Characters
This character suffered the ultimate punishment after making a bad choice.
Who is Tony?
Tony wanted to practice swimming in the river _______ the other boys wouldn't see that he couldn't swim.
What is so?
"Home, the narrow tires sang against the pavement."
What is personfication?
The author presents the main character with a difficult choice that could change things in the story in this signpost.
What is a tough question?
A syllable or group of letters that comes at the beginning of a word and changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
This character will live the guilt of his friend's death forever.
Who is Joel?
Joel spent the afternoon in his room ________ he promised the teenage boy he would go to the police.
What is after?
"His eyes were as dry and scratchy as sandpaper."
What is a simile?
The author has an older or wiser character give the main character advice in this signpost.
What is words of the wiser?
To look at or see something before something or someone else
What is preview?
This character gave the boys permission to go to Starved Rock.
Who is Joel's father?
Joel couldn't get the smell of dead fish out of his mind, _________ no one else could smell it.
What is but?
"Joel could hear him blowing and puffing like a whale."
What is a simile?
The author interrupts the story to tell a story that happened in the past or a flashback in this signpost.
What is a memory moment?
To stop something from happening
What is prevent?
This character both annoyed Joel and caused him worry about his safety.
Who is Bobby?
Joel realized Tony drowned __________ he saw all of Tony's clothes still thrown on the ground on the shore.
What is when?
What is hyperbole?
The author gets the reader's attention by having the main character act differently than usual in this signpost.
What is contrast and contradiction?
To make a decision about someone or something before having all of the facts and information
What is prejudge?
This character risked his own life to search for Tony while Joel stood off to the side watching.
Who is the teenage boy?
Tony's and Joel's parents spoke with each other about Tony _________ Joel and Bobby were delivering the newspapers.
What is while?
"He started to walk back, pushing through the water impatiently as though it were a crowd holding him back."
What is a metaphor?
This signpost shows a character realizing something important or figuring out the answer or solution to a problem.
What is an aha moment?
To come before something else in time, order or rank
What is precede?