Vocabulary/Synonyms
This word means contaminated with a disease-causing organism
What is infected?
This colorful context clue helped the reader determine what Anna's fate would be when she first got in the cab of the truck.
What is the deep unnatural shade of purple?
This is the DJ at the radio station.
Petey "the Muskrat" Coltrain
This person walks out of the bathroom of the gas station.
What is a young boy around 6 or 7. (Jeremiah)
Tells the point of view through "their eyes" and includes themselves as part of the story. May include I, me, my, we, us when referenced in the story.
What is first person point of view?
This word means wild or distraught with fear, anxiety or other emotion.
What is frantic?
In series one, a large mass of people were running in their direction. Were they running from something or chasing something? The boys noticing their "wild eyes" was a clue to this.
What is they were being chased by plagued people/zombies?
This character has a leg that tends to have a mind of its own.
Who is Anna?
They are rushing toward Mac and Dennis at the end of series one.
What is a group of plagued people?
This point of view places the reader in the story and is talking directly to the reader. If contains the word "you" when referring to the reader.
What is second person point of view?
The term "scourge" was a synonym for this word.
What is plague?
He squinted. Something was moving next to the water. Were those people? They were — it was Mac and Anna!
Dennis and Jeremiah stared in horror. Anna had a hand firmly around Mac’s throat. This context clue helps the reader determine this.
What is Anna is changing to a zombie?
This young boy around age 6 or 7 was found hiding in the gas station bathroom?
Who is Jeremiah?
Anna asks Mac if he thinks she’s going to become “one of them”.This is what she is referring to.
What is a zombie?
This point of view includes character names, but the narrator is not a character in the story.
What is third person point of view?
A legion is a synonym for this vocabulary word from the series 2.
What is a horde?
“You’re still Anna,” said Jeremiah decisively. “I can tell. Keep the music on. She likes it,” he told Mac firmly. Mac wasn’t sure, but he thought the red in her eyes was clearing.
This context clue proves this about Anna...
What is "The music is making Anna more human again"?
This person was next to Anna by the lake and was being strangled by anna's "plagued arm".
Who is Mac?
This would describe Mac and Dennis' overall mood in series four when the "change" is at risk with Anna.
What is scared and worried?
This point of view contains knowledge of the thoughts, feelings, and actions of one character.
What is third person limited?
Affliction is a synonym to this word used in series 2.
What is a plague?
from series four at the gas station:
The man hovered in the doorway of the bathroom, looking first at Mac and then at Dennis. His eyes were red and bloodshot, and they rolled around in his sockets, unable to focus. “Argghhh,” the man growled. Drool dripped down his chin as he stepped forward.
This context clue proves this...
What is the man is infected by the plague/zombified?
The family name of minor characters mentioned at the beginning of series one. (hint: they worked for this family on the farm)
Who are the Greersons?
Dennis, Mac, Jeremiah, and Anna are heading to this location at the beginning of the text.
What is the radio station?
This point of view contains knowledge of all characters thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is third person omniscient?