vocabulary
When Andy said, "I wish I could sleep forever," Draper was foreshadowing this.
What is his suicide?
The title of the novel came from this
What is Monty's drawing of a tiger with tears?
Andy compares himself to this on p. 163-164 to help the reader understand how he feels.
What is "a hunter in the Congo"?
This is why Andy's dad changed his name.
What is he wanted to be respected in the business world?
why Sharon Draper wrote Tears of a Tiger
What is to inform readers about the dangers of drinking and driving and to entertain them
This is the noun form of punitive.
What is punishment?
This is a synonym for vaguely.
What is unclearly?
I feel like I get cotton in my brain really means
What is Andy is depressed and can't think straight
Based on the information in the novel, we can conclude that Keisha is this type of person. (characteristics)
What are patient and caring?
Why Andy becomes so angry when his mom refers to the accident as "the unfortunate incident"
What is Andy doesn't feel like his mother recognizes the crash as the terrible thing it was?
This is the verb form of revelation.
What is reveal?
This is a synonym for deceased
What is dead?
This is a synonym for "stable" as in "he's been dismissed by the psychiatrist as "stable".
What is functional?
Dr. Carruthers felt this way about Andy.
What is truly caring and wanting to help him
This event would be considered the climax (highest point of action) in the story.
What is Andy's suicide?
This is the noun form of resilient.
What is resilience?
This is a synonym for desert.
What is leave?
When she screamed, I ran upstairs. From that point, it's like a terrible videotape that keeps rewinding, that won't erase is an example of this figure of speech.
What is a simile?
Gerald was specifically angy with Andy for committing suicide because of this.
What is Gerald faces abuse every day and he still has the courage to wake up each day and continue his life?
This is the MAJOR conflict that Andy is dealing with in the novel
What is dealing with the guilt he feels because of the car accident in which Rob died?
This is the noun form of fatal.
What is fatality?
This is a synonym for irritable.
What is agitated?
I just know that time heals all wounds is an example of this type of figurative language
What is personification?
This is the character who is part of the group but not the basketball team.
Who is BJ?
The first page of the novel begins with this.
What is a newspaper article about the crash?