Personal Narratives
Who was the book Small Steps about?
Peg Kehret
What was the name of the street where the Tulane house was located?
Egypt Street
Who worked for the king and queen?
serfs
What is a gigantic wave that is caused by an earthquake in the oceanic crust called?
tsunami
What kind of poem spells out a word going down and then has other words starting with that letter going across?
acrostic poem
What disease did Peg have that made her life difficult?
Polio
What story did Pellegrina tell Edward and Abilene that made him shudder?
The story about the princess and the warthog.
What do knights do?
They are soldiers for the King that fight on horseback and on foot. They are sworn to protect the King and Queen.
What are the three basic types of rocks?
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
What are your five senses you use to write a five senses poem?
taste, touch, hearing, smell, sight
Name some of her symptoms early on before she was diagnosed.
Knees buckled, fever, headache, aching body, weakness, muscle spasms, stiffness in neck, back hurt
What were the names of the fisherman and his wife who named Edward Susanna?
Lawrence and Nellie
What animal spread diseases all around town during the Middle Ages?
rats
What are Earth's layers in order from inner most to outer most?
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
Name 2 words that rhyme with side.
ride, collide, snide, slide, inside, beside, aside, tide, glide, pride, bride, divide, hide, etc
What was the one treat she wanted while in the hospital but the nurse refused to give it to her?
Chocolate milkshake
What did Bryce order at Neal's Diner that he could not pay for?
Steak, eggs, toast and coffee
What is the Bayeux tapestry?
It is an embroidered cloth that tells the story of the Norman Conquest.
What are the 4 ways tectonic plates move?
Apart, Collide, Subduction, Sideways
What does alliteration mean?
the repetitiion of sounds at the beginning of several words in order or near each other (Bob baked brownies by the bay.)
Who is the boy she met while going through her treatment at the hospital?
Tommy
Who was the little girl at the end of the book that wanted to buy Edward from Lucius Clark's Doll Shop?
Abilene's daughter
Who was the extraordinary queen that Henry II married?
Eleanor of Aquitaine.
What does a seismograph and a richter scale have in common?
They both are measuring the strength, magnitude, and epicenter of an earthquake.
What technique compares objects without using like or as?
metaphor