Literary Devices
"The cookie zipped right by the bird's head" is this type of literary device.
What is onomatopoeia?
I blew out matches to protect my sibling.
Who is Joetta (Joey)?
True or False: The crowd only gathered because they wanted to see Byron beat up another bully.
False- They would have gathered to see it happen to anyone.
This means to do something without conscious thought or attention.
What is automatically?
The setting of the novel.
What is Flint, Michigan?
"that snake in the grass" is an example of this type of literary device.
What is a metaphor?
I am referred to as a teenage juvenile delinquent.
Who is Byron?
This bully is best friends with Byron.
Who is Buphead?
Students who are not punctual for the bus are left behind by the driver. Punctual means...
What is to be on time?
This character is the stories protagonist.
Who is Kenny?
"The Langston Hughes book jumped from my hand" is this type of literary device.
What is personification?
Momma makes the kids wear layers and layers of clothing for this reason.
What is she is afraid they might get frostbite or hypothermia.
This bully gave Maytag Washes.
Who is Larry Dunn?
If you learn to accept or endure something, you learn to __________ it.
What is tolerate?
This is the main problem Kenny faces in the first few chapters.
What is bullying?
"Momma sucked in a ton of air... "Your father will kill you!" is an example of this literary device.
What is hyperbole?
Dad uses this "tool" in uncomfortable or difficult times to make them easier.
What is humor?
While often a bully, Byron felt remorse when this happened.
The bird died.
What is talking a lot?
The story is written from this point of view.
What is 1st person?
"Hung frozen in the air like a hunk of smoke." is this type of literary device.
What is a simile?
Kenny is teased for these two reasons.
What are his lazy eye and liking to read?
People bully Rufus for these two reasons.
His accent and lack of clothing (poor).
An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
What is conscience?
Byron plays with matches during this element of plot.
What is rising action?