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Long Way From Chicago
Long Way From Chicago
100
Plotline: What is the turning point of a story?
Climax
100
The time and place in which a story takes place
Setting
100
A short introduction to a book that occurs before chapter 1
Prologue
100
What year does the book take place (in chapter 1)?
1929
100
Where did Grandma send Joey to find the Cowgill parents?
Church
200
Plotline: The events that happen after the turning point of the story
Falling Action
200
Plotline: The end of a story
Resolution
200
How many stages are in the plot line?
Five
200
What major historical event is happening during the book?
The Great Depression
200
How did Shotgun Cheatham actually get his name?
Bad aim, shot a cow
300
A problem that occurs between characters
Conflict
300
When the story hints at events that will happen in the future
Foreshadowing
300
A type of literature in which very serious events occur
Drama
300
What did the sign at the train station say?
Drifters Keep Moving
300
Why did Grandma lie to the reporter?
She doesn't like people in her business
400
Plotline: The events leading up to the turning point of a story
Rising Action
400
The specific way a person talks- accent, slang, etc.
Dialect
400
A problem that occurs between two characters
External Conflict
400
What is the term used to call an outside bathroom
Privy
400
When grandma visits Aunt Puss, who does she say her grandchildren are?
Random kids she found fishing
500
Conversations between characters
Dialogue
500
Plotline: What describes the background, time, place, and main characters of a story?
Exposition
500
A problem that occurs within oneself
Internal Conflict
500
What is the sheriff's name?
O.B. Dickerson
500
What is Mary Alice scared of at Grandma's house
The cat