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Novels
Utilizing my Lump
Vocab, O! Vocab!
Figurative Language
Hodgepodge
100
"______________" Valance from the novel, "Outsiders."
Who is Sherry "Cherry" Valance?
100
The "thing" that Ashleigh's father wanted from her mother.
What is "money".
100
Defined: "Happening once a year."
What is "annual"?
100
Comparison without using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
100
To think critically.
What is "Analysis"?
200
The elected leader of the boys on the island.
Who is Ralph?
200
The occupation that Doris' parents have in the story, "The One Who Watches."
What are "musicians"?
200
Defined: "Very fat."
What is "obese"?
200
Intentional exaggeration of figures of speech.
What is hyperbole?
200
To make a judgement of something based on specific criteria.
What is "Evaluation"?
300
The nickname for the small kids on the island.
Who are the "littluns?"
300
The hiding spot that Ashleigh's mom used to stow her secret stash.
What is the teapot?
300
Defined: "To place under water."
What is "submerged"?
300
Using one thing to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
300
To use clues and context to determine what will likely happen next.
What is "Prediction"?
400
The pacifist that comes to speak to Ponyboy because he won't fight.
Who is Randy?
400
The kleptomaniac young girl in "The One Who Watches."
Who is Yolanda?
400
Defined: "Noisy and rowdy." (Begins with a 'b')
What is "boisterous"?
400
Writing that appeals to the five senses to create mental pictures.
What is imagery?
400
To take everything and bring it together.
What is "Synthesis"?
500
The casanova, ladies man in "Outsiders."
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
500
The name of the "Hell on Earth" that our two young men find their car stuck in the story, "Trapped...."
What is the Mojave desert?
500
Defined: "Exactly word for word."
What is "verbatim"?
500
An expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
500
A more subjective concept, this requires the individual to make a decision based upon specific evidence.
What is "Inference"?