Vocabulary
an instance of getting hurt
injury or injured
The signpost when a word, phrase, or situation is mentioned over and over again.
Again and Again
Point of view where the narrator is a character in the story. They tell us their own thoughts and feelings but not others. Pronouns I, me, and my are used
First Person
This kind of sentence consists of one independent clause
Simple Sentence
The name of the fox
Pax
Does not want to disappoint or upset
Displease
The signpost when the author interrupts the action to tell you a memory
Memory Moment
The narrator is NOT a character in the story, can be omniscient or limited. Pronouns such as he, she, they, them, and his are used.
Third Person
This type of sentence consists of one independent clause and one subordinate (dependent) clause.
Complex sentence
What does the fox open while in the car, hoping to release familiar smells that would comfort the boy
A suitcase
Uneasiness, worry, fear
anxiety
When a character does something that is the opposite of what he/she has been saying or doing.
Contrast and Contradiction
Third person limited
Words such as whether, although, unless, because, so that, wherever, which that connect two clauses and show a relationship between them.
Subordinate Conjunction
Why does the fox repeatedly try to get the boy to smell familiar smells?
To comfort him because that is what would comfort the fox.
your surroundings; the air, water, and external factors surrounding you
environment
The following line from the test is an example of which signpost?
"The fox nudged his muzzle into the glove's webbing, although he hated the leather smell. His boy always laughed when he did this."
Contrast and Contradiction
The point of view in which the narrator knows and describes the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
Third person Omniscient
Because the fox loved the boy.
Subordinate Clause
He is distracted by the birds flying freely above. It is significant because for the first time he is thinking about his own well being and how great it would be to be free.
capable of being harmed or hurt
Vulnerable
Read the following lines from Pax and determine which signpost is being revealed?
"His boy was waiting to play the game. But birds! Hours upon hours he had watched birds from his pen, quivering at the sight of them slicing the sky as recklessly as the lightning he often saw on summer evenings. The freedom of their flights always mesmerized him"
Memory Moment
The point of view in which the story, Pax, is told.
Third Person Limited because the narrator only knows and describes the thoughts and feelings of Pax.
Simple Sentence or Complex Sentence?
The cat fell from the bookshelf.
Simple Sentence
What did the fox notice was different about the way the boy was crying this time as opposed to other times he had cried?
This time the boy was crying without making a sound, whereas before he had always yelled out while crying.