The Stories
Elements of Fiction
Literary Devices
Grammar
Vocabulary
100

The illness mentioned in "Stolen Day"

What is inflammatory rheumatism?

100

The boy wants to reveal his illness but is afraid his family will laugh at him.

What is internal conflict?

100

"I didn't just drop down dead"

What is alliteration?
100

Identify the simple subject.

What is "students"?

100

Phineas is ___ and brave.

What is valiant?

200

The unique trait of the calf from "Barnum's First Circus."

What is the extra eye?

200

"Chuchundra is a brokenhearted little beast"

What is direct characterization?

200

Nagaina lifted her head and hissed.

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Identify the complete predicate

What is "passed the midterm exam"?

200

Synonym of "begin"

What is commence?

300

The cost to attend Barnum's Saturday Show.

What is a nickel and a penny extra for special side shows?

300

"His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes"

What is indirect characterization?

300

Rikki-tikki stayed still as death.

What is simile?

300

Define dependent clause

What is a phrase with a subject, a verb, and a subordinate word.

300

Strange or mysterious in an unsettling way

What is uncanny?

400

Where Nagaina keeps her eggs.

What is in the melon bed?

400

The boy is "Stolen Day" catches a big fish and is celebrated as a hero.

What is climax?

400

Darzee was a featherbrained little fellow.

What is metaphor?

400

Fix the RO with a compound sentence

What is "Melissa won the spelling bee, but she lost the debate"?

400

To kill a snake, a person must move ____. 

What is adroitly?

500

A similarity and a difference shared by the boys in "A Day's Wait" and "Stolen Day."

What is the similarity is irrational fears about illness? The difference is that while one boy doesn't want to be a burden on his dad, the other is greedy for his family's attention.

500

Point of View for "Stolen Day"

What is 1st Person?

500

Darzee could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head.

What is hyperbole?

500

Fix the RO with a complex sentence

What is "Even though Melissa won the spelling bee, she lost the debate"?

Alternatives include: While, meanwhile, after, although

500

Antonym of "silly"

What is "solemn"?

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