Tom Sawyer
Call of the Wild
To build a fire
Paragraphs
vocab
100

what happens to Injun Joe at the end of the book?

he dies in the cave

100

how does Buck get put in the gold rush to begin with

Manuel sells him to feed his gambling addiction

100

what happens at the end of the story?

The man dies

100

what does the paraphrase paragraph do?

restates the maxim in a way that is clear to the reader
100

what is foreshadowing?

When the author drops hints of what will unfold later in the story

200

describe Tom Sawyer

varies

200

how does Buck learn to be a sled dog

Under F and P, he is trained by the other dogs biting him when necessary and by F and P's whip when he makes a mistake

200

describe the man in to build a fire

he is non-native, walking back to camp with his dog, and underestimates the climate

200

how does the encomium paragraph start?

it is proper to praise...

200

what is dialect?

when the characters use language and phrasing from a specific region or area

300

what is the difference between a plot and an episode?

there is conflict and it is continuous throughout the story (plot) an episode is just a slice of life short scene that does not necessarily advance the plot

300

describe how hal, mercedes, and charles are different from Buck's other owners

they are not used to the climate and do not know what they are doing. they hurt the dogs with their actions

300

what is the inciting incident in to build a fire?

He falls into the water

300

what does the analogy paragraph do?

it compares the maxim to a universal example

300

what is hypocrisy?

When you say one thing and do the opposite

400

describe Huckleberry Finn

varies

400

name all the owners in order

Judge Miller

Francois and Perrault

Scotch half breed

Hal, Mercedes, Charles

John Thornton 

The wild

400

describe how he tries to stay alive after the second fire

he tries to kill the dog, he runs and falls, runs and falls a second time

400

give me the correct phrasing for the example paragraph, using the title the tortoise and the hare. Punctuation counts

For example, in "The Tortoise and the Hare", (summary)

400

What is realism?

when the story uses real places, believable characters, and realistic language to make the story feel real

500

what are the two major plots in Tom Sawyer?

Tom and Becky, The murder at the graveyard

500

how does buck live out his full nature?

He lives in the wild, hunts for his food, and leads a wolf pack

500

what is the author trying to build throughout the story? how does he do this?

Tension/suspense

by having the character almost succeed and then fail again multiple times

500

name all 8 paragraphs in order

encomium, paraphrase, cause, opposite, analogy, example, testimony, epilogue

500

what is voice?

The way the author writes that is unique to their writing style