Other Side of the Sky
Grammar
Treasure Island/Odyssey
Writing
100
This young girl escaped Afghanistan with her mother.
Who is Farah Ahmedi?
100
This type of speech describes verbs.
What is an adverb?
100
The protagonist of Treasure Island.
Who is Jim Hawkins?
100
This a comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
This caused a civil war to occur in Afghanistan, which brought about the rise of the Taliban.
What is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
200
This part of speech connects two independent clauses.
What is a conjunction?
200
The way that an author reveals the personality of the characters.
What is characterization?
200
This is a comparison of two things without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
This group was a rebellious response to the presence of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
What is the Taliban?
300
This part of speech describes nouns.
What is an adjective?
300
The three main themes of Treasure Island
What is adventure, friendship, and youth?
300
This type of writing has the purpose of telling a story.
What is narrative writing?
400
Once she arrived to America, Farah Ahmedi was able to accomplish these things.
What is earning a college degree and becoming an American citizen.
400
This part of speech is an action word.
What is a verb?
400
The main message or lesson from a story.
What is a theme?
400
This type of writing gives information about a topic.
What is expository writing?
500
This major event happened early in Farah Ahmedi's life and had an impact on her physically.
What is losing her leg because of a landmine?
500
This collection of words always has a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
500
This character is the reason that Jim finds out about the treasure.
Who is "The Captain"?
500
The purpose of this type of writing is to convince the reader to believe in a cause or support an idea.
What is persuasive writing?
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