Punctuation Power
This punctuation mark shows excitement or strong emotion.
What is an exclamation point?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The story mainly takes place in this location.
What is an elevator?
The story is told using “I” and “me.”
What is first-person point of view?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
This part of speech shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
A direct comparison without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
Will’s brother, whose death starts the conflict.
Who is Shawn?
This point of view allows readers to know the narrator’s thoughts and feelings.
What is first-person point of view?
This punctuation mark separates items in a list or clauses in a sentence.
What is a comma?
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
One of the three rules Will explains at the beginning of the novel.
What is “Don’t cry,” “Don’t snitch,” or “Get revenge”?
Will is considered this type of narrator because the story is told from his perspective.
What is a limited narrator?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
An extreme exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The object Will takes with him into the elevator.
What is a gun?
This type of conflict happens inside a character’s mind.
What is internal conflict?
This punctuation mark is used before a list or explanation.
What is a colon?
This part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
When an object represents a larger idea.
What is symbolism?
The emotion Will struggles with as he rides the elevator down
What is anger, fear, or confusion?
How would an omniscient point of view change the reader’s understanding of Will’s internal conflict in Long Way Down?
What is it would allow readers to know the thoughts and motivations of multiple characters, not just Will?