Plot
What is the genre of this book?
nonfiction
What is the purpose of the falling action?
It shows how we get from that major moment to the way the story ends.
What is the main theme of book?
Hard work and ingenuity can help a person survive
"My knuckles swelled with bright drops of blood."
Is an example of?
Imagery
Where is the setting of the novel?
Malawi, Africa
What is the resolution of the novel?
William's windmill get recognition and he speaks at TED and is able to attend college.
What is the relationship between William and his father like?
Positive, he often is inspired by his father's directness
William's father, is notoriously good at dancing, and his moves have been compared to a "gazelle" and a "flying grasshopper". What type of figurative language uses comparisons with like or as?
A Simile
Why was the exposition important?
So we can understand how William changes and evolves.
Name one EXTERNAL conflict in the novel?
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Nature
What does William call his windmill at first?
Electric Wind
"You are my own creation!" I shouted to my windmill. "So why are you trying to destroy me? Please let me help you." What type of figurative language is used here?
Personification
What is the Inciting Incident of the novel?
Drought and Famine hit Malawi
Who is the protagonist in this story?
William
How did William first get the idea to build a windmill?
From a textbook at his local library
Name a simile for gazed? What is the connotation of the word?
looked, stared, leer, study
What was the climax of the novel?
William's creation of a windmill
What point of view is the novel written in?
First Person
What kind of animals does William hunt?
Birds
What is the connotation of a word?
The feeling a word brings to the reader