A comparison of two unlike things or ideas without using the words like, as, or than.
What is a metaphor?
100
Chad, Africa
What is the setting of Rain School?
100
A piece of information used to describe something.
What is a detail?
200
What is a character trait Thomas possesses?
What is determination?
200
The main idea of Rain School.
What is the students must build their own school, so that they can learn?
200
“Alia worries that the fires of war will destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountains of gold.” What does the word precious in this sentence mean?
What is valuable?
200
Afghanistan
What is the setting of Nasreen's Secret School?
200
Evidence
What is a fact used to prove an idea?
300
Why does Cal think the Book Woman’s horse is brave.
What is the Book Woman's horse endures the freezing snow?
300
To portray how people in different cultures around the world gain access to books.
What is the main idea of My Librarian is a Camel?
300
In Nasreen's secret school, what type of figurative language does the author use when she she writes, “Now her life is like the blue clouds beyond the dark skies?"
What is a simile?
300
Appalachian Mountains
What is the setting of That Book Woman?
300
Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people.
What is non-fiction?
400
What is a trait That Book Woman possesses?
What is helpful?
400
Bravery to stand up for what you believe in.
What is the theme of Nasreen's Secret School?
400
The ape ached with the fight with the alligator.
What is alliteration?
400
Iraq
What is the setting of the Librarian of Basra?
400
culture
What is the beliefs and customs of a particular society, group, or place.
500
What are two character traits of Alia in the Librarian of Basra?
What is responsible and loyal?
500
Faith can keep us working towards our goals.
What is the theme of The Librarian of Basra?
500
“The boys take their young friend for a ride on their sled as they walk to the post office to pick
up their books.…While the northern wind howls across the tundra, they read fantasy and action
novels. ” What type of figurative language is being used in the last sentence?
What is personification?
500
What is the setting in Thank you, Mr, Faulker?
What is a school in California?
500
The overall idea of a story of text. (What it is mostly about.)