Vocabulary
Characters
Point of View
Plot
Random
100
Having a strong smell or taste
What is pungent
100
the narrator of the story
Who is Waverly Place
100
Whose thoughts are known in the first person point of view?
Who is the narrator's
100
This is the setting of the story.
What is Chinatown, San Francisco.
100
make known
What is impart
200
a person who gives money or other aid
What is a benefactor
200
The nickname the narrator's family calls her
What is "Mei Mei"
200
These are the pronouns that are found in first person point of view.
What are I, me, we, us (1st person pronouns)
200
This is the conflict of the story.
What is character vs. character, Waverly vs. her mother, external
200
an opponent
What is adversary
300
a maneuver to achieve a goal
What is tactic
300
These are characteristics of Waverly that also make her a good chess player
What are risk taker, curious, strategic
300
This is what the first person narrator DOES NOT know
What is what other characters are thinking or feeling.
300
This was the climax of the story
What is when Waverly runs away from her mother after getting angry with her for showing her off in the market.
300
a quick, sharp reply
What is retort
400
the ability to know the importance of events before they happen
What is foresight
400
This is how Waverly's mother feels about her heritage.
What is great pride
400
This is what Waverly is doing at the resolution of the text.
What is pondering her next move.
400
think carefully about something
What is ponder
500
the act of yielding
What is concession
500
This is why Mrs. Jong makes Waverly's brothers do her chores.
What is she wants Waverly to focus on chess and keep winning.
500
This is the falling action of the text.
What is Waverly sits in the alley for two hours thinking about her action, then returns home.
500
the author of the story
Who is Amy Tan
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