Comprehension
The book the girl used for the pie recipe
What is a library cookbook?
"I was just standing there like a statue, melting."
What is a simile?
The narrator is in a pie contest, and she is trying to win
What is the main idea?
I'm a plucky girl (that's what Mom calls me sometimes) and I know that practice makes perfect pie.
What is stubborn?
The fruit the main character finally decided to use for her winning trial pie
What are cherries?
"Boom, boom, boom, and the top three pies at the fair were decided."
What is an onomatopoeia?
The story "Pie Diary" is mostly about a girl trying to win a pie contest who keeps failing to make a perfect pie
What is the gist?
That pie was the third in a series of experiments I was conducting.
Reasons books have been banned
What is religious, political, moral, etc.?
"I frowned all the way to bed."
What is hyperbole?
The structure type of the "Pie Diary" text
It defines a "book challenge" as "an attempt to remove or restrict access to materials based on objections from a person or group."
What is limit?
The person who wanted to prevent being compared to more successful rulers of the past
Who is Emperor Qin Shi Huang?
"Powerful ideas in books can challenge our beliefs and open our minds."
What is personification?
Pie Diary teaches readers to persevere, even when something is hard
What is theme?
In many cases, people or governments in power banned books to maintain their authority and suppress ideas they found threatening.
What is power or right to make decisions?
The percentage of books challenged in 2023 that represented LGBTQIA+ voices or people of color
What is 47%?
"I've got butterfingers."
What is a metaphor?
The author's purpose in the "Book Bans" text
What is inform?
"Students who can find books about their experience or lives[...] have far better educational outcomes than when censorship is used in school."
What are results?