Vocabulary
Dialogue
Stage Directions
Characterization
Poetry
100

to defeat

What is conquer?

100

conversation between two characters in a story

What is dialogue?

100

notes by the author that help us visualize the scene

What are stage directions?

100

the lead basketball player of the Tigers

Who is Echo?

100

a kind of poem written by William Shakespeare

What is a sonnet?

200

sorrow, sadness

What is grief

200

the reason Doc mentions Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech

What is he wants the groups to get along?

200

[The waiting room in a veterinary clinic. ECHO and WHISPER sit on a couch with the cardboard box.}

What is waiting to see the doctor about the cat?

200

an older woman who was like a grandmother to Echo and is Judge's grandmother

Who is Gram?

200

the kind of "poetry" written by songwriters

What are lyrics?

300

love and dedication

What is devotion?

300

"So we're on? For noon tomorrow?"

What is a basketball game?

300

[There is a screech of brakes.]

What is Gram got hit by a car?

300

middle aged man who runs the basketball court

Who is Roy?

300

How many lines does a sonnet have?

What is 14?

400

a place of safety

What is refuge?

400

"'Somebody' filed an assault charge."

What is Doc and Taillight blaming Judge?

400

[ECHO fingers the dog tags. Then he extends his hand and JUDGE shakes it.]

What is Echo forgiving Judge?

400

leader of the Hatchets

Who is Judge?

400

the theme of "If There Be Pain" and Sonnet 30

What is friendship?

500

to fall or lose strength

What is subside?

500

"Okay, you guys can play here. Just remember: No trouble. Bad ticker."

What is Roy warning the boys not to fight?

500

[Not happy that Taillight has heard his mumbled comment]

What is Echo blaming himself for the fight?

500

Echo's little brother

Who is Whisper?

500

two lines in sonnet that rhyme

What is a couplet?