Character Trait Vocabulary
Deep Study of Character
Grammar
Ghost
Thanksgiving Facts
100
This word is used to describe someone who might hurt you or put you in danger
What is menacing?
100
A subject that a writer returns to often and that appears again and again in a story, not just at the beginning or at the end
What is a motif?
100
The word "cup" is this part of speech
What is a noun?
100
The full name of the main character of Ghost
Who is Castle Cranshaw?
100
This is the date of Thanksgiving every year
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
200
This word describes someone who notices small details
What is perceptive?
200
The name of the story about Will, the Alans, and a group of cool kids
What is "Popularity"?
200
The word "dance" is this part of speech
What is a verb?
200
The author of Ghost who Miss Perry got to meet!
Who is Jason Reynolds?
200
This "holiday" happens directly after Thanksgiving
What is Black Friday?
300
This word is a synonym for "cruel"
What is ruthless?
300
A character trait that describes Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
What is independent, strong-willed, stern, generous, nice, mother-like
300
This is the reason why the name George Washington is capitalized
What is because names are proper nouns?
300
The names of the other 3 newbies on Ghost's team
Who are Patty, Sunny, and Lu?
300
One food Native Americans did not have at the first Thanksgiving
What are turkey, cranberries, pies, or mashed potatoes
400
This word describes someone who has doubts and doesn't believe everything right away
What is skeptical?
400
When a character is feeling stressed or acting in a different way than usual, it is probably because they are facing...
What are pressures?
400
The word "gorgeous" is this part of speech
What is an adjective?
400
The name of Castle's track team
What is the Defenders?
400
This professional football team has played almost every Thanksgiving since 1934
Who are the Detroit Lions?
500
These words describes Marsha: Marsha smiled when she saw her grade on her math test. She looked over at Sam's test and laughed. "89%? Ha! I got a 90%! I'm smarter than you." she said.
What is haughty or pompous?
500
This describes the way an author makes the reader feel about the story's setting and events
What is mood?
500
This is what is wrong with this dialogue sentence:
Do better, Mr. Jinks said.
What is missing quotation marks?
"Do better," Mr. Jinks said.
500
TWO symbols from the book Ghost
What are sunflower seeds, a track, sneakers, gunshot, or Mr. Charles's store?
500
This percentage of Americans prefers Thanksgiving leftovers over freshly cooked Thanksgiving dinner?
What is 73%?