How do you figure that language?
“Clink, Clink, Clink” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
Melinda uses this nickname for her nightmare enemy, Andy Evans.
What is "it"?
Hairwoman makes this change to her appearance at the end of the year.
What is getting a buzz cut?
The setting of the novel
What is Syracuse, New York?
“Woozy, wicked, worried, weepy, weird wombats” is an example of this figurative language.
What is alliteration?
It takes Melinda needing to help this person, in order for herself to heal and move on.
Who is Rachel?
The change Melinda makes in her own life is best symbolized by this.
What is Melinda's art project?
The primary antagonist
Who is Andy Evans?
Melinda uses this literary device when she references Alice in Wonderland to describe that she feels as if she is shrinking.
What is allusion?
When Melinda first arrives at Merriweather HS, she has no friends. Thus, she gives herself this label.
What is outcast?
This is the first step Melinda takes to overcome her tormentor.
What is writing to stay away from him on the bathroom stall?
What type of logical fallacy is used when people assume that Melinda ruined the party by calling the police, and that’s the cause of all the problems?
What is false cause or post hoc?
“The moon is asleep” is this type of literary device.
What is personification?
She and Melinda were once close, but Rachel joins this clique at school.
What is the foreign exchange student group?
Melinda makes changes in her bedroom and closet’s décor by removing this item.
What is removing the mirror?
What is a clique?
A small, exclusive group of people
What type of figurative language is used in the example, and what does it tell us about Melinda?
“I am a rabbit in headlights.”
What is a metaphor for helplessness or fear?
By the end of the novel, Rachel’s shift in belief shows this larger theme.
What is the "importance of listening to and believing survivors"?
Melinda's refusal to help Heather shows this personal development.
What is reclaiming her voice/self-worth?
List the five mascots in order that Merriweather HS had during Melinda’s freshman year
What are the Trojans, Blue Devils, Tigers, Wombats, Hornets?