The meaning, moral, or message about life that is communicated by a literary work is the ______________.
theme
100
When his brother found rat droppings, they tried to rid the area of rats, and they had to __________ their store with chemical smoke.
fumigate
100
Reeve was excited when the engine failed, because the flight had been ___________ and boring until then.
monotonous
200
Autobiography or Biography?
Still Me
autobiography
200
Autobiography or Biography?
The Life of Princess Diana, written by John Smith
biography
200
The time and place of the action of a story is the _______________.
setting
200
The boy was aware of the contrast between his father’s athleticism and excellence at sports, and his own _________ in sports.
ineptitude
200
Reeve’s father thought the cotton balls would _____________ the experience of flying.
diminish
300
The author of The Great Rat Hunt realizes that to his father, success in sports is what?
a way to belong to a community.
300
What is the theme of The Great Rat Hunt?
Not everyone is good at everything, but everyone is good at something.
300
A _______________is a person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself.
symbol
300
Jonas’s father had a/an _______________ for caring for children.
aptitude
300
The airplanes were ___________ to the ground at the airfield.
tethered
400
Christopher Reeve’s purpose (in his speech) was what?
persuade
400
Christopher Reeve brings up the words and ideals of President Roosevelt last in his speech because why?
He wants to save his strongest argument for last.
400
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story it is called ________________.
foreshadowing
400
The community was so ____________ ordered, the choices so carefully made.
meticulously
400
___________ is when someone gets therapy for an injury and slowly makes a recovery.
Rehabilitation
500
What was Reeve Lindbergh’s purpose for writing Flying?
To explain how she learned what flying meant to her father.
500
What is the theme of Still Me?
Although someone may suffer a physical injury, they are still the same on the inside.
500
A specific type of autobiography in which the author remembers specific parts of their life is a ______________.
memoir
500
Reeve Lindbergh thought that starting the sharp propeller was a _________ job.
perilous
500
__________ is the management, planning, and making arrangements for a project such as getting Christopher Reeve out of the van and into the Hotel Pierre.