Unit 1
Rikki Tikki Tavi was this type of animal.
What is a mongoose?
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
A short nonfiction story about an event or time of the author's life.
What is a memoir?
There person or people you are writing to.
What is audience?
A comparison using the terms like or as.
What is a simile?
Author Roald Dahl once watch a "snakeman" catch this type of snake.
What is a Green Mamba?
Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas participated in this sport.
What is boxing?
Arthur Ashe played this sport.
What is tennis?
The basic unit of the World Wide Web.
What is a web page?
This man gave sarcastic answers to his noisy son.
Who is Father William?
He lost a picture of his son Chuy to a dishonest salesman.
Who is Don Mateo?
Joann was almost given the scholarship jacket over Martha because her father was one of these.
What is a school board member?
She was known by her people a "Good Queen Bess", a cousin to Mary Queen of Scots.
Who is Elizabeth I?
"Ships in the Desert" is an essay written by Al Gore about this subject?
What is global warming?
A sparrow watches a rabbit watch the speaker here.
?What is a desert
Schatz thought he was dying because the doctor told him his temperature in this unit of measurement.
What is Fahrenheit?
These grew outside of Sandra Cisneros's bedroom window.
What are four skinny trees?
According to Louis L'Amour, this is the Eternal Frontier.
What is outer space?
A photograph, drawing or diagram used to make a concept clear by using a visual example.
What is an illustration?
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
Silky Bob ended up in jail because he did not recognize that the police officer was actually this person.
Who is Jimmy Wells?
Gish Jen was embarrassed that her mother had one of these.
What is a job?
Julia Alvarez and her family moved back to the United States from this country.
What is the Dominican Republic?
These animals were described as "Mute Dancers" in one story.
What are humming birds?
He watched his daughter sing in the choir.
Who is the Village Blacksmith?