"Bare feet and legs with open sores climbed above us--evils of terrible soil they trod every day, and there were seven hundred thousand or more afflicted people in favelas around Rio alone."
What is a quote from Flavios Home
100
The telling of a single or several related stories most of the time by a single charater in the story
What is Narration
100
This character has to take care of all his siblings at the age of just twelve
What is Flavio
100
A horrible story where a girl finally open ups to a family friend about her being raped when she was younger
What is Sister Flowers
100
He/She wrote "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage"
What is Amy Sutherland
200
"We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people's feelings, we conviently forget, we keep secrets"
What is a quote from The Ways We Lie
200
When authors use specific and detailed examples to illustrate and support thier idea or arguement
What is Exemplification
200
This character was a role model who open her ears to a woman who was raped as a young child
What is Sister Flowers
200
Nothing but a simple security guard had to face a giant elephant that was blocking roads in a village while the population stood right behind him
What is Shooting an Elephant
200
He/She wrote "Serving in Florida"
What is Barbra Ehrenreich
300
"A friend's sister got arrested for selling drugs; we saw her mother in tears at church that Sunday. A boy I thought I knew, a school clown with a sweet crooked grin, shot himself in the woods behind his house"
What is a quote from Bombs Bursting in Air
300
A writing technique that explains the steps or sequence involved in doing something in detail to the reader
What is Process Analysis
300
This story talks about how generations of children are becoming more and more excited to do adult things. Sadly, they are attempting to act like adults while they are still in their younger years.
What is Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen
300
He/She wrote "Shooting an Elephant"
What is George Orwell
400
"Once upon a time, about ten years ago, fifth- and sixth-grade boys were about as fashion-conscious as thier pet hamsters. But a growing minority have begun trading in thier baseball cards for hair mousse and baggy jeans"
What is a quote from Tweens: Ten Going On Sixteen
400
A writing technique where authors use vivid imagery and language to express what the five senses experience
What is Description
400
These are the adolescent children who try to act way older than they are. In the story these children are known as...
What is Tweens
400
This story informs the reader about different types of lies and fibs that the population likes to use
What is The Ways We Lie
400
He/She wrote "The Storm This Time"
What is David Helvarg
500
"If we are all insane, then sanity becomes a matter of degree. If your insanity leads you to carve up women like Jack the Ripper of the Cleveland Torso Murder, we clap you way in the funny farm (but neither of those two amateur-night surgeons was ever caught, heh-heh-heh)"
What is a quote from Why We Crave Horror Movies
500
A type of writing where authors use questions or ideas and connect the outcomes such as results of an election or reporting nutrition facts
What is Cause and Effect
500
This character was a friend of the main character who tried desperatly to save his flood ridden home in New Orleans
What is Bob Chick
500
A story about a young child who unfortunately found out she has a brain tumor. The author describes how tragic events like these effect many live in many different ways
What is Bombs Bursting in Air
500
He/She is a famous author who wrote "Why We Crave Horror Movies"