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Figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.
What is simile
100
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
Sal prays to trees on her journey west because
a tree was nearly always nearby
100
What explanation does Sal's father give for wanting to leave the farm?
to escape the reminders of his wife
100
Who is Mike?
Mrs. Winterbottom's son
200
The universal message of a piece of literature.
What is theme?
200
Tells a story with character development, conflict, and plot development.
What is narrative writing?
200
Who wrote the name Chanhassen in new cement on a brick wall?
Sal's father
200
What do trees taste of to Sal?
blackberries
200
Why is Mrs. Partridge blind?
She was in a car accident.
300
Scene that interrupts the events in a story to tell what has happened in the past.
What is flashback?
300
The main idea of an expository essay.
What is thesis?
300
Before Sal reaches her destination, Gram dies from a
What is stroke
300
What does Mr. Winterbottom do that Sal thinks is noble when his wife returns with Mike?
Shakes Mike's hand and welcomes him to the family
300
Where is Ben's mother?
In the psychiatric ward in the hospital
400
Figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared by saying that one thing is the other.
What is metaphor?
400
To give comfort in a time of distress.
What is console
400
Sal and Phoebe visit the university in order to
confront the lunatic
400
Why does Sal not look too closely at the singing tree near her mother's grave in Lewiston?
She doesn't want to see that a bird is responsible for the singing. She wants to believe that the tree itself is singing.
400
How does Sal's father know Mrs. Cadaver?
She was the only survivor in the bus accident.
500
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
500
To wave about wildly, especially one's arms and legs.
What is flail
500
Over the course of the novel, Sal's state of mind moves from
a. jealousy to rage. b. anger to acceptance. c. peace to confusion. d. sorrow to suspicion.
500
Who is leaving the messages on the Winterbottom's porch?
Mrs. Partridge
500
What happened to Mrs. Cadaver's husband?
He died in a car accident.