Characters
The main character and narrator of Long Way Down.
Who is Will?
A comparison between 2 unrelated things that uses "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
A fragment or a broken piece.
What is a shard?
What is the 8th floor?
The author of Long Way Down
Who is Jason Reynolds
Will's older brother, who was murdered.
Who is Shawn?
A comparison between 2 unrelated things that does not use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
To flinch, or to draw back in fear or pain.
What is to wince?
The monkey bar trick that Shawn taught Will how to do.
What is a penny drop?
A thin fabric that covers the face or head.
What is a veil?
This character asks Will, "What if you miss?"
Who is Dani?
When you rearrange the letters in one word to form another word.
What is an anagram?
An image as it appears in a mirror.
What is a reflection?
The person that Will was talking to in the park on the night Shawn was killed.
Who is Tony?
"Alive = A veil" is an example of what?
What is an anagram?
This character had dreams of being a filmmaker before his life was cut short.
Who is Uncle Mark?
When the words form the shape of what the poem is about.
To show that something is true.
What is to confirm?
The person that Will believes is guilty of killing Shawn.
Who is Riggs?
Long Way Down is written in _________.
What is verse?
The first ghost that Will meets on the elevator, a man that was like an older brother to Shawn.
Who is Buck?
The repetition of the beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
The quality of being exact or accurate.
What is precision?
What each ghost does on the elevator before the elevator comes to a stop on each floor.
What is lights a cigarette?
"pushing the pistol under my pillow like a lost tooth" is an example of which literary device?
What is a simile?