Vocabulary
Storm cellar
What is a place underground for storage or safety?
Did not hide in the storm cellar.
Who was Link?
A severe storm with heavy winds that can sometimes moves houses.
What is a tornado?
This story is told from this point of view.
What is first person?
Things stored in the storm cellar
Root vegetables, pickles
Beckon
What is doing something with your hands to tell someone to "come on" or "hurry up"?
Started telling stories to calm the fears of the children.
Who was Pete?
The strongest rating for a tornado.
What is EF5?
This person told stories.
Who was Pete?
The president that the boy's dad was named after
Who was President Abraham Lincoln?
ducked
What is to lower your head?
Worried about someone out in the cornfield.
Who was Beth (or Mom)?
Term for the area of the United States where many tornadoes occur.
What is Tornado Alley?
This person described what was happening with the ongoing storm at the beginning of some of the chapters.
Who was the boy (Link's son)?
The size of the turtle that Tornado had stuck in his mouth.
What is a silver dollar?
hail
What is the term for ice pellets falling from the sky?
A character with the same name as a severe storm.
Who was Tornado?
Another name for a tornado
What is a twister?
A figure of speech that is regional and cannot be literally defined.
What is an idiom?
The name of the cat that always ate dinner and stole Tornado's hole.
Who was 5:30?
grateful
What is another word for thankful?
Pete's sister
Who was Emma Lou?
The weakest/lowest rating for a tornado.
What is EF1?
The novel Tornado was told with this literary device when Pete told stories.
What is flashback?
Who was Carey?