This is the time period in which Bud, Not Buddy, take place. It was a time of great hunger, poverty, and desperation across the nation.
What is "The Great Depression"
100
This is the feeling or mood that is created in a text or story.
What is Tone
100
A logical conclusion made by readers based on evidence from the story
What is "Inference"
100
The words used by a narrator in a story that helps to create feeling, or tone, in a story
What is "Word Choice"
100
This is anything that represents something other than itself. We see this in comparisons or analogies.
What is "symbolism"
200
This family treated Bud very poorly, and locked him up in a shed just before Bud ran away.
Who are the "Amoses"
200
When looking for tone, it is important to look at the language the characters are using. This language is called _________.
What is "word choice"
200
In looking at Bud's Rules and Things, we can infer that Bud's life has been about ____________, or continuing to exist.
What is "Survival"
200
"They all had big _____ teeth and big ______ eyes and big __________ cheeks and big _______ smiles."
What word does Bud repeat when describing the family on the billboard.
What is "Shiny"
200
Bud Bud compares his mom to this natural disaster to symbolize how unpredictable and quick things moved when she was around.
What is "a tornado"
300
Bud spends a lot of time in this "sleepy" place. Here, he discovers how long it takes to travel to Chicago by foot, and reads the day away.
What is "The Library"
300
In Chapter 5, Bud creates a tone of discomfort and instability when describing his mother by comparing her to this beautiful yet powerful natural disaster.
What is a "tornado"
300
Bud makes two incorrect inferences regarding vampires. Name these two scenes.
What is "When Bud was in the Amoses' shed" and "When Bud first met Lefty Lewis."
300
Throughout the story, Bud, our narrator, uses words incorrectly. He says things like "human beans" and "rememory" in order to really make it feel like a 10-year-old is telling the story.
What word does Bud say at first instead of "hooverville?"
What is "Hooperville"
300
In Chapter 9, Bud compares Ideas to this in order to symbolize how quickly and big ideas can grow.
What are "seeds"
400
Bud packs many items in his suitcase, which he brings with him everywhere. This item is the most important item in Bud's suitcase, and is a clue to who Bud's dad might actually be.
What is "The blue flyer" of Herman E. Calloway.
400
"Good things his legs don't touch when he walks 'cause if those two twigs got to rubbing against one another he'd have a fire going in no time."
Based on the tone, who said this?
What is "Lefty Lewis" (page 117)
400
Based on the flyer momma left behind, Bud infers that this man is his father.
Who is "Herman E. Calloway."
400
When we are annotation words and vocabulary that we have questions about in a story or text, it is important to do what to the word?
What is "circle" words we do not understand
400
The billboard from chapter 6 (page 49) symbolizes the inequality and poverty in America from 1929-1939. This time period being symbolized is known as what?
What is "The Great Depression"
500
Bud spends time in this place while on the lam. Here, he kisses his first girl, Deza Malone. He also tries to ride the rails with Bugs, but gets left behind.
What is "Hooverville"
500
In order to evidence in the text that support inferences about tone, it is important to mark up the text with questions, comments, and reactions. What is this process of making up the text called?
What is Annotation
500
On page 49, Bud makes two inferences regarding the people in the billboard outside of the mission. Based on what they looked like and what they were wearing, name the two inferences Bud makes.
What is "they're rich" and "they're a family."
500
"A bud is a flower-to-be, a flower-in-waiting...and that's you."
This quotation symbolizes the warmth, love, and care Bud needs in order to bloom into a beautiful person. Which Character made this symbolic comparison?