How do you figure that language?
Friends, Foes, and Family
A change will do you good.
Miscellaneous
100

 “Clink, Clink, Clink” is an example of this  type of figurative language.

What is onomatopoeia?

100

Melinda uses this nickname for her nightmare enemy, Andy Evans.

What is "it"?

100


Hairwoman makes this change to her appearance at the end of the year.

What is getting a buzz cut?

100

The setting of the novel

What is Syracuse, New York?

200

“Woozy, wicked, worried, weepy, weird wombats” is an example of this figurative language. 

What is alliteration?

200

It takes Melinda needing to help this person, in order for herself to heal and move on.

Who is Rachel?

200

The change Melinda makes in her own life is best symbolized by this.

What is Melinda's art project?

200

The primary antagonist

Who is Andy Evans?

300

Melinda uses this literary device when she references Alice in Wonderland to describe that she feels as if she is shrinking.

What is allusion?

300

When Melinda first arrives at Merriweather HS, she has no friends. Thus, she gives herself this label.

What is outcast?

300

This is the first step Melinda takes to overcome her tormentor.

What is writing to stay away from him on the bathroom stall?

300

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?

400

 “The moon is asleep” is this type of literary device.

What is personification?

400

She and Melinda were once close, but Rachel joins this clique at school.

What is the foreign exchange student group?

400

Melinda makes changes in her bedroom and closet’s décor by removing this item.

What is removing the mirror?

400

What is a clique?

A small, exclusive group of people

500

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?

500

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"?

500

Melinda's refusal to help Heather shows this personal development.

What is reclaiming her voice/self-worth?

500

List the five mascots in order that Merriweather HS had during Melinda’s freshman year

What are the Trojans, Blue Devils, Tigers, Wombats, Hornets?

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