This word refers to something falling or rushing like a waterfall.
What is cascade?
100
The three end punctuation marks that can complete a sentence.
What is a period, a question mark, and an exclamation point?
100
A spelling word that has a short a sound.
What is gram, clash, prank, rank, or plaid?
100
A coal-mining area, where a huge, steep bank of earth has been formed by machines and the leaves from the trees are covered with dirt.
What is the setting of The Summer of the Swans?
100
The literary device used by the author when she takes the reader back in time to an event from the past that is influencing a current situation in the story.
What is a flashback?
200
This word refers to doing something quickly or unexpectedly.
What is abruptly?
200
This type of sentence makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
200
A spelling word that has a short e sound.
What is dense, dwell, text, dread, or threat?
200
The main character that takes action to solve the most significant problem in the story.
Who is Sara?
200
The page in the story where we get our FIRST clue that Sara's problem is going to be solved.
What is page 29?
300
This word refers to something that causes a person to feel nervous or afraid.
What is anxiety?
300
This type of sentence asks a question.
What is an interrogative sentence?
300
A spelling word that has a short i sound.
What is strict, drill, or brink?
300
The most significant problem in the story.
What is the fact that Charlie is missing?
300
The paragraph on page 28 where the author uses a simile, a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using like or as.
What is paragraph three?
400
This word refers to being aware of what is going on around you.
What is conscious?
400
This type of sentence expresses excitement.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
400
A spelling word that has a short u sound.
What is shrunk, scuff, clutch, or fund?
400
The sequence of events that occur in a story.
What is the plot?
400
A multiple-meaning word on page 31 that can mean either "to lose consciousness briefly," or "weak and dizzy."
What is faint?
500
This word refers to swallowing up or surrounding something.
What is engulf?
500
This type of sentence gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
500
A spelling word that has a short o sound.
What is swan, prod, or mock?
500
The genre of The Summer of the Swans.
What is realistic fiction?
500
The story structure element that is revealed when Sara hears Charlie's cries and finds him.