Vocabulary
commonplace, ordinary; boring
What is banal?
The description given to Ugly Girl's moods when she is a truculent, warrior woman?
What is a fiery red mood?
a person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics
What is a metaphor?
When the narrator uses I, me, and mine in the narration.
What is first person narrative?
unable to make a decision, uncertainty
What is indecisively?
the name of Matt's dog
Who is Pumpkin?
describes a person, place or thing
What is an adjective?
You snore louder than a freight train is an example of
What is a hyperbole?
sharkbait
What is the name of our fish (class pet)?
horrible, shocking, unspeakable
What is atrocious?
First they just saw each other in the hall but now they text, email, talk on the phone, and go hiking together.
How have Matt and Ursula's relationship changed from the beginning of the book?
an action
What is a verb?
Busy as a bee is an example of.
What is a simile?
When the narrator uses you and yours when talking to the reader.
What is 2nd person narration?
wealthy
What is affluent?
How Ursula's mother feels about Ursula and Matt being friends.
What is unhappy/displeased?
Describes a verb, adjective, or an adverb
What is an adverb?
An exaggeration for effect.
What is a hyperbole?
The parts of a book with the quotations around them.
What is the dialogue?
to coax or persuade, especially with flattery
What is cajole?
The person Ursula is worried about being preoccupied with her weight, body image, perfection, and possible eating disorder.
Who is Lisa (Ursula's little sister)?
The part of a sentence that explains who/what that sentence is about?
What is the subject?
He has a heart of stone is an example of.
What is a metaphor?
When the author refers to the characters as he and she and shares the feelings of all of the characters.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
angrily, especially as a response to being mistreated or offended purposefully
What is indignantly?
Clayton Riggs
Who is Ursula's father?
The part of a sentence that explains the action of the subject
What is a predicate?
When you compare two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
Mrs. Myers favorite line to say when someone calls her name.
What is, "that's my name not my number don't call me."
something spoken, written, or drawn that injures a person's good name
What is defamation?
the name of the dark mood Ursula sometimes finds herself in when she is really upset.
What is the black inky mood?
A type of word used to describe the location of an object. Some examples are: near, above, beside, beneath.
What is a preposition?
The sky was full of dancing stars is an example of
What is personification?
When the narrator refers to the characters as he, she and does not share any of the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters.
What is 3rd person objective?
a feeling that something in particular (usually bad) will happen in the future, a forewarning
What is a premonition?
The name of the girl who stopped talking to Matt at the when Matt was accused of wanting to blow up the school.
Who is Stacy Flynn?
used to connect two independent clauses to make a compound sentence.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
When the writer gives human characters to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
the type of graphic organizer we use for gathering information about our vocabulary words that has a word circled in the middle and thoughts on stems sticking out of it.
What is a mind map?