Vocabulary
This word describes someone who watches a game or event but does not participate.
What is Spectator?
This is the name of the main female character who sells her hair to buy her husband a gift.
Who is Della?
This is the name of the boy who befriends Leslie and helps create the imaginary kingdom of Terabithia.
Who is Jess Aarons?
This figure of speech makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This author is the most beloved by Grade 7s.
Who is Jeff Kinney?
Jess’s father’s hands were described with this word, meaning knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age.
What is Gnarled?
This is the reason Marta’s grandfather gives for refusing to pay the $15 fee for the scholarship jacket.
What is “If you have to pay for it, it isn’t a scholarship”?
This tragic event happens to Leslie, deeply affecting Jess and the story’s outcome.
What is Leslie’s accidental death (or drowning)?
This is the pattern of rhymes in a poem, often marked with letters such as ABAB or AABB.
What is rhyme scheme?
This Manhwa is the favorite amongst Grade 7s.
What is Solo Leveling?
This term means to ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly, as Jess did when he wanted art supplies.
What is Supplication?
This is what Jim sells in order to buy Della a gift.
What is watch?
This is the sport Jess loves and often practices to become faster.
What is running (or track)?
This literary device is characterized by deliberate and extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
The country listed as most favorite by grade 7s is Indonesia. The second most favorite country is _______?
What is Japan?
This word means to walk at a slow, relaxed pace, which you might do on a sunny afternoon.
What is ambled?
This is the ironic twist at the end of "The Gift of the Magi."
What is that both Jim and Della sold their most prized possessions to buy gifts that the other can no longer use?
This is the name of Jess’s younger sister, who plays a small but important role in the story.
Who is May Belle?
This type of poem is humorous, has five lines, and follows an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
Mr. Dave tragically started balding at age____?
What is 19?
This word refers to a wild and noisy disorder or chaos, like what might erupt in a classroom after the teacher leaves.
What is Pandemonium?
This is the family member Marta turns to for advice and support when she learns she might lose the scholarship jacket.
Who is her grandfather?
This is the place where Jess and Leslie build the entrance to Terabithia.
What is the rope swing over the creek?
This term describes the emotional atmosphere or feeling that a piece of writing creates for the reader.
What is mood?
What subject does Mr. Dave actually hate?
-Mad respect for those who do well in it.
What is Math?