The Hunger Games
The unfair District 12 system called _________ makes the reaping more dangerous for poor children because survival outside the arena already costs them more.
What are tesserae?
Malala writes for the BBC using this fake name to protect her identity.
What is Gul Makai?
This yellow flower reminds Katniss that survival is still possible after Peeta gives her the bread.
What is the dandelion?
This is the lesson or message about life that a story communicates.
What is theme?
The first paragraph of an essay is usually called this.
What is the introduction?
Peeta’s burned bread is not just an act of kindness. It becomes important because it connects Peeta to Katniss’s first real memory of __________.
What is hope / survival / being saved when she was desperate?
This object begins as something Malala wishes could magically fix problems, but later represents the power of her own voice and writing.
What is the Magic Pencil?
These birds symbolize connection, survival, and quiet defiance for Katniss and Rue.
What are mockingjays?
This is the literal dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
This sentence grabs the reader’s attention at the beginning of an essay.
What is a hook?
Katniss often struggles because Peeta’s kindness makes it harder for her to do this, even though the arena demands it.
What is see him as an enemy / separate emotion from survival?
This Taliban leader used illegal radio broadcasts to spread fear and gain power in Swat.
Who is Fazlullah / the Radio Mullah?
The three-finger salute becomes a symbol of respect, unity, and _______ against the Capitol.
What is rebellion / defiance?
This is the feeling or idea associated with a word, beyond its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
This sentence states the main idea or central point of the entire essay.
What is a thesis statement?
Rue’s death changes Katniss because it shifts her anger from simply surviving the Games to _______.
What is the Capitol’s cruelty / the injustice of the system / how the Capitol dehumanizes the districts?
Malala’s father is different from many parents in their culture because he encourages Malala to do this.
What is get an education / speak up / be treated equally?
Katniss covering Rue’s body with flowers shows that Rue is not just a piece in the Games, but also ______________.
A real person with dignity /defiance /rebellion
“The city had become like a prison” is a ________, a type of figurative language because it compares two things using “like.”
What is a simile?
In an argumentative essay, the writer’s position on a debatable issue is called this.
What is a claim?
Peeta saying he does not want the Capitol to “own” him reveals that the Games are not only about physical survival, but also about ____________.
What is his identity / humanity / values / sense of self?
Vocab word: Being unable to read or write would limit women in Shangla because they could not fully understand signs, letters, news, important documents, or religious texts on their own.
What is illiteracy?
Katniss and Peeta’s berry plan is powerful because it refuses to let the Capitol fully control ____________________.
What is the ending of the Games / their choices / their lives?
In Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, figurative language. Writers use it to help readers ______________.
What is visualize the setting / understand the mood or meaning?
In a narrative, the exact words a character says are usually written inside quotation marks and are called this.
What is dialogue?