Mr. Gray's Class
This is Mr. Gray's favorite football team.
What is The Raiders?
"You feel like you’re still ten"
What is a Pronoun?
This is the narrator and main character of the short story.
Who is Rachel?
This is the type of Figurative Language for "Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box"
What is a Simile
"...the sweater that smells like cottage cheese" is an example of this sense.
What is smell?
This is the amount of credit you get for late homework in Mr. Gray's class.
What is "zero"?
"That’s what I tell Mama when she’s sad and needs to cry"
What is a verb?
How does Rachel feel about the red sweater?
This is the type of Figurative Language for, "because if I was one hundred and two I’d have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk."
What is Hyperbole?
"the sweater is sitting there like a big red mountain" is an example of this sense.
What is sight?
This is how many bathroom passes you get for a quarter.
What is 8?
"My face all hot and spit coming out of my mouth..."
What is a conjunction?
This event upsets Rachel so much in class and makes her feel negatively about her birthday.
What is "Mrs. Price forces Rachel to wear the old and ugly red sweater"?
This is the Figurative Language for "instead of just sitting there with that look on my face and nothing coming out of my mouth."
What is Irony?
"my body shaking like when you have the hiccups" is an example of this sense.
What is touch/feel?
This is word that describes where you write a brief description of your email (3 to 4 words).
What is a "subject" or "subject line"?
"...bunch it up into a little ball and toss it in the alley."
This is the name of the other students (not Mrs. Price) that Rachel dislikes. (DOUBLE POINTS FOR BOTH OF THEIR NAMES)
Who is Sylvia Saldivar and/or Phyllis Lopez?
The Figurative Language for "when I wish I wasn’t eleven, because all the years inside of me—ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one—are pushing at the back of my eyes"
What is a Metaphor?
"my whole head hurts like when you drink milk too fast" is an example of these senses.
What is taste & feel?
This is the name of your Genre Study book project final
What is "Front Page Headline"?
"...because if I was one hundred and two I’d have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk."
What is a Proper Noun?
Where does Rachel put the sweater after it's placed on her desk?
What is the "tippy-tip corner" of her desk?
This is the Figurative Language for "...so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it."
What is Paradox?
"sitting there with that look on my face and nothing coming out of my mouth" is an example of this sense.
What is hear? (We can hear the silence)