Unit 6 Vocabulary
Which word means unnamed; without the name of the person involved; unknown
Anonymous
Dishes.
Who is the author of One Crazy Summer?
Rita Williams-Garcia
What type of figurative language is this: Those clouds weren't through with us yet and dealt another Cassius Clay-left-and-a-right jab to the body of our Boeing 727.
Personification.
What country is Malala from?
Pakistan.
The team of doctors and researchers worked tirelessly to ___________ the disease.
Eradicate.
Is "peace" a concrete or abstract noun?
Abstract.
What are the names of the three sisters in One Crazy Summer?
Delphine, Fern, and Vonetta.
Simile.
Name 3 different types of narrative leads.
Dialogue, sound effect, action, snapshot, question, flashback.
Which word is a synonym for hesitant, loath, disinclined.
Reluctant.
What is the subject complement in the sentence below?
The tall man on the right is my father.
Father.
What group runs the summer camp the sisters attend?
What type of figurative language is this: " Fern had been a loaf of bread in Cecile's arms."
What do you call the beginning of the story where the characters and setting are revealed?
Exposition.
Which word is a synonym for retaliation, reprisal.
What is the direct object in the sentence below?
I mailed two large packages to my cousin in Arizona.
Packages.
What city/state does Cecile live in?
What type of figurative language is this: Fern flies freely across the front lawn.
Alliteration.
The Taliban.
Which word is an antonym for pore over, scrutinize.
Browse.
Is this sentence showing separate or joint possession?
Kim and John's house is next to the park.
Joint.
What is the name of Fern's doll?
Miss Patty Cake.
What type of figurative language is this: We counted a million newspapers that day.
Hyperbole.
Who wrote the poem Dreams and Knoxville, Tennessee?
Nikki Giovanni.