Story Questions
The tribe Pop and Cal belong to
What is Creek
Who is Cal Black
"The stormy ocean was a raging bull."
What is a metaphor
What is point of view? And name the three types?
Point of view is how someone sees something/perspective. 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
The point of view shown in the novel
What is First person
Where Pop is going to fight for equal rights and pay
What is Washington DC
The person Cal has been traveling with
Who is Pop
"An uncomfortable silence, thick and heavy as a wool horse blanket..." p. 49
What is a smilie
The afterward comes...
After the story
The name of the Indian Boarding School Cal is attending?
What is Challagi
This happens at the infirmary on Cal's first day
He gets his hair cut and vaccinations
Who is Morell?
The Superintendent at the boarding school
I walked a million miles to get here
What is a hyperbole
*Not an English term* What it is called when Cal "sees" something happening and/or he is "there"
What is a vision
Who is Joseph Bruchac
Who is the author
What would happen to the boys who spoke Indian at the boarding schools
They would have their mouths washed out with soup
Who is Charles Aird Moniker?
Who is Possum
"Those questions and a dozen more are elbowing one another inside my head." p. 103
What is personification
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning; it can be positive, neutral, or negative
What is Connotations
Break up these three words into their prefix, root word, and/pr suffix
Uncomfortable
Disagree
Scared
Un-Prefix, Comfort- Root, Able-Suffix
Dis-Prefix, Agree-Root
Scare-Root D-Suffix
The name of the book Possum borrows from Cal
Cal's nickname when he arrives at school
Jay Bird
"BLAM!" p. 97
What is onomatopoeia
Name the common text structures we talk about in class (HINT; There are four)
Problem and Solution
Chronological/Sequential
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
The name of the author who wrote "The Cutting of my Long Hair" and "The Land of Red Apples"
Who is Zitkala Sa