The Breadwinner
I am Parvana's annoying older sister.
I am the first person to have planted in the garden.
Who is Kim?
I compare two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
I am an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
I am the C in ACES.
What is cite evidence?
What is a tea boy?
I grew goldenrod tea in honor of my Granny, who outlived all her doctors.
Who is Leona?
I am when you give human qualities to an thing or object.
What is personification?
I am a person, place, thing, or idea.
What are nouns?
I helped stop a man stealing a purse in Seedfolks?
Who is Amir?
I am Mrs. Weera's job before the Taliban took over.
What is a gym teacher?
I came up with the idea to hold a contest for kids to figure out how to best get water to the garden.
Who is Sam?
I am an exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
She, he, and it are examples of this part of speech.
What are pronouns?
I am the short story where two friends drop items into an ever-increasing "mouth" in the lunchroom.
What is Stain on the Cafeteria Floor?
I am the job Parvana and Shauzia took to raise money to buy a tray and items to sell that they didn't tell their parents about.
What is digging up and selling bones?
I am what Virgil's father thought would make him rich.
What is growing lettuce?
I am a reference to something from history, literature, or popular culture.
What is allusion?
FANBOYS is an acronym that helps you remember this part of the speech.
What are conjunctions?
I am the greatest Language Arts teacher you've ever had.
Who is Anita?
I am the reason Parvana's family leaves her to go to Mazar-El-Sharif.
My great-grandparents walked all the way from Louisiana to Colorado.
Who is Florence?
I am when you put two opposites next to each other for effect.
What is juxtaposition?
Wow, OMG, and yikes are all examples of this part of speech.
What are interjections?
I am a type of figurative language where what happens is the opposite of what you expect.
What is irony?