What is the relationship between Peak and his father at the beginning of the story and at the end?
They are not close at all and this does not change.
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Give an example of alliteration
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He climbed the mountain like a mountain goat.
Figurative language?
What is a simile?
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What is Acclimatization?
What is the process of adapting to new conditions such as altitude, climate or the environment?
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Why was Peak upset about the letters?
His dad never read or responded to any of his letters.
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Define simile and give an example.
Comparison using like or as
He was as tall as the mountain.
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We pushed hard up the mountain making the momentous journey.
Figurative language
What is alliteration?
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What is a crampon?
What is a metal plate with spikes fixed to a boot for walking on ice or rock climbing?
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What is the hardest things about climbing Mount Everest?
What is Acclimatizing and lack of oxygen?
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Define metaphor and give an example.
What is a comparison not using like or as?
Josh was a rock star.
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The sun smiled down on us as we made our ascent.
Figurative language
What is personification?
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What is Rappelled?
What is descending a rock face or other near-vertical surface using ropes?
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What two things are surprising about Zopa?
He is Sunjo's grandfather and his son saved Josh.
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Define personification and give an example.
What is giving non-living things human qualities?
The mountain decides who will summit and who will not.
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My mother was a snake poised to strike at any moment.
Figurative language?
What is metaphor?
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What is bliss?
What is extreme happiness?
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How were Peak and Sun-Jo going to escape the Chinese soldiers?
By descending down the Nepal side after reaching the summit
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Define irony and give an example.
Irony is difference between how things seem to be and the reality.
Peak is a mountain climber but lives in NYC where there aren't any mountains to climb.
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What is the purpose of the simile in this sentence?
Peak trembled and shook like a frightened young child in the dark.
To show how scared Peak is by comparing him to a scared child.