Structure and Literary terms
What is an Onomatopoeia
Is a word that imitates the sound it represents
What Award did Shawn's dad win?
Pulitzer Prize
Does Shawn like his Seizures?
Yes
Who flies to Los Angeles to appear on The Alice Ponds Show
Sydney and Cindy
What point of view is the book written from
What does Shawn's father always do when he visits
What is Cerbral Palsey like for Shawn
What is school like for Sean?
He sit around but like his teachers.
What is a simile
Comparing two things with like or as
What show did Shawn's dad go on?
Alice Ponds
What is Ceberal Palsy?
Lack of control of movement
What to the Ruffians do to Sean
Burn his face with a lighter
What is a metapor?
Comparing two things without Like or as
Why did Shawn's dad get enraged at the Crow?
Because he realized he was helpless
What is shawn's gift?
He remembers everything he hears and says.
What does Shawn's dad talk about on the Alice Ponds Show.
He talks about his new book about Earl Detraux
What is an Oxymoron
A combination of contradictory things
Does Shawn's dad kill him?
We don't really know.
What happens when Sean has seizures
He leaves his body and is able to fly around and have control over his movements.
What does Shawn explain at the ends of the angel dream?
I don’t want to die!