This could be described as expressions that are not literally true, but create original descriptions.
What is figurative language?
100
In "Stop the Sun," Gary Paulsen references real life events, such as Terry's dad's involvement in what war?
What is the Vietnam War?
100
A narrative story that is set in the past.
What is historical fiction?
100
The Swahili word for lion.
What is "Simba"?
100
From "Roughing It"-- "I canvassed the city again and found one wretched old hay-truck dragging in from the country. But I made affluent use of it. I multiplied it by sixteen..."
What is exaggeration?
200
"Oh Captain, My Captain" is an extended example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
The setting for "Wait Till Next Year," including the city and decade.
What is Brooklyn (NY), 1955?
200
Three ballads.
What is "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver," "Paul Revere's Ride," and "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
200
Roald Dahl dreamed of working for this chocolate company, after his school received a sample.
What is Cadbury?
200
The atmosphere created in a piece of literature, such as in "The Tell Tale Heart"-- "Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror."
What is mood?
300
"A line of elms plunging and tossing like horses."
What is a simile?
300
Give two examples of historical fiction we have read this year.
What are "War Party," "Wait Till Next Year," and/or "Stop the Sun"?
300
A narrative about the life of someone else.
What is a biography?
300
The master/colonel who beat one of his slaves after stopping him on the road and asking how his master treats him.
Who was Colonel Lloyd?
300
From "War Party"-- "Ma'am," Burt said, "you just about saved our bacon."
What is an idiom?
400
A pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
400
Three types of clues authors use in writing historical fiction.
What are details of everyday life, references to real people/places/events, and dialogue?
400
4 examples of autobiographical literature.
What are "Boy," "Going Solo," "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," "All Creatures Great and Small," and "Civil War Journal"?
400
Siegfried Farnon gets angry at James Herriot for abusing this.
What is his car?
400
The author's attitude toward his or her subject, such as in "Lincoln: A Photobiography"-- "A doctor folded the president's hands across his chest. Gently he smoothed Lincoln's contracted face muscles, closed his eyelids, and drew a white sheet over his head."
What is tone?
500
The REPEATED pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that appears from line to line. This produces a musical quality, such as in "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
What is meter?
500
Two examples of real historical events/people in the short story, "War Party."
What were the Little Crow Massacre; the Comanche, Sioux, and Kiowa peoples; and/or the Donner Party?
500
"Flowers for Algernon"
What is science fiction?
500
This is where Roald Dahl was born (city and country).
What is Llandaff, Wales.
500
"Many bright threads/From where I couldn't see/Were running through the harp-strings/Rapidly,
And gold threads whistling/Through my mother's hand./ I saw the web grow,/And the pattern expand."