"The Harvest"
"Blues"
"Checkouts"
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Ms. Ellison
100
Name of the main character.
Who is Don Trine?
100
The point of view that "Blues" is told from.
What is first person?
100
The setting of "Checkouts" takes place in this city.
What is Cincinnati?
100
A brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose with no set length.
What is a short story?
100
I own this kind of pet.
What is a cat?
200
"The Harvest" takes place in a ______ town near Mexico. It the end of ______ and the beginning of October.
What is farming and September?
200
The second hawk and his relationship with the first is similar to Granny and Grandaddy's relationship because....
What is both Grandaddy and the second hawk come to the aid of their mate/spouse?
200
The attitude or general mood of the girl after she moves is....
What is angry, lonely, restless?
200
The part of a narrative that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action.
What is the exposition?
200
My favorite animal.
What is an owl?
300
The townsfolk's response to Don Trine.
What is they were suspicious and spread rumors?
300
The situation in "Blues" is similar to a famous fairy tale that teachers a lesson about privacy.
What is "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"?
300
The girl falls in love with the bag boy because of his....
What is awkward clumsiness?
300
The part of a literary work in which the complications (or conflict) of the plot are resolved or simplified.
What is the resolution?
300
My favorite thing to do.
What is reading, writing, and anime?
400
The exposition foreshadows the story's ending by telling us....
What is that one of the characters will be showing respect to the earth?
400
The story of "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" climaxes at this point.
What is when the second hawk swoops to claim its mate?
400
The story of "Checkouts" teaches the reader a lesson on taking advantage of this.
What is opportunity?
400
The difference between what might be expected and what actually occurs
What is irony?
400
I am able to do this very well.
What is dance?
500
The reason why Don Trine does not own the land he works on.
What is he's a migrant worker from Mexico?
500
The hammer is a symbol used in "Blues" to represent this idea.
What is that the strength of the past can overcome the problems of the present?
500
An example of foreshadowing in "Checkouts"
What is when the girl meets the bag boy for the first time?
500
The main character of a narrative who ends up in conflict because of the antagonist.
What is the protagonist?
500
I share my classroom with this teacher.
Who is Mr. Rusas?
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