Elements of Literature
Characters
Literary Devices and Symbols
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
100
What is the narrative perspective, or point of view, of Walk Two Moons?
First Person
100
This character was named after what her parents thought was the name of the Native American Tribe her great-great-great grandmother belonged to (even though the tribe's name was really Seneca).
Salamanca Hiddle
100
When Sal relives her memories of her mother in Bybanks she is experiencing what literary device?
A Flashback
100
Irritating or difficult to deal with
Cantankerous
100
"She was as crotchety and sullen as an old mule."
Simile
200
What is the main type of conflict in the novel?
Person vs. Self - Sal knows deep down that her mother is dead, but she hopes that her trip to Lewiston will somehow bring her mother back and her life will go back to the way it was.
200
Who buys Sal a chicken named Blackberry?
Ben Finney
200

What does Sal's fear of pregnant women foreshadow?

Her mother losing the baby

200

A large number or quantity 

Scads

200
"...at night even the silent darkness whispered rush, rush, rush."
Personification
300

Which story serves as the "frame" of the frame story structure in Walk Two Moons?

The story of Sal and her grandparents traveling to Lewiston, Idaho

300
Who believes her mother has been kidnapped by a lunatic?
Phoebe Winterbottom
300
To Sal and Gram the "Singing Tree" symbolizes what?
Hope
300

To make known (private or sensitive information)

Divulge

300
"...trouble just naturally followed them like a filly trailing behind a mare."
Simile
400
What is the climax of Walk Two Moons?
When Sal sees the wrecked bus and gravestone for herself and knows that her mom really isn't coming back.
400
Her real name is Chanhassen Pickford Hiddle, but what do people call Sal's mom?
Sugar
400
This represents Gramp's long-lasting love and devotion to Gram
The marriage bed
400

Pliable twigs; woven to make furniture or baskets

Wicker

400
"I was a complete ornery old donkey."
What is a metaphor
500
What is the purpose of a myth?
To explain a mystery or cultural tradition (in other words, why something is the way it is, or is done the way it is done).
500
Who names a beagle puppy Huzza Huzza?
Gramps Hiddle
500
What does Ben's sensitivity to the word "lunatic" foreshadow?
Someone close to him, his mother, is not mentally well
500

Strange or odd; unusual

Peculiar

500
Gramps said, "How about a story? Spin us a yarn."
Idiom
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