Crazy Characters
Themes and Symbols
Fancy and Figurative
Nuts and Bolts
Random Randy
100
This girl is the main character and narrator of "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
Who is Esperanza?
100
"Isolation" and "morals" are examples of this term (the big idea in the story)
What is a topic?
100
"My papas hair is like a broom" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
All assignments in English 9 are graded out of this number.
What is 4?
100
This is the name of the very first sentence of a finished essay.
What is a hook?
200
The two different types of characterization
What are direct and indirect?
200
Windows in "The House on Mango Street" represent this idea.
What is dreaming of a better life?
200
"At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
200
In English 9, classwork makes up this percentage of your grade.
What is 40?
200
This is the name of the setting in "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
What is "Ship Trap Island"?
300
The two different types of character traits
What are physical and personality traits?
300
When proofreading, this is the meaning of this symbol.
What is add quotation marks?
300
"I lived a year in a minute" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
300
True or False: I can complete all assignments for this class on Canvas
False
300
"Each of us makes 5.06 pounds of garbage a day" is an example of this type of evidence.
What is data/statistics?
400
In "The House on Mango Street" Esperanza realizes she wants to _____ Mango Street in the end.
What is leave?
400
Being "inside" in "The House on Mango" is a symbol of this idea.
What is limitations or restrictions?
400
"The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
400
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or create contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
400
A typical plot begins with this term.
What is exposition?
500
Rainsford develops more of this throughout "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
What is empathy?
500
When Esperanza's neighbor says "You live there?" it introduces this topic.
What is embarrassment or shame?
500
In "Stephen King's Guide to Movie Snacks", Stephen King uses figurative language to compare butter in his popcorn bag to this gross bodily function.
What is oozing puss? OR What is powdered urine?
500
Each assessment in this class is worth roughly this percentage of your grade.
What is 13?
500
In his third attempt to defeat General Zaroff, Rainsford uses this trap that in named after an exotic animal and involves a deep whole with sharp sticks at the bottom.
What is burmese tiger pit?