VOCAB
SUCCEEDED
FARED
SUFFERING
TORMENT
What were the advantages and disadvantages of the rain that came in the story?
advantage was dust went away
disadvantage it made it muddy and harder to travel
You could have heard a pin drop!
What does this mean and is this called simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia?
very quiet, onomatopoeia.
A ________ _________ compares two actions.
comparative adverb
DRAWBACK
DISADVANTAGE
LIGHT
BEACON
What type of language does the author use in the story?
Grab a text book and show me an example.
Figurative language
Where are the children "never permitted to walk along?"
cut off
A ______ adjective compares three or more people, places, or things.
superlative
SHAKING
QUAKING
WHISPERING
RUSTLING
From who's point of view is the passage told? What type of point of view is that? What words tell you this?
rachel, first person
Why did Will go into the water?
His horse had a leg tangled in the water so he went in to save it.
Nick was the most troublesome student of all the other students in his school?
comparative or superlative adjective?
superlative
FLOWED
SURGED
GAVE A SERIOUS SPEECH
LECTURED
Rachel and the children hear a rustling in the bushes, what was in the bushes?
an ox
What was the problem with Will and how was it resolved?
Will was trapped in the dangerous waters, Pa saved him once the waters calmed, he was pale and limb but he survived
The dog was faster than his trainer.
comparative or superlative adjective?
comparative
REFUSED TO MOVE
BALKED
ACCIDENT
MISHAP
We barged through brambles and sloshed through
creeks, but we always kept that light in view, like the
beacon of a lighthouse.
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
simile because it compares two things using like
Will always claimed to live a _________ life.
charmed
Johnny walked more quickly than any other kid on the block.
comparative or superlative adverb?
comparative