Vocab
When you compare two things using like or as, that is called this:
Simile
The general feel of a story; the way the author wants the reader to feel.
Tone
Japan
Bilagaana is the Navajo word for:
White People
When you compare two things directly (without using like or as), that is called this:
Metaphor
When a symbol or theme is repeated over and over throughout a text.
Motif
Pacific
Navajo people traditionally live in long, oval-shaped houses called this:
Hogans
This is an older name for PTSD; something soldiers suffer from after returning from war.
Battle Fatigue
Descriptive writing that appeals to a reader's 5 senses, this author's tool helps readers better visualize the story.
Imagery
In the last chapter we read (21), Ned's platoon is serving on what island?
Guam
This word, meaning, "Land of the People," is the name that the Navajo call their home, and the whole country of America.
Dinetah
To bounce off something at least once; usually used to describe when a bullet hits off a surface.
Ricochet
A story, fictional or nonfictional, that tells events in order and pushes specific themes.
Narrative
When Ned first shipped out, he traveled to this island, which was a US territory at the time.
Hawaii
For the code talkers, the word for "grenade," was the word that meant:
"Potato"
The order of when things happen in time, from first to last.
Chronology
When the expectation is different from the reality of a situation, or two unexpected things are juxtaposed. Usually, this makes for something amusing in a text.
Irony
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
"Wolachii" is a word for the first letter in the code talker alphabet. It was also Ned's nickname back home. It means:
Ant