Mississippi Solo
Who is the author of Mississippi Solo?
Who is Eddy Harris
What is a METAPHOR?
A figure of speech that refers to one thing by mentioning another.
What is a NOUN?
What is a person, place, or thing.
Who is the main character (a woman) in The People Could Fly?
Who is Sarah
Genre of books that are about real things, people, places, and events.
What is Nonfiction.
What was the author traveling in?
What is a canoe
When you compare two unlike things using the words LIKE or AS.
What is a simile.
What is a verb?
What is a word describing an action
What is a synonym of "freedom" in this story?
What is Flying
Genre of books that are about "made up" or "fake" stories. (Ex. Fairytales, folktales)
What is Fiction
The TOPIC of this text. (One word)
What is Nature
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate speech.
What is Quotation marks
What is the THEME of The People Could Fly?
What is the dream/hope for freedom for African slaves
What is "ELA" an acronym for?
What is English Language Arts
This text explores TWO themes. What are they?
What is the Beauty and Power of Nature
Giving an object or animal human characteristics.
What is Personification
A word used to join two or more words, phrases, or simple sentences.
What are Conjunctions
Who is Toby?
Who is the guardian angel/the man who helped the slaves "fly"
What are the vowels of the alphabet?
What are A, E, I, O, and U
What was the author's purpose for writing this text?
What is to show there are ups and downs in life.
A type of figurative language that uses the beginning sound in words repetitively in a phrase or sentence.
What is Alliteration
I, He, She, They, Them, are all examples of...
What are Pronouns
Who is the author of The People Could Fly?
Who is Virginia Hamilton
Making notes while reading to help with understanding and answering questions.
What is Annotation