Ghost - The Story
This is the specific sport that Castle (Ghost) stumbles upon and decides to watch, ultimately changing his entire after-school routine.
What is track (or running)?
Because Ghost is told from Castle's own perspective using "I," "me," and "my," the book is written in this point of view.
What is first-person?
If Castle Cranshaw buys a bag of sunflower seeds every single day, this is the exact location of the discarded seed shells.
What is the floor / his pocket / everywhere?
This is the main character's real, legal name before everyone started calling him "Ghost."
What is Castle Cranshaw?
This is a one-word or short phrase topic that a story is about, such as "family," "identity," or "teamwork."
What is a theme?
Castle and his mom have a routine of sleeping in the living room because of a traumatic past event. Where did that event take place?
What is their apartment / their home? (When his father shot at them).
When Castle describes his anger as a "scream inside his chest," he is using this type of figurative language that compares two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
This crunchy, orange snack is notorious for leaving bright dust all over your fingers and your English homework.
What are Cheetos (or Takis)?
Besides coaching the Defenders track team, Coach Brody drives this specific type of vehicle to make a living.
What is a taxicab / taxi?
When you write a short summary of a chapter, you should focus on the main events and leave out these minor, unimportant pieces of information.
What are supporting details / minor details?
To make himself look and feel faster, Castle takes a pair of scissors to his high-top sneakers and cuts off this specific part.
What are the tops / the ankles?
Authors use this term to describe the casual, realistic way characters talk to each other in a story, marked by quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
If you are "left on read," it means someone did this to your message.
What is looked at it but didn't reply?
This is the name of the bully at school who constantly picks on Castle, leading to a massive fight in the cafeteria in Chapter 2.
What is Brandon Simmons?
If you are finding the "central idea" of a nonfiction article, you are looking for what?
What is the main point the author wants you to understand?
After running away from school because of his altered shoes, Castle skips class and hides out at this specific local store where he usually buys sunflower seeds.
What is Mr. Charles’s country store?
Jason Reynolds uses a lot of sensory details to describe the smell of the Salisbury steak at the hospital or the sound of the track gun. This literary device is called what?
What is imagery?
This is the ultimate, universally agreed-upon best day of the school week.
What is Friday?
This female rookie sprinter is incredibly fast, rides her bike to practice, and reveals at the team dinner that she was adopted.
What is Patty (Patricia)?
An objective summary of a text means it is completely free of this—your own personal feelings or thoughts.
What is an opinion / bias?
Coach takes the newbies (the "newbies") out to a Chinese restaurant for a team dinner, but they aren't allowed to order until they do this first.
What is tell a secret about themselves?
When an author drops hints early in a book about something big that will happen later, they are using this technique.
What is foreshadowing?
In Chapter 1, Castle explains that he started running fast because of a specific night in his past. What or who was he running from on that night?
What is his father (and his gun)?
This rookie teammate is a bit clumsy, has a father in the military, and reveals that his mother passed away while giving birth to him.
What is Sunny?
What is the difference between a story's plot and its theme?
What is plot is what happens (the action), while theme is the deeper message or lesson?