Brown Girl Dreaming
The author and narrator of this verse memoir who shares her childhood memories of finding her storytelling voice.
The setting where Jon Scieszka and his brothers spend a memorable day getting into mischievous trouble.
What is Catholic school
The country in which Malala lives and speaks out for girls' education rights.
What is Pakistan?
A true narrative written by a person about a specific period or set of experiences in their own life.
What is a memoir?
The figurative language figure used in this sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the morning sun."
What is a simile?
Jacqueline's poem "Stevie and Me" was important because...
She finally saw someone who looked like her and gave her the courage to have a voice.
The main purpose of Jon Scieszka's memoir text is to make readers do this while reflecting on his childhood.
What is laugh (entertain through humor) or to tell how he got his "funny start"?
The extremist group that threatened Malala's community and tried to ban girls from attending school.
What are the Taliban?
A "paragraph" in poetry made up of a grouped set of lines.
What is a stanza?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, such as "I have a million hours of homework tonight."
What is hyperbole?
Unlike prose memoirs written in standard paragraphs, Brown Girl Dreaming is written in this form.
What is verse (or free verse poetry)?
The tone Jon Scieszka uses when describing his childhood pranks, teachers, and family interactions.
What is humorous (or lighthearted / playful)?
Malala hid her identity when writing her initial diary entries for the BBC by using one of these.
What is a pseudonym (or pen name / fake name)?
Where a line of poetry ends and a new line begins, often used by poets to create emphasis or rhythm.
What is a line break?
Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to a non-human object or animal.
What is personification?
Jacqueline struggles with reading aloud in class, but excels at this creative activity that builds her confidence.
What is telling/making up stories (storytelling)?
The key detail about Jon Scieszka's experience in his 5th grade religion class that inspired many of his funny childhood stories.
What is "He told a joke and made the whole class laugh"?
Despite fear and danger in the Swat Valley, Malala's primary passion that she refuses to give up is this.
What is going to school / her education?
The main difference in layout between a memoir written in prose versus one written in verse.
What is prose uses sentences/paragraphs, while verse uses lines/stanzas?
Identify the device: "The autumn wind whispered secrets through the trees."
What is personification?
The overarching theme (or "the message") of Brown Girl Dreaming regarding finding one's identity.
What is that everyone has a unique voice and path to expression?
This literary element represents the author's unique perspective and personality shown through their word choice.
What is author's voice?
The text structure used in a diary format that organizes events chronologically by these specific headings.
What are dates (or entry timestamps)?
Poetry that does not follow a strict rhyme scheme or regular rhythmic pattern.
What is free verse?
Identify BOTH devices used: "My backpack weighed a ton, dragging behind me like a heavy sack of bricks."
What are hyperbole ("weighed a ton") and simile ("like a heavy sack of bricks").