Vocabulary
The street blurred together, and I started to understand why Dad and Rose liked this so much: the cool, autumn air breezing past my face; my muscles waking up before any normal human hour.
What does blurred mean in the sentence above?
What is to make dim, imperfect, or confuse: cloud/obscure.
"It felt like a bunch of thumbtacks were poking my right calf." (Paragraph 27)
What is the figurative language utilize in the sentence above?
What is simile.
Compares the sharp, painful sensation of a muscle cramp to being pricked by thumbtacks using the word like.
What paragraphs depicted the rising action?
What paragraphs depicted the falling action?
What is paragraphs 12 - 29.
What is paragraphs 43 - 61.
What genre is this passage?
What is realistic fiction.
What can we infer about Micah's priorities?
What is running and training were a very low priority for Micah.
"You know the motto: leave no teammate behind."
What does motto mean in the sentence above?
What is a short expression of a guiding rule of conduct.
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, I told myself as street after street faded behind me." (Paragraph 26)
What is the figurative language utilized above?
What is metaphor.
An implied comparison/allusion (to the movie Finding Nemo) suggesting the continuous effort needed to move forward, treating the run like an endless swim.
What paragraphs depict the climax?
What is paragraphs 30 to 42.
What is the P.O.V (point of view)?
What is the third-person.
What is inferencing?
What is making a connection to the story or passage in which the author does not state.
I hobbled to the side of the road so I wouldn't be in other people's way, and I sat down on the curb, trying to shake it off.
What does hobbled mean in the sentence above?
What is a movement.
"...my muscles waking up before any normal human hour." (Paragraph 25)
What figurative language example is portrayed above?
What is personification.
Gives the human quality of "waking up" to the inanimate muscles.
What paragraphs depict the introduction?
What paragraphs depict the resolution?
What is paragraphs 1 - 11.
What is paragraphs 62 - 65.
What is third purpose the author wrote this passage?
What is personal growth and self-acceptance.
What is schema?
What is prior knowledge.
I stumbled down to the car where Rose was already buckled in and Dad was gobbling down an energy bar.
What does gobbling mean in paragraph five sentence one?
What is eating.
"...since he was my age, which had to be a million years ago." (Paragraph 4)
What figurative language is expressed above?
What is hyperbole.
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis and humor, stressing how long his dad has owned that hat.
What is the secondary structure?
What is problem/solution.
What is second purpose the author wrote this passage?
What is the importance of Family and Teamwork.
What inference can we make about Dad's feelings?
What is Dad valued the Turkey Trot as a significant family bonding experience, and he was genuinely proud and emotional that Micah was finally old enough to join the tradition.
"I'm coming!" I bellowed back to her.
What does bellowed mean in paragraph two sentence 1?
What is oo make a loud deep sound
"...I turned him down at first. But when he promised...I caved." (Paragraph 4)
What is the figurative language utilized from the passage above?
What is an idiom.
An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its elements: in this context, it means "to give in" or "surrender."
What is the primary structure?
What is narrative: chronological order.
The story follows Micah's actions and feelings in a clear timeline, from the moment he wakes up and gets ready, to the drive to the race, the start of the race etc.
What is first purpose the author wrote this passage?
What is the value of preparation and perseverance.
What inference can we make about Rose's actions?
What is Rose's concern for her brother was more important than her competitive drive or achieving a personal best time.