Characters
A 12 year old boy who is forced to move to Alcatraz.
Moose- Matthew Flanagan
The introduction that reveals important background information, and setting.
Exposition
Comparison using like or as
Simile
A deep, loud shout.
Bellow
An author's reason for writing- PIE
Author's purpose
Tries to convince others to be a part of the laundry scheme.
Piper
When the character's problems are solved.
Resolution
Giving living characteristics to non living things.
Personification
unusual, strange
peculiar
The genre of ACDMS is...
Historical Fiction
Is better at building marble shooting machines than playing catch.
Jimmy
Rising Action
"There's water all around, black and shiny like tar." What type of figurative language is this?
simile
optimistic
hopeful
ACDMS is told from the ... point of view.
first person
A 16 year old who is a whiz at math and loves indexes.
Natalie Flanagan
The turning point. The time when the characters change due to a surprising event in the plot.
Climax
"I hate being the brother of a stone." What type of figurative language is this?
metaphor
meeting a new person
acquaintence
The emotional response the author hopes to create for the reader through details in the setting.
MOOD
Is determined to get Natalie into Esther P. Marinoff School.
Mrs. Flanagan
This is the part of the fiction story when the problems start to get solved and conflicts begin to get settled, questions get answered.
Falling Action
It's a million degrees outside!
Hyperbole
inventive
The author of the book.
Gennifer Choldenko