Story
In "Hatchet," what is the first thing Brian manages to make fire with?
What is his hatchet/axe?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
"The water was like glass." This is an example of comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
To fasten or attach metal with a type of bolt. In the plane crash, the _____ aluminum was torn.
What is riveted?
Identify the noun in this sentence: "Brian caught a fish."
What is "fish"? (Accept: Brian)
In "The Landlady," what two animals does Billy Weaver see stuffed in the landlady's house?
What are a parrot and a dog?
The main problem in a story, like Brian being alone in the wilderness.
What is the conflict?
Giving human qualities to something non-human. Example: "The fire was his friend."
What is personification?
The noun form of "tender." Billy noticed a strange _____ in the landlady's hands as she poured the tea.
What is tenderness?
Identify the verb in this sentence: "The landlady smiled quietly."
What is "smiled"?
In "Button, Button," what does Mr. Steward say will happen if you press the button?
What is "someone you don't know will die"?
The most exciting or turning point of a story, like when Brian finds the survival pack in the plane.
What is the climax?
A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story, like the landlady's strange comment about Mr. Temple and Mr. Mulholland.
What is foreshadowing?
To search through something using only your hands. Brian had to _____ through the survival pack to find what he needed.
What is rummage?
The word "suddenly" in "Suddenly, he heard a noise" is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
In "Theseus and the Minotaur," what does Theseus use to find his way out of the Labyrinth?
What is a ball of string/thread?
The perspective from which "Hatchet" is told
What is third-person limited?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. Like when Norma pushes the button for money, but it is her husband who dies.
What is irony?
To call an image or memory to mind. The smell of the bonfire would _____ memories of his time in the woods.
What is conjure?
Correct the sentence: "Brian feeled scared and lonely."
What is "Brian felt scared and lonely"?
In "Hatchet," what is the "secret" that Brian knows about his mother, which he thinks about often after the crash?
What is that she was seeing another man?
The underlying message or lesson in a story, such as "greed can easily backfire" in "Button, Button."
What is the theme?
A reference to a well-known person, place, or story. In "Theseus," King Minos is an example.
What is an allusion?
A false or deceptive outward appearance, or the front-face of a building. The cozy _____ of the boarding house hid the landlady's dark secret.
What is facade?
Combine these two simple sentences into one complex sentence: "Norma pressed the button. The telephone rang."
What is "After Norma pressed the button, the telephone rang."? (Accept other correct subordinating conjunctions like 'When' or 'As soon as').