Show:
"A White House Diary"
"Walter Mitty
"Uncle Marcos"
Characters
Terms/Essays
100
Where this story takes place.
What is Texas or Dallas?
100
The way that Walter Mitty escapes reality.
What are daydreams?
100
The item Marcos buys to impress his cousin
What is a barrel organ?
100
the nagging wife
Who is Mrs. Mitty?
100
the message of the story
What is theme?
200
The president who was killed
What is John F. Kennedy?
200
The item that Mitty almost forgot to buy.
What are puppy biscuits?
200
The captain wants to do this to Uncle Marcos
What is throw him overboard?
200
the girl who loves her Uncle's visits
Who is Clara?
200
the purpose of "A White House Diary"
What is "to inform"?
300
The author of this autobiography.
Who is Lady Bird Johnson?
300
The difference between Mitty's daydreams and reality
What is the daydreams are better?
300
Marcos believes Clara has this power
What is clairvoyance or ability to predict the future?
300
the grandmother who collects the money from the fortune tellers
Who is Nana?
300
the author's main reason for writing
What is "author's purpose?"
400
The place where Johnson is sworn in as the new president
What is the airplane?
400
The author of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Who is James Thurber?
400
The author of "Uncle Marcos"
Who is Isabel Allende?
400
the brother-in-law who gets mad at Marcos
Who is Severo
400
how the author sounds on the page based on the word choice and attitude
What is voice?
500
The people who blamed themselves for the assassination.
Who are the Secret Service?
500
The town where "Walter Mitty" takes place
What is Waterbury?
500
The length of time after his burial when Marcos shows up at the door
What is one week?
500
Marcos' sister who is happy when he leaves
Who is Nivea?
500
The SPECIFIC PURPOSE (theme) of "Walter Mitty" AND a detail to explain it.
What is "It's good to chase your dreams"...Walter stood up to his wife. "Imagination is important"...Walter's daydreams helped him deal with reality.