A Long Walk to Water
The year Nya's story takes place.
What is 2008.
An antecedent is defined as _____.
What is the word the pronoun replaces?
Gathered close together, often for warmth, safety, or comfort.
What is huddled?
Describe the process of brainstorming.
What is, coming up with a lot of topics quickly by writing down brief ideas, organizing them in a chart, discussing them with a friend, etc?
Choose the correct pronoun in this sentence: Both of the girls have (her, their) desks by the window.
What is their?
The name of Salva's friend.
Who is Marial?
Possessive pronouns are defined as ____.
Calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
What is serene?
The first step in the writing process.
What is prewriting?
The year Salva's story takes place.
What is 1985?
The family member that recently joined Salva's group.
Who is his uncle (Jewiir)?
Concrete nouns are defined as _____.
What are, nouns one can physically touch/hold (ex. dog, book, apple)?
Walked slowly with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion.
What is trudged?
What is editing/proofreading?
Name 3 proper nouns based on the common noun city.
What are Philly, New York, Norfolk, etc?
Some reasons that kept Salva walking...
Name a pronoun and the corresponding antecedent in this sentence: "If I ever meet Bryce Harper, I will ask him for an autograph."
What is: Bryce Harper (antecedent, proper noun) and him (pronoun)?
Thinly dispersed or scattered.
What is sparse?
The most important part of ______ is to get your ideas down on paper.
What is drafting?
Name some external conflicts in A Long Walk to Water.
What are, lions, the war, the landscape, etc?
The tribe Salva and his family belong to.
What is the Dinka tribe?
Choose the correct pronoun in this sentence: Each of the girls wants to read (her, their) book.
What is her?
Continuing without pause or interruption (in a negative way).
What is incessant?
The process of editing a classmate's paper.
What is peer review?
Choose the correct pronoun: The most excited students in the class were my friend and (I, me).
What is I?