Story Words
Comprehension
Comprehension
Story Element
Definitions
100

Ceased

What is stopped

100

Reason man drops the matches.

What is burning his hand?

100

When man stops for lunch, he forget to __________.

What is to build a fire.

100

The setting of To Build a Fire

What is the Yukon

100

a steep, sloping hill or mound, usually along the edge of a river

What is a bank?

200

Weaknesses

What are faults and disadvantages?

200

Man realizes that the old-timer was right.

What is the man's opinion of the old-timer near the end of story?

200

The place where man is meeting the boys.

What is Henderson Creek?

200

Point of View

What is third person?

200

to show or uncover

What is bare?

300

Companion

What is a person or pet you spent a lot of time with or who accompanies you somewhere

300

They are numb and freezing.

What is happening to the man's fingers and toes?

300

Man wished he had brought this for his cheeks.

What is a nose strap?

300

This is the protagonist.

What is the man?

300

curves in a path, road, or river

What are bends?

400

Despair

What is a deep feeling of hopelessness?

400

In his panic, near the end of the story, man does this until he is exhausted.

What is run and run?

400

Man frequently does this to his hands to warm them up.

What is beat his hands against his legs?

400

Man's struggle with nature.

What is external conflict?

400

good at noticing things

What is observant?

500

Endure

What is to live through something challenging?

500

It trots off toward camp.

What does the dog do at the very end of the story?

500

Place where old timer is from.

What is Sulphur Creek?

500

symbolizes life in story

What is fire?

500

made to feel less worried or afraid

What is reassured?