Vocabulary
The definition of memoir
What is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories?
The author of A Long Way Home
Who was Saroo Brierly?
the main goal of Saroo's search
What is to find his hometown and birth family?
Saroo traveled using this
What is a train?
Saroo compared his search to finding...
What is a needle in a haystack?
The definition of tone
Roommate of the author after college
Who was Byron?
What is to reconnect with his birth family and understand his past?
Saroo searched using this resource
What is Google Earth?
A point of view in which an author is directly involved in the events that he or she describes.
What is first-person point of view?
The definition of mood
What is the overall feeling that a reader gets from a story or passage?
letter of the town Saroo believes he is in search of
What is the letter "B"?
The first landmark Saroo discovered that made him believe he located his destination...
What is a municipal water tank ?
"..the tracks spilling out of it like the fraying end of a rope.." is an example of....
What is a simile?
What is careful and complete?
The people the author was searching for
Who was his birth family?
What is starting at Kolkata and searching outward?
The author uses this to appeal to the reader's senses
What is a description?
Burhanpur! is italicized and includes and exclamation to show this emotion...
What is excitement?
The definition of relentlessly
What is without stopping or with determination?
The author was afraid of hurting their feelings
Who was Saroo's adoptive parents?
The author is from this country
What is India?
The shape of the road Saroo recalled from his hometown and used as a landmark...
What is horseshoe-shaped?