WILD
What object does Sal NOT want to send her father?
Postcard
When Sal says, “we had absolutely no idea all the trouble the journals were going to cause," it is an example of which LITERARY ELEMENT?
Foreshadowing
Which character is said to be dramatic with a vivid imagination?
Phoebe
“The buildings were all jammed together like a row of birdhouses.”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
Simile
Occasionally, they would turn to look at me, or INTERJECT a 'Gol-dang!' or a 'No kidding?'
a) eject
b) integrate
c) interrupt
c) interrupt
Why does Gram end up in the hospital?
She was bitten by a snake.
Sal's father says, "Sal, you're trying to catch fish in the air."
What does he mean by this statement?
He's letting Sal know that she should stop creating things that aren't true because her mother isn't coming back.
When Sal says, “When my mother left for Lewiston, Idaho, that April, my first thoughts were, “How could she do that? How could she leave me?” it is an example of which SIGNPOST?
Tough Question
“Don’t be a goose.”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
Metaphor
I think fear had made us all a little CANTANKEROUS.
a) calm
b) confused
c) cranky
c) cranky
Why do you think Phoebe believes that her mom was kidnapped?
She doesn't want to believe that her mother chose to leave.
Name the three messages that have been left on the Winterbottims' porch.
1) Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.
2) Everyone has his own agenda.
3) In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?
Which character is said to be kind, honest, simple, and good?
Her father, John Hiddle
“Her voice was a little squeak. The only sound that came out was a tiny ‘Erp--’”
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
Onomatopoeia
We have to get on with things. We can't MALINGER.
a) pretend to be ill
b) pretend to be tired
c) pretend to be unaware
a) pretend to be ill
This is something that symbolizes the stability and comfort of tradition, home, and family.
Gram and Gramp's marriage bed
When Sal says, “Two years ago when they drove to Washington,
D. C., they were arrested for stealing the back tires off a Senator's car,” it is an example of which SIGNPOST?
Memory Moment
When Sal says, “What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones,” it is an example of which SIGNPOST?
Aha Moment
I started noticing all these frightening things in Margaret’s house: creepy masks, old swords, books with titles like The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Skull and the Hatchet. Margaret cornered me in the kitchen and said, “So what has your father told you about me?”
Which FIGURATIVE DEVICE is being highlighted here?
Allusion
Outside the hospital, I heard the warbling of a bird, and it was such a familiar WARBLE that I stopped and listened for its source.
a) scream
b) sight
c) song
c) song
Why do you think the whispers in Sal's mind stop saying "rush, rush, rush" and instead say, "slow down, slow down"?
She's afraid and nervous about seeing her mother.
Name TWO important THEMES so far.
Identity, hope, family relationships, friendship, maturity, abandonment, fear, courage, etc.
Sal describes how she was convinced to go on the trip to Lewiston with Gram and Gramps, and among her reasons, she states, "Dad did not trust Gram and Gramps to behave themselves along the way unless they had me with them."
Which LITERARY ELEMENT is being highlighted here?
Situational Irony
My father must have said “I’ll be jiggered” three thousand times.
Name the FIGURATIVE DEVICE.
Hyperbole
I had always pictured murderers as being mopey and SULLEN.
a) silent
b) social
c) somber
c) somber