Disabilities
Disorders that affect movement and muscle tone caused by damage to the brain.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
The painless killing of a patient suffering.
What is euthanasia?
Pulitzer Prize winner
Who is Sydney McDaniel? (Shawn's dad)
How Shawn's dad feels about his inability to help him.
What is powerless?
The main idea or underlying idea of a meaning of literary work.
What is theme?
Shawn spends most of his day in this.
What is a wheelchair?
What Shawn loves the most about his life.
What are seizures?
Taught Shawn how to read.
Who is Cindy?
What everyone thinks Shawn is experiencing while having a seizure.
What is suffering or pain?
A literary device to explain details about a character; directly or indirectly.
What is characterization?
A sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance to the brain.
What is a seizure?
An award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, and literature.
What is Pulitzer Prize?
The red headed gorgeous girl that works in Shawn's classroom.
Who is Becky?
Choosing to die with dignity, rather than suffer.
What is euthanasia?
The mode of narration that an author uses to let the readers "hear" and "see" the story.
What is point of view.
The life expectancy of someone with CP.
What is 30-70 years?
What Shawn's dad refers to the students in his class as.
What is uneducable?
Talks to Shawn like he's still a baby.
Who is Lindy (Shawn's mom)?
During a seizure, this is what Shawn is actually feeling.
What is freedom or flying?
Language used by people of a specific area, class, or group; involves spelling and pronunciation
What is dialect?
Delays in motor skills, drooling, problems swallowing, seizures, and problems with fine motor skills.
What are the signs of CP?
The ability to control movements, such as, bowels (going to the bathroom).
What is continence?
Broke Shawn's arm at school.
Who is William?
One of the biggest barriers Shawn faces is lack of.
What is communication?
A literary element that evokes feelings through words and descriptions.
What is mood?