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  • What do you call the part of Jane Shaffer writing that are facts and specific details?
    concrete details
  • What do Ismael and his friends most enjoy doing at the start of the book?
    rapping in talent shows
  • What does it mean if something is translucent?
    allows light to pass through, but not detailed shapes
  • What is the most impactful reason that the lieutenant gives for why the boys need to fight?
    for their families
  • What does commence mean?
    To begin
  • The last time Ishmael gets to hang out with his brother
    When they are farming in Kamator
  • Why is Ishmael afraid to be happy during his rehabilitation?
    it will not last
  • What is remorse?
    feelings of guilt or regret
  • Why do Ishmael and his friends steal for the firs time?
    They are hungry
  • What is it called when the author tells us what a character is like?
    Direct characterization
  • Why does Ishmael have trouble becoming friends with Esther?
    He does not trust others
  • What is theme?
    a message that the story reveals about the topic
  • What is a refugee?
    a person forced to leave their own country
  • What is tone?
    the author's attitude toward a subject
  • What does chaotic mean?
    a state of confusion and disorder
  • what does it mean to be repatriated?
    set free, released
  • How are the rap cassettes symbolic in the book?
    loss of innocence
  • define mood as a literary term
    The way the text makes the reader feel
  • What is a comparison that uses like or as?
    simile
  • Why are the boys so difficult at the rehabilitation center?
    Trauma caused by the war
  • What is commentary in Jane Schaffer writing?
    Your explanation of why you think the details are important
  • What does ravaged mean?
    severely damaged
  • What is a turning point for Ishmael in the book?
    When his Uncle dies and he realizes he has to leave Sierra Leone to be safe
  • What should the Topic sentence do in a Jane Schaffer paragraph?
    Give the main idea and key details
  • What is a comparison that does not use like or as?
    metaphor
  • What is indirect characterization?
    when the author shows us what a character is like through their thoughts, words, and deeds
  • What does a correct in text citation look like?
    (Beah 62).
  • what does it mean to evade something?
    escape or avoid
  • What are the five themes discussed in ALWG?
    family, effects of war, survival, potential for hope, loss of innocence
  • What is fatigue?
    extreme tiredness
  • What does Ishmael learn when he is alone in the woods?
    to make use of his resources and control his thoughts
  • What type of irony is it when the opposite of what you expect happens?
    situational
  • When Ishmael and his friends are captured, what helps the chief see that the boys are just children?
    The cassettes
  • What does subsequent mean?
    coming after, following
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