Plot
Character
Vocabulary
Elements of Lit
Potpourri
100
Jack is this age when he moves to a new school.
What is 13?
100
This character's mother died at birth
Who is Early Auden
100
When describing the Sweetie Pie , Mr. Blane says, "I know she looks a bit rough around the edges, but she's yar" (40). From this sentence, "yar" means the following:
What is easy to handle?
100
“The boats… gleaming and elevated like altars…” is an example of this
What is simile?
100
This person is on a quest to find himself.
Who is Jack?
200
The following is said to be enshrined at Morton Hill Academy.
What is the boathouse?
200
This person is considered the star athlete of the school.
Who is Fisher Auden?
200
In "Student of the Ocean," the word delirium is used in the following sentence: "The ocean washed over his dry, burnt body, rousing him from his delirium…" (68). From the context, delirium means this...
What is a temporary state of mental confusion?
200
“The airplane was a big beast…” is an example of this.
What is metaphor?
200
"He was a voyager. A navigator. One who keeps plotting a course and finding his way" (78). This quote refers to this character.
Who is Pi?
300
The fish legend refers to this.
What is number 67, Morton Hill's star athlete?
300
This person, like the sand, is warm and comforting.
Who is Jack's mother?
300
A deep or seemingly bottomless pit
What is abyss?
300
"Because there I was, a landlocked Kansas boy standing on shifting sands at the ocean's edge. And all I could do was burrow my feet down deep so I wouldn't get swept away" (Vanderpool 2), is an example of this.
What is metaphor?
300
Early tells Jack that he needs a coxswain - someone who will navigate the Sweetie Pie during the regatta. This is symbolic because
What is Jack is having a rough time in life and could use a friend?
400
Jack thinks this of Early's plans for the quest.
What is he has no interest in going?
400
This character steals the Maine.
Who is Archibald MacScott?
400
A feeling of disappointment, being disheartened
What is dismay?
400
“Knocked me over with a feather…” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
400
Emmaline Bellefleur's job
What is librarian?
500
Early experiences the world in a different way. An example is...
What is numbers have colors, texture, and tell him stories?
500
This person convinces Fisher to return with him
Who is Jack's father?
500
Boldness or daring, especially with arrogant disregard
What is audacity?
500
“Out of the kettle and into the fire” is an example of this.
What is idiom?
500
In "Plights and Perils," Pi is helped by a benevolent creature. This creature has both biblical and literary symbolism. Name the creature.
What is a white whale?
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