Rez Characters
Who is Junior's best friend?
Rowdy
Who bullies Junior at first, but then becomes his friend and teammate?
Roger
This is a comparison between two things using like or as.
Simile
"Forgive him."
Grandma
What is Mr. Doyan's first name?
Cletus
What is the name of the friend of Junior's dad? The one who gives Junior a ride to school on his motorcycle.
Eugene
What is the name of Junior's new book-loving friend at Rearden?
Gordy
Junior uses a simile when he talks about his appearance. He says with his big feet and skinny body, he "...looked like a capital _____ walking down the road." What letter did he look LIKE?
L
"You can do it."
Coach
What is Mrs. Rossello's first name?
Jennifer
What was the name of Junior's former teacher who encouraged him to go to Rearden?
Mr. P
What is the name of Junior's sometime girlfriend?
Penelope
It was King Kong vs. Godzilla. This is a metaphor that Junior uses about Rowdy vs. Roger. What is a metaphor?
When you compare two things not using like as.
Mom
True or False? Mr. Doyan is wearing a different pair of glasses than he wore at the start of the semester.
True!
What was the name of Junior's dog?
Oscar
What is the name of the teacher who gets angry at Junior for correcting him about petrified wood?
Mr. Dodge
This is when you have an extreme exaggeration. What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
"It's so retroactive. It's so retroactive, it's radioactive!"
Penelope
What room is this?
South Hall (SH) 100!
What is the name of the main character's dad?
Arnold Spirit
What is the name of Penelope's dad?
Earl
"Rowdy stopped screaming with his mouth but he kept screaming with his eyes."
The author gives human qualities (screaming) to inhuman things (eyes). This is an example of what?
Personification
"Hey chief, want to hear a joke?"
Roger
What is the name of the author of the book we read?
Sherman Alexie