Short Story
The protagonist of "Seventh Grade"
Who is Victor Rodriguez?
To compare two things USING like or as.
What is a simile?
The lesson of the story
What is moral?
Mary Alice's brother.
Who is Joey?
The number of sentences in a 1,2,3,3,2,3,3 paragraph
What is seven?
The name of the boy who tried to steal Mrs. Jones purse.
Who is Roger?
To compare two things WITHOUT like or as; a direct comparison
What is a metaphor?
The person with the problem in the story.
What is the protagonist?
She bullies Mary Alice day one and then has a baby.
Who is Mildred? (bonus of 100 if your gave her last name, Burdick)
What is an adjective?
The reason the lottery is conducted each year.
What is the assure good crops?
Giving human qualities to non human things.
What is personification?
A reference back to literature or history
What is allusion?
The name for the bad economic times Mary Alice and Grandma face in 1937
What is the Great Depression (or I'll take the recession since that's what sent her to Gma)
The rule for using a comma when opening with an adverb.
What is writer's choice?
He was lost the lottery 77 times.
Who is Old Man Warner?
The repetition of the initial consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
A concrete object that represents and idea
What is a symbol?
He will never mess with Grandma's privy again.
Who is Augie Fluke (bonus of 100 points if you said Jr.)
The type of clause that CAN stand on its own as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
For this reason we remember Mary Maloney.
What she killed her husband?
"Time why do you fly?" is an example of...
What is apostrophe?
The opposite of what is expected occurs.
What is irony or situational irony?
The valedictorian of the school who ends up marrying Mary Alice.
Who is Royce (bonus of 100 if you said McNabb)
The punctuation mark that functions like a comma and a conjunction
What is a semicolon?
Patrick Maloney's occupation
What is policeman?
"I feel free, so leave me be" is an example of assonance and...
What is internal rhyme?
A character that we see many sides of
What is a round character?
What is planing trees?
The sentence pattern "Angry with her mom, Carol ran away" is
What is open with an adjective phrase?
She distracts Nagaina so Rikki can kill her eggs.
Who is Darzee's wife?
The repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in a word.
What is assonance?
A character that does NOT change in the story
What is a static character?
On what day does "A Minute in the Morning" take place?
What is November 11?
"In the dark room" is this type of phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?
The name Esperanza would rather be called than Esperanza.
What is Zee Zee the X?
Speaking to something that cannot respond.
What is apostrophe?
Not concrete by represents and idea; often colors
What is an image?
What the flour in "Hearts and Flour" represents
What are cherry tarts?
"Bob, the grumpy bus driver, quit his job" is an example of this sentence pattern
What is use an appositive phrase?