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Ship Breaker Random
Characters
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Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
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In addition to being teens, many of which are orphans, Nailer's crew has this mark in common
What is a face brand or tattoo
100
The Protagonist of Ship Breaker
Who is Nailer
100
Name a type of metal that Nailer is responsible for collecting (not including staples...)
What is aluminum, copper, or nickel
100
Another word for category that we use in literature, movies, and music.
What is genre
100
The dictionary definition of a word is also known as this
What is denotation
200
Nailer cannot do his job much longer for this reason
What is size/weight
200
The person after Nailer's place on the crew
Who is Sloth
200
Nailer crawls in these
What are ducts
200
The where and when of a story
What is setting
200
The main character/good guy is known as this
What is the protagonist
300
Sloth decided to leave this "up to the Fates"
What is whether Nailer would live or die
300
Nailer's boss that is loyal to Nailer (so far) and makes the decision to throw Sloth off the crew
Who is Pima
300
The process of collecting useful items off of something that is dead or no longer being used
What is scavenging
300
A piece of punctuation used to join two complete sentences
What is a semi-colon
300
The "bad guy" in the story is known as this.
What is the antagonist
400
The setting of Ship Breaker
What is on the coast and in the future
400
Nailer's "other boss" who is characterized as mean, ruthless, selfish, and sloppy.
Who is Bapi
400
The minimum amount that must be sold in order to make a sales goal
What is quota
400
A type of word used with a comma to connect two sentences
What is a coordinating conjunction
400
The emotions and feelings attached to a word and contexts that a word is used in. "House vs. Home" is a common example...
What is connotation
500
Nailer compared swimming in oil to this
What is quicksand
500
A boy who supposedly died alone in an oil tanker, leaving behind mummified remains
Who is Jackson Boy
500
Another name for "oil"
What is petroleum
500
"The ship vomited Nailer out..." is an example of this. When human qualities are given to nonliving things.
What is personification
500
When the author hints at something that happens that happens later in a text.
What is foreshadowing