Vocabulary
Name that Story
About the stories
Figurative Language
100

Which word means to accept or endure (someone or something)?

What is tolerates.

100

What story has the theme about making friends with the unfriendly?

What is "The Railway Children"?

100

What does Dinnie notice about Lila that changes Dinnie's opinion of her?

What is Lila's unkind opinions about students from other cultures?

100

What is creative, non-literal use of words?

What is Figurative Language?

200
What means lack of energy or enthusiasm?

What is sluggish?

200

What story has the theme, "We serve God by serving others"?

What is "Where Love Is, God Is"?

200

What is the problem that King Aegeus and his kingdom face every year?

What is sending young people to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur?

200

What means to give human characteristics to something that is not human?

What is personification?

300

What means very active or energetic?

What is feisty?

300

Which story is about a valiant, young man who defeats a monster on the island of Crete?

What is "The Minotaur"?

300

 Which character does Dinnie change her opinion on in the excerpt from Bloomability?

Who is Lila?

300

What means an overstatement or exaggeration to make a point or add humor?

What is Hyperbole?

400

What means tall or slim?

What is willowy?

400

"Treasure your memories of time with your family", is the theme from which story?

What is "A Pack of Brothers"?

400

What is the climax of "The Railway Children"?

What is the time when the children do a daring rescue aboard the barge?

400

What does it mean when there is a struggle between two opposing forces in a story?

What is conflict?

500

What means tiny or microscopic?

What is minuscule?

500

What story is about a shy girl from the United States who goes to boarding school in Switzerland and learns about relating to people from other cultures?

What is "Bloomability"?

500

True or False?  In Bloomability, the author reveals Dinnie's traits through her responses to others and her thoughts about herself.

What is TRUE?

500

What is the attitude the author has towards his/her subject?

What is the tone?

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