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Vocabulary Part 2
Jeremiah's Song
Literary Elements
Characters
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What is a word that completes this sentence: The old man had a ______ which caused him to not be able to move his right arm.
What is Stroke
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This vocabulary word means to identify an illness
What is diagnosis
100
Why wasn't the narrator 'About to go in there and listen to no stories at night'?
He is just a child and afraid of the scary stories
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This literary element is the people in a story
What is CHARACTER
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Who are the major characters in "Jeremiah's Song"?
What is Grandpa Jeremiah, Ellie, Macon Smith, (narrator)
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What is a word that completes this sentence: The Doctor told Sam that his _____ was strep throat
What is Diagnosis
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This vocabulary word means to kill germs
What is DISINFECT
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How does the narrator know that Ellie has changed after coming home from college because Ellie refuses to listen to Jeremiah's stories
Ellie refuses to listen to Jeremiah's stories, she says the stories are stupid and untrue. She also no longer sings in the church choir and has a smug attitude.
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This literary element is where the story takes place
What is SETTING
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Is Deacon Turner a minor or major character?
What is a minor character.
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What is a word that completes this sentence: Being sick caused Amy to have a _____ in her school work.
What is setback
300
Make sure you feed the sows. What is a sow?
Female Hog/Pig
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How do you know Ellie is beginning to like Macon?
She serves him dinner when he doesn't ask. Made him pork chops.
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This literary element is the sequence of events in a story
What is PLOT
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Is Sister Jenkins a major or minor character?
What is a minor character.
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What is a word that completes this sentence: After taking the medicine, Mara's ______ got better.
What is condition
400
Ellie, go and get a bible Properly punctuate and name the sentence type.
Period. Imperative
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What are Grandpa Jeremiah's songs are meant to do?
Create a bridge that connects multiple generations that helps people become stronger. Current generations can lean on past generations when life gets tough.
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What is important to both Grandpa Jeremiah and Macon?
Grandpa's Stories
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Who is the narrator?
Who is grandpa Jeremiah's grandson.
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Grandpa Jeremiah suffered a ___________ that made him very weak. Ellie asked Dr. Crawford if his ______________ was correct. Dr. Crawford said that his _______________ wasn't going to improve. Ellie wondered if it was ______________ for Macon to come around. She feared that without enough rest, Jeremiah may have another____________ .
What is Stroke, Diagnosis, Condition, Worthwhile, Setback
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The sow was super nervous because she knew they could be cooking smothered chops that night. What is a sow and why would it be nervous
A sow is an adult female pig, and she would be nervous if they are cooking smothered chops because chops are pork!!!!
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What symbol does Walter Dean Myers use to show that we can gain strength from people's past experiences?
A bridge
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This literary element is the perspective from which the story is told What POV is Jeremiah's Song written in? (HINT: the narrator)
What is Point of View What is 1st person POV
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Name at least five characters in the short story "Jeremiah's Song.
Jeremiah Ellie Macon Smith Sister Todd Deacon Smith Deacon Smith's wife Narrator