Conflict
Strike it Rich!
Elements
Figurative Language
Vocab
100
What is Walt trying to protect?
Loren's claim
100
What is a claim
What is land that has gold on it
100
What is the Mazy May?
A creek
100

Walt was worried, however...

Alliteration (w sound)

100

His father had gone prospecting for quartz

To go searching for valuable ores, such as gold.

200
What is the main conflict?
Claim jumpers are trying to steal Loren's claim
200
Walt's father leaves him to go look for quartz. What does this tell us about how Walt's father feels about Walt?
He trusts him.
200

What is the climax in the story?

Walt strikes the Irishman in the face with a whip.

200

...for the creek wound back and forth like a snake...

Simile (like a snake)

200

The sled was poised perilously on one runner.

Dangerously

300
Why did Walt jump off the sled and run beside it?
he was cold and tired
300
Why was Walt concerned about the five newcomers in town?
he overheard them talking about stealing land
300
What is the setting of the story?
The Klondike Gold Rush, 1890s
300

At this space they remained, a black speck of motion on the white river-beast.

Metaphor (black speck / river-beast)

300

They were constantly floundering off the beaten track.

to struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily

400
Why do the claim jumpers shoot at Walt?
They are unable to stop him and become desperate.
400
What are claim jumpers?
What is people who try to steal gold on land that doesn't belong to them
400
What is a possible theme for this story?
Use your resources to protect what is important.
400

[He] dashed round the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him...

Personification (singing bullets)

400

The claim was liable to be jumped at any moment because of this delay.

likley to do or be something

500
How do the claim jumpers know that Loren's claim is unrecorded?
They have a list
500
What benefit would there be for the claim jumpers to travel at night to Dawson?
It would be dark so no one would see them!
500
What is the resolution to Mazy May?
Walt finds Loren and they make it to Dawson to record the claim.
500

In the afternoon, he [Walt] was trailing on their heels...

Idiom (on their heels)

500

The sled was jumping and plunging and yawing like a boat at sea.

To pitch side to side. Oscillate. Teeter-totter.
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