bulbous:
As it (a fly) rises from me, I can see its bulbous blue eyes.
What is large and round
100
"What we have here is a failure to communicate. In my case, that's kind of like calling the Grand Canyon a pothole."
What is an under-exaggeration/hyperbole/simile
100
The special talent that Shawn has.
What is remembering everything he ever hears
200
The city where the Alice Ponds Show was recorded.
What is Los Angeles
200
The person who Shawn's dad must go through, if he plans to hurt Shawn.
Who is Paul.
200
intuition:
It's not as though he's stated it directly. It's more an intuition-intuition and a thing that happened last week when my dad stopped by the house.
What is a hunch or instinctive belief
200
He (the robin) seemed to be asking me whether or not we should bust Cindy and Paul.
What is personification
200
Shawn's first experience with death.
What is when driving to school, Shawn witnesses a dog being hit by a car.
300
The reason Shawn's dad came to visit him at school
What is to do an interview about educating the un-educable.
300
The name of Shawn's respite care worker at the end of the story.
Who is Vonda.
300
cerebral palsy:
When I was born I (Shawn) got brain damaged. A tiny blood vessel burst inside my brain and as luck would have it, the blood vessel was in exactly the 100 percent perfectly wrong spot.
What is a condition that affects the ability to control your muscle movements.
300
Crackle-crackle-crackle-that's all the Alice Ponds I'm going to get today.
What is onomatopoeia
300
The part of Shawn's seizures that he enjoys the most
What is the ability to move-fly-travel outside of his body
400
Describe the circumstances that set up the suspense of the final chapter.
What is Shawn is alone with the respite care provider. His family is away at a game. Shawn's father comes to the house and sends Vonda home. They have only been alone 6 times together his entire life. He continually says-I am sorry and I love you.
400
The girl that Shawn has a crush on.
Who is Ally Williamson
400
hors d'oeuvres:
I jerked in my chair (brain stem reflex) so sharply that the young waiter serving hors d'oeuvres and wine before the reading flinched in his chair next to mine.
What is a type of food-appetizer
400
For the most part, though, my seizures are not interested in what I'm doing at the moment they hit; they just kick down the door to my brain, charge in, and make themselves at home.
What is personification
400
This makes Shawn feel most connected to his dad.
What is they both have double-jointed thumbs
500
Where Paul and the family were going at the end of the story.
What is to a championship basketball game.
500
The man who is the focus of Sidney McDaniel's newest project.
Who is Earl Detraux.
500
hens-and-chickens:
It's ( the garden is) flat in front and sloping on the side, filled with small plants: pansies, hens-and-chickens, I don't know all the names.
What is a type of plant/flower
500
His arms and legs are overcooked spaghetti laced with the bones of dead birds...Behind his eyes, it's black as fog over snow.....name both
What is simile and metaphor
500
The two perspectives of the Alice Ponds show "parents who kill"
What is
positive-ending their pain
negative-any killing is murder