Vocabulary
(n) Written order from the court to enforce the performance of some public duty
What is Writ of Mandamus?
______ carried a ukulele and sang "Happy Birthday".
Who is Stargirl?
The name of the school in Stargirl
What is Mica Area High School?
The school TV show
What is The Hot Seat?
"She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower" is a ...
What is a metaphor?
(n) authoritative command/ territory administered by a trustee
What is Mandate?
________ followed Stargirl into the desert.
Who is Leo?
What is Arizona?
The school sports game that Kevin insisted that Leo attend
What is a football game?
"the saguaros flung shadows of giants across the pebbled earth" is an example of ...
What is personification?
(n) documents, letters, references, etc that inspires belief or trust
What is credentials?
________ thought she was better than other people, especially Stargirl.
Who is Hillari Kimble?
The time of year in which the first few chapters take place
What is late summer, and fall?
The sports team that asked Stargirl to join
What is the cheerleading team?
"the atmosphere bristled like cactus paddles" is a...
What is a simile?
(n) disbelief
What is Incredulity?
________ had been Leo's best friend since moving to Arizona.
Who was Kevin?
The landscape mentioned in the text
What is the desert?
The warning given by Hillari Kimble
What is Stargirl had better not sing to her on her birthday ?
"She marched in, leading her girlfriends like an invading general. "
What is a simile?
(adj) lacking self-confidence; timid; shy
What is Diffident?
_______ lived in the desert in a house full of bones and knew Stargirl before Leo and Kevin.
Who is Archie?
The time period when the story takes place (past, present, future)
What is present?
The reason Kevin and Leo went to see Archie
What is to get advice about Stargirl?
"She swirled like a dust devil. She marched stiffly like a wooden soldier" are both examples of ---
What are similes?