Auggie
Auggie is in what grade?
5th
Via was very close with which member of her family?
grandmother
Why does Summer sit with Auggie?
She feels bad for him, but then comes to be his friend.
"August is the sun" is a what?
Metaphor
The events in a story is known as its
plot
What is Auggie's core conflict?
He wants others to see who he is as a person / he wants to be normal
Via has how many close friends?
2
Does Summer tell Jack Will why Auggie has been avoiding him?
No, but she gives him a hint
1st person point of view does what?
Why might a writer choose to start their story in the middle or end instead of the beginning?
To immediately create suspense and tension in order to grab the reader's interest
What is Auggie's dog's name AND what did he want to call her?
Daisy. Darth Vader.
What happened with Via and her close friends when they started high school?
They drifted apart
Which boy in the class has a crush on Summer?
Julien
Is 1st person narration the most reliable? Why or why not?
No. The characters can lie to us or to themselves. Also, they are limited in their understanding of events. Also, they have inherent biases.
The beginning of a story should have a ____ to grab attention
hook
When Auggie eat's food, he describes himself as looking like a what?
tortoise / turtle
What is Via's core conflict?
She wants to get the same attention from her parent's that Auggie does, but she also realizes she has to be understanding
What does Summer think about death?
That you go up and visit your relatives for awhile, but then you come back and get a second try at life.
What are the 5 ways we talked about to help create suspense?
setting, first person perspective, dramatic irony, cliff hanger, style and form
Which point of view is least commonly used?
2nd person
What is the name of the game some of the kids play behind his back?
The plague
What famous book is Via reading that her dad is proud about, and that he uses as an example to show his wife how grown up Via is?
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
What 2 things does Summer want to dress as for Halloween?
a goth girl and a unicorn
Use three of the five ways of sensory descriptors to rewrite the following sentence: "The man felt sick"
depends
What are all 6 parts of a story's plot, in order?
exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution