Vocabulary
Characterization
Plot Points 1
Plot Points 2
Five Stages of Grief
100

Move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.

Crept

100

A main character that is faced with conflict and undergoes an important inner change  throughout the course of the story.  


Dynamic Character

100

Who does Andy feel "watched" him and Rob while they were shopping at the store?

Salespeople

100

What does Andy call Mrs. Blackwell?

"A Fire Breathing Dragon"

100

"What do you want me to do, pay?" is an example of what stage of grief? 

Bargaining 

200

"A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing."

Stereotype

200

"The clever girl" is an example of what kind of characterization? 

Direct

200

Why does Andy get so upset when B.J. and Tyrone bring up Rob’s name at lunch?  

It makes him feel guilty

200

Who wrote the poem about hating poetry?

Gerald

200

"Why do you guys keep bringing up his name? Do you want to keep reminding me that I'm still here and he's not?"

Anger

300

Unhappy or of poor quality.

Wretched

300

A character who who has been fully developed (think three dimensional versus two-dimensional). They take on many realistic traits and encompass complex characteristics is a..........?

Round Character

300

Why couldn't Andy's Mom show up to the talent show?

Sinus Headache 

300

Why would Andy wonder if Rob’s feet were cold like his own?

Because it was cold outside and he was buried in the ground. 

300

"I just feel so cold, cold inside"

Depression

400

"The process of becoming progressively worse."

Deterioration

400

A character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, and, in so doing, highlights various facets of the main character's personality is a.............?

Foil

400

What is the teacher’s reasoning for using references of black and white in poetry?

Color as a metaphor to explain something else. 

400

Why would Andy hide the truth about his dreams, his failing grades, and his depression from Dr. Carrothers?

So he doesn't have to go back to therapy. 

400

"No! I swear, I didn't mean to, it was an accident, a horrible, horrible accident"

Denial

500

An act of revealing or communicating divine truth

Revelation 

500

_________characters are minor characters in a work of fiction who DO NOT undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story.  


Static

500

What reason does Andy’s father give Andy for naming him as he did?

He wanted to do for him what his father failed to do, give him a name he could be proud of. 

500

Why did Andy run out of English class?

They were studying Macbeth and it reminded him of his own situation

500

Which character in the novel first mentions that the "five stages of grief" are normal for anyone going through a tragic loss?

Mrs. Thorne