A facial action that Michael learned to impress girls; similar to a frown.
What is a scowl?
100
The point-of-view in which "Seventh Grade" is told.
What is third person omniscient?
100
The method in which an author develops a character in a story.
What is characterization?
100
The shape of the poem.
What is a zig-zag?
100
The author of "Seventh Grade".
Who is Gary Soto?
200
The main character who signs up for a French class to impress a girl.
Who is Victor?
200
The series of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
The comparison of two unlike nouns using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
The author believes that this group of people is similar to acrobats.
Who are poets?
200
The setting of "Seventh Grade".
What is school in the 1980s/1990s?
300
Victor's weakest subject in school.
What is math?
300
The words that we use to describe characters.
What are character traits/adjectives?
300
A type of poem in which the shape fits the topic of the poem.
What is a concrete poem?
300
The number of lines in the poem.
What is 33?
300
The order in which the story is told.
What is chronological order?
400
The French word for hello.
What is bonjour?
400
The problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
400
A problem a character has with himself/herself.
What is internal conflict?
400
The action the acrobat is taking in the poem.
What is walking on a tightrope?
400
The hometown of the author and the location of the story.
What is Fresno, California?
500
When Gary Soto (the author) writes "Seventh Grade", what does he mean near the end of the story when he describes Victor as having "rose-bushes of shame on his face."
What is he is blushing?
500
The method of characterization in which the author tells you the character's personality (i.e. the patient boy and the quiet girl).
What is direct characterization?
500
The comparison of two unlike nouns without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
500
The author of "Constantly Risking Absurdity".
Who is Lawrence Ferlinghetti?
500
The job that Victor had over the summer in order to pay for his fall clothes.