Characters
Wrote They Cage the Animals at Night (first name only)
Jennings
A comparision that uses "like" or "as"
simile
The events of Red Scarf Girl take place in this country
China
The most intense part of the plot
climax
How many years has Miss Love taught at Wyomissing?
3 years
Died of a heart condition while in the Brooklyn Shelter
Mark
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
metaphor
Jacqueline Woodson lived with her grandparents in this state
South Carolina
The problem in the story
Conflict
Miss Love's favorite color
Blue
Ate paint off the wall and got lead poisoning
Roman
Giving human qualities to a non-human object
personification
The name of the first home that Jennings was in
The Home of the Angels
A person who is trying to escape from a tornado is an example of this kind of conflict
character vs. nature
Miss Love has this many siblings
2
Jacqueline Woodson's best friend in New York
Maria
Using images, colors, or objects to represent an emotion or idea
symbolism
Jacqueline and her family moved here in search of better opportunities
New York City
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes uses this object to represent different types of lives
stairs/staircases
Miss Love coaches this sport
volleyball
The main character of Red Scarf Girl
Ji-li Jiang
A reference to another famous work
allusion
Jennings and Mark were reunited in this shelter
Brooklyn Shelter
There are this many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet
14
Miss Love read this many books last year
30