The following is an example of ____________:
her anger, simmering over like a pot in an empty kitchen
What is a simile?
100
What does the word "rag" mean in the following sentence?
And every little crowd is grateful to hear a rag or two played on the piano....
What is a song?
200
an imaginative comparison between two unlike things; does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
The turning point in a story
What is the climax?
200
What is Billie Jo's dad's name?
Who is Bayard or Bay?
200
The following is an example of _______________:
I stand under the trees and let the petals fall into my hair, a blizzard of sweet-smelling flowers.
What is a metaphor?
200
What does the word gripe mean in the following sentence?
Ma said okay, but only for the summer, and only if she didn't hear me gripe how I was tired..
What is complain?
300
an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
What is personification?
300
Another name for ending
What is resolution?
300
What is the main problem (external conflict) in the story
What is the dust?
300
The following is an example of _______________:
"That war tore France up."
What is personification?
300
Explain what the word boughs mean in the following sentence:
I stand under the trees and let the petals fall into my hair, a blizzard of sweet-smelling flowers, dropped from the boughs of the two placed there in the front yard...
What are branches?
400
when words are used in a way that the literal meaning is not intended
What is an idiom?
400
events leading up to the climax
What is rising action or complications?
400
Characterization is when the author gives the reader clues about the characters. What is Billie Jo's favorite thing to do?
What is play the piano?
400
The following is an example of _____________:
The music springs straight out of me.
What is an example of personification OR it could be an example of an idiom?
400
The word searing means ____________ in the following sentence.
On Sunday winds came, bringing a red dust like a prairie fire, hot and peppery, searing the inside of my nose, the whites of my eyes.
What is burning?
500
an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
another name for introduction
What is exposition?
500
The external conflict is man vs ________________
What is nature (the dust)?
500
The following is an example of _____________:
To eat them now, so tart, would turn my mouth inside out.
What is an idiom?
500
What does the word fared mean in the following sentence?
At the Strong ranch they didn't get a single drop. So who fared better?