Roll of Thunder
Plot Diagram
Level 1 Vocabulary
Level 2 Vocabulary
Level 3 Vocabulary
100
Cassie
Who is narrator?
100
Climax
What is at the peak of the plot triangle?
100
sidekick
Who is a "partner in crime".
100
comply
What is to act according to a plan?
100
stifled
What is held back or made quiet?
200
Teacher
What is Mrs. Logan's job?
200
Rising action
What is comes before the climax?
200
Prodigy
What is a young person with amazing talent.
200
impudent
What is bold and disrespectful?
200
hypocritical
What is false or pretending?
300
got run over by the wagon
What happened to Papa to that injured him and kept him from workink?
300
setting and characters
What two things does the introduction consist of?
300
crouch
What is stooping down with your knees bent.
300
vileness
What is a nasty or disgiusting quality?
300
affect
What is to act on or cause a change?
400
Mississippi in the 1920's-1930's
What is the setting of the novel?
400
Falling action
What comes after the climax?
400
proposition
What is a suggested plan.
400
turmoil
What is a state of extreme confusion or anxiety?
400
conclude
What is to decide by reasoning?
500
racism
What is the theme of the novel?
500
Conclusion
What is another way to end the plot triangle besides "resolution"?
500
dingy
What is dirty or shabby?
500
acute
What is an adjective that means sharp?
500
evident
What is easy to see or understand?