The Real Cece
Cece was diagnosed with hearing loss at what age?
4
Cece's older brother
Ashley
The height of the action in a story
Climax
Jimmy faces a giant tidal wave.
Person vs. Nature
Starting on page 104, the author draws a character as a mime in order to:
a. provide comic relief (to make us laugh)
b. to show how embarrassed it makes Cece to be signed to in front of others
c. to show how Cece feels in a crowd of people who are not hearing impaired
d. to represent how El Deafo sees people that make fun of Cece's disability
b. the author draws a character as a mime in order to show how embarrassed it makes Cece to be signed to in front of others
What is the name of the illness that caused Cece Bell to lose her hearing?
Meningitis
Cece decides this character is her sidekick
Martha
The beginning of the story, when you get background information and learn about the characters
Exposition
Jimmy and Betty have a fight that nearly ends their relationship
Why does the dialogue start fading on page 108 until the speech balloons are blank on 109?
a. to represent Cece's hearing aid batteries dying
b. to show how sleepy Cece is becoming during hte lesson
c. to show how boring Cece finds the lesson
d. to represent Cece no longer needing her hearing aid as she starts to learn sign language
The dialogue begins to fade because Cece's hearing aid batteries are dying.
True or False: Cece Bell suffered total hearing loss.
False
"Friend" who sicks her dog on Cece when Cece spends the night at her house.
Laura
The end of the story, when the conflict is resolved
Resolution
Jimmy has to make a big decision: does he choose the side of good or evil?
Person vs Self
How does Cece feel about being called "special"? (115)
a. it makes her feel like she belongs; like she's truly special.
b. she dislikes it because it means you're weird
c. she doesn't like it but she pretends to, to make her mom happy
d. she thinks it really means that you "aren't special" at all
She dislikes being called "special" because she thinks "special" means you're weird.
Because Cece Bell had learned spoken language by the time she went deaf, one of the skills she was able to learn was ______ reading.
Lip
Cece's best friend when she's 4
Emma
Includes all of the major and minor conflicts that lead up to the turning point in the story.
Rising Action
Jimmy is getting picked on by his peers.
Person vs society
Martha and Cece connect and become good friends. How is this represented in Cece's imagined world, in which she is El Deafo?
a. Martha wears Cece's hearing aids for a day
b. Martha becomes Robin, her new sidekick
c. Cece spends the night at Martha's house
d. Martha becomes her sidekick, True Friend
In Cece's imagined world, Martha becomes her sidekick, True Friend.
Cece Bell portrays herself as what animal in El Deafo?
Rabbit
This character loves listening to Monty Python records
Ginny
Right after the climax, when the story begins to wrap up
Falling Action
Jimmy learns that he has a life-threatening illness.
Person vs Nature
Who is Mike Miller?
a. a member of the Partridge Family band
b. Martha's older brother
c. a new neighbor that Cece has a crush on
d. a new boy in Cece's neighborhood who is also hearing impaired
Mike Miller is a new boy in the neighborhood, who Cece has a crush on <3 <3