Those Three Wishes
Those Three Wishes Vocab
Academic Vocab #1
Academic Vocab #2
Wild Card
Literary Terms in "7th Grade"
100

What did people call Melinda behind her back?

Melinda Malice

100

Who is the protagonist of the story?

Melinda

100

the main character in a story

protagonist

100

Where and when the story takes place

setting

100

Who is the protagonist of the story "7th Grade"?

Victor

100

"Math was confusing, like the inside of a watch."  This sentence includes which type of figurative language?

Simile

200

What was Melinda’s first wish?

For a thousand wishes

200


Melinda Alice is cruel and self-centered. This is the major _______ of the story. (c)

Conflict

200

A universal idea, seen in books, movies, and real-life such as love or family

theme

200

A comparison WITHOUT using like or as "my sister is a bird"

metaphor

200

The last part of something (c)

Conclusion

200

At the end of the story, Victor decides he is going to like the seventh grade. This part of the story is called the (r)

resolution

300

Which academic word fits best here: 

The ________ of school gives Melinda Alice more opportunity to be mean and nasty.

setting

300

What does altruist mean in the following line: “By the time she reached school, Melinda was almost an altruist ”?

Someone who helps others without expecting anything in return

300

The end of a story where the conflict (problem) is solved; another word for "conclusion"

resolution

300

an exaggeration "must have called a thousand times..."

hyperbole

300

What is the resolution/conclusion of "Those Three Wishes"?

Melinda dies

300

In the beginning of the story, we learn that the story takes place in Fresno, California. This part of the story is called the ____________

exposition