bound to.

2. pg. 26 - Characterization 

"But springtime reached her in there so she moved everything to a place in the yard where she could see the road. The noon sun filtered through the leaves of the fine oak tree were she sat and made lacy patterns on the ground." 

Zora Neale Hurston uses the description of Janie's surrounding to show the beauty of the world in which Janie lives in and how Janie wants to see the road amidst it all. Hurston depicts Janie as free spirited in this scene, out in nature and able to see the road where adventure could come around any corner. Janie is thinking beyond what her new life has given her. She yearns for something more beautiful and different.

3. pg. 27 - Imagery 

"Logan held his wad of tobacco real still in his jaw like a thermometer of his feelings while he studied Janie's face and waited for her to say something."

This depiction of holding the tobacco as still as a thermometer portrays Logan's uneasiness about what he is asking his wife, Janie, to do. He is not only intimidated by her but is hesitant about his present actions and stands stiff as he waits for her response, like one getting their temperature checked. Logan loves her and care about her opinions, even if she does not return the same affection.

4. pg 31 - Metaphor

"The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers, but the shadows were gray and solid-looking around the barn."

This metaphor takes place right after Janie threatens to leave Logan. As Janie goes out into the world the next morning, the "threatening daggers" represent the pain from Logan and what his words the night before meant to her. She feels as if she is nothing but a lonely shadow against the barn. Hurston shows how much Logan's words meant to her whether they would hold fast in her heart or not.

5. pg 32 - Epiphany

"What was she losing so much time for? A sudden newness and change came over her."

Janie suddenly realizes how time was not worth wasting. She knew what she had to do and she knew how to do it. Janie couldn't live a life of protection and certainty. She wanted passion, love and to be treated "lak a lady". Janie wanted change, and she knew she would never be content until she did something about it.