Great Depression
The name of the event where the soil was eroded and no new crops were grown.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Bud rolls around this item as he looks for his father.
What is Bud's suitcase?
The beginning of the story.
What is exposition?
to cause harm.
What is devastating?
4x4
What is 16?
The famous photograph that was taken and widely known during the Great Depression.
What is Migrant Mother?
The name of the group of people Bud stays with in the beginning of the story.
Who are the Amoses?
The location of the story.
What is setting?
To create an image in your mind.
What is imagery?
The name of the house Ms. Holmes is in.
What is Andrews?
Another name for Midwest.
What is the Great Plains?
The name of Bud's grandfather?
Who is Herman E. Calloway?
The conflict is resolved. End of story.
What is resolution?
A universal idea or message.
What is theme?
The name of your Social Studies teacher.
Who is Ms. Taylor?
The name of the organization that took and displayed various pictures of Americans throughout the Great Depression.
What is the Resettlement Administration (RA) or the Farm Security Administration (FSA)?
The instrument the Dusky Devastators gifted Bud.
What is a saxaphone?
The conflict starts conflict starts in this part of the story.
What is the middle of the story?
Comparing two things together.
What is a metaphor?
The main idea or what the text is mostly about.
What is central idea?
What is the South?
The community where all the people have the same issues or problem that Bud travels to.
What is a Hooverville?
The turning point or highest point of the story. The conflict is at its peak.
What is climax?
A difficult situation or condition.
What is adversity?
Mr. Kelly's favorite color?
What is pink?