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  • Who gained immortality (lived for ever)? Name all 6.
    Tuck, Mae, Miles, Jess, their horse, and Winnie's toad
  • Bettie was ___ of the man in the coat because he was following her.
    courteous
    profuse
    suspicious
    meager
  • What is the overall emotion the reader feels while reading the story called?
    mood
    tone
  • Lacking in amount
    paraphernalia
    reluctant
    tranquil
    meager
  • What color represent death?
    red
    black
    purple
    blue
  • Define amble
    To walk slowly
  • Define meager.
    Lacking in amount
  • What do you call it when you use clues and details from a story to figure out something that isn't directly stated?
    inference
    plot
    theme
    main idea
  • The calves were all black and tiny for________ newborns.
    courteous
    deserted
    bovine
    reluctant
  • courteous
    polite
  • After the shipwreck, Kyle was stranded on a ___ island.
    deserted
    defeat
    paraphernalia
    petualantly
  • Plot diagram in order
    exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,resolution
    resolution,rising action, climax, falling action, exposition
    climax, falling action, exposition, rising action,resolution
    exposition, falling action, climax, rising action,resolution
  • Related to cattle
    defeat
    courteous
    suspicicious
    bovine
  • What is another word for polite?
    deserted
    paraphernalia
    lapse
    courteous
  • What type of figurative speech is a word that sounds like the noise it describes?
    idiom
    proverb
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
  • This type of figurative language is a word that originates from a sound.
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    personification
    idiom
  • What type of figurative speech is "Early bird gets the worm."?
    proverb/adage
    personofication
    idiom
    simile
  • What type of figurative speech repeats the first letter (or sound) of each word in a sentence, phrase, or poem?
    alliteration
    metaphor
    simile
    onomtopoeia
  • Define bovine
    related to cattle
  • What part of the plot diagram is number 3?
    climax
  • What type of figurative speech is "The sun smiled on the playground."?
    alliteration
    idiom
    personification
    hyperbole
  • The _____________ grass was showing the dirt underneath.
    veer
    meager
    suspicious
    tranquil
  • What is the "action" of the story from beginning to end called?
    main idea
    plot
    theme
    symbolism
  • a separate concluding section of a literary or musical work
    epilogue
    prologue
  • What type of metaphor is "The room is as hot as the sun."?
    simile
    metaphor
    personifacation
    idiom
  • What happened to the man in the yellow suit? Why?
    Mae hit him with the end of a shotgun and he died because he threatened Winnie.
  • Means calm
    meager
    veer
    bovine
    tranquil
  • How does Miles feel about immortality?
    He wants to do something important in the world. He misses his family.
  • What is the viewpoint from which the story is told called?
    point of view
  • The equipment needed for a particular activity
    suspicious
    courteous
    paraphelnalia
    defeat
  • Telling a quiet group, “Don’t everybody speak all at once.” What type of irony is this?
    quiet irony
    verbal irony
    dramatic irony
    situational irony
  • The part of the plot where the conflict in the story reaches its peak, highest point.
    climax
  • What happens to Winnie at the end of the book?
    She lives a long live, has a family, and dies at an old age.
  • What type of figurative language includes an exaggeration which couldn't possibly happen in real life?
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    idiom
    simile
  • defeated
    crushed; oppressed
  • What type of figurative speech is "Ella eats every egg on Easter."?
    simile
    alliteration
    metaphor
    personaficaiton
  • In an allegory, what is the surface level?
    – tells its own story (though often strange) with a traditional plot, characters, etc.
  • In what part of the plot the conflict becomes more intense, keeping the reader interested?
    rising action
  • What two pieces of information does the setting contain?
    time and place
  • Why did the Tuck's take Winnie?
    They want to explain to her about the magic water and convince her to keep the secret.
  • not willing
    petulantly
    reluctant
    profuse
    veer
  • In the story "The Lottery", what happened every year?
    A lottery was held to see who would be sacrificed.
  • Who is the author of Tuck Everlasting?
    Natalie Babbitt
  • done in a sulkily bad tempered way
    petulantly
  • When a situation turns out to be the opposite of what you thought it would be?
    high school irony
    verbal irony
    situational irony
    dramatic irony
  • What happened to Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson?
    She is stoned to death by everyone in town.
  • To walk slowly
    profuse
    veer
    amble
    meager
  • The river ___________ sharply, swung out in a wide arc.
    veered
  • What is irony?
    is the opposite of what is expected.
  • apprehension
    foreboding; worry and dread
  • Define allegory
    a story with two levels of meaning
  • What is the main idea?
    It's what the story is mostly about.
  • Which color symbolizes wealth, royalty, or power?
    black
    blue
    purple
    red
  • What word means mistrustful?
    meager
    petulantly
    reluctant
    suspicious
  • Which word means crushed?
    defeated
    lapse
    reluctant
    apprehension
  • What type of figurative speech means something different than the words in the phrase might indicate?
    Idiom
    personification
    hyperbole
    proverb
  • What color symbolize peace or calmness?
    red
    purple
    yellow
    blue
  • Achoo, crash, moo are examples of __________________.
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
    metaphor
  • What kind of figurative language compares two unlike things?
    proverb/adage
    alliteration
    metaphor
    hyperbole
  • deserted
    abandoned; empty
  • Proverbs are sometimes called __________.
    alliteratoin
    adages
    personification
    simile
  • What are clues to suggest what will happen later in the story?
    foreshadowing
  • What is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience?
    tone
    mood
  • Who is the author of "The Lottery"?
    Tessie Hutchinson
    Shirley Hutchinson
    Shirley Jackson
    Shirley Johnson
  • The ___ young man held the door open for the man.
    veer
    courteous
    amble
    profuse
  • In what part of the part of the plot, is the main problem of the story handled?
    climax
  • Rockmart High School ___ Cedartown High School in baseball.
    profuse
    reluctant
    defeated
    lapse
  • What type of figure of speech is shown in this picture?
    proverb
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    metaphor
  • This is the part of the plot that provides necessary background information about the characters, setting, and events that are important to the story
    exposition
  • a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
    prologue
    epilogue
  • The boat floated on the peaceful, ______ sea.
    petulantly
    apprehension
    tranquil
    meager
  • What does profuse mean?
    great in amount or number
  • ________________are about the BIG world.
    main idea
    plot
    exposition
    theme
  • What type of figurative language is "James is like a fish out of water."?
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
    idiom
  • Which word means to change directions suddenly?
    profuse
    apprehension
    veer
    paraphernalia
  • What happens to Mae?
    With help of her family and Winnie, she escapes from jail.
  • What does Winnie do with the bottle of magic water?
    She pours it on a toad.
  • We waiting with _____ to see if we had past the test.
    suspicious
    apprehension
    tranquil
    amble
  • In the story "The Lottery", who won the lottery?
    Tessie Hutchinson
  • What type of figurative speech is "Lucas walks a million miles an hour"?
    proverb
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
  • A fire station that burns down. What type of irony is this?
    situational irony
  • suspicious
    wary; mistrustful
  • This part of the plot diagram is essentially "winding down" the story by tying up loose ends.
    falling action
  • What type of irony is when someone says one thing but really means the opposite?
    situational irony
    mean irony
    verbal irony
    dramatic irony
  • What a word used to describe an empty, abandoned house?
    courteous
    bovine
    deserted
    tranquil
  • What part of the plot diagram is number 4?
    falling action
  • What part of the plot diagram is number 2?
    rising action
  • What kind of figurative language is "Mary is a silly goose"?
    proverb
    metaphor
    simile
    alliteration
  • On the plot diagram, where the main conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up is called?
    resolution/conclusion
  • What type of figurative speech is a short sentence that gives advice or tells you something about life?
    proverb/adage
    simile
    idiom
    metaphor
  • What type of figurative speech gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals or objects?
    alliteration
    personification
    metaphor
    idiom
  • What is the secret of Treegap Wood?
    Magic water that give immortality (you will live forever)
  • Define veer
    Change direction suddenly
  • What part of the plot diagram is number 5?
    resolution
  • This part of a story is where events build up to the climax.
    rising action
  • How does Jesse feel about immortality?
    Jesse wants to have adventures but wishes he had a companion (friend).
  • What type of irony is when the reader or audience knows what is going to happen before a character does?
    situational irony
    shark irony
    dramatic irony
    verbal irony
  • What part of the plot diagram is number 1?
    exposition
  • Boris will ________ down again between fringes of bee-hung clover.
    defeat
    courteous
    amble
    suspicious
  • What color symbolizes happiness?
    red
    purple
    black
    yellow
  • What type of figurative language is "Break a leg!"?
    onomatopoeia
    personifacation
    proverb
    idiom
  • Who is the character or voice that tells the story?
    lead
    main person
    narrator
    reader
  • Who knows the secret of Treegap wood?
    The Tuck family (Tuck, Mae, Miles, Jess), Winnie, and the man in the yellow suit
  • How does Tuck feel about immortality?
    He wish he was part of the world. He feel seperate.
  • What is the part of a story that happens right after the climax is called?
    falling action
  • What type of figurative speech is in this sentence "Crunch! Crunch! This was the best snack ever!"?
    proverb
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
    simile
  • What does Jesse give Winnie? Why?
    A bottle of magic water. He wants her drink at age 17 and join him.
  • What is imagery?
    sensory details, paints a picture
  • What are the author's feelings toward the subject or audience called?
    mood
    tone
  • It is a figure of speech that says one thing is the same as something else.
    metaphor
    proverb
    hyperbole
    personafication
  • What type of figurative speech is gives human qualities or actions to objects, concepts, or animals?
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    personifications
    proverb
  • In an allegory, what is the second level?
    the symbolic or metaphoric meaning of the story; can be political, religious, historical, social, or even philosophical
  • What color symbolizes love or danger?
    purple
    red
    black
    yellow
  • great in amount or number
    profuse
  • What do you call the sequence of events in a story?
    plot
    theme
    rising action
    main event
  • What is the "action" of the story from beginning to end called?
    plot
    main idea
    foreshadowing
    inference
  • Define tranquil
    calm
  • What do you call the sequence of events in a story?
    theme
    main idea
    inference
    plot
  • What type of irony is this? In Snow White, the audience knows the apple is poisoned, but Snow White does not.
    princess irony
    dramatic irony
    verbal irony
    situational irony
  • What kind of metaphor uses "like" or "as"?
    alliteration
    simile
    hyberbole
    metaphor
  • What is a saying that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole?
    personification
    hyberbole
    proverb
    idiom
  • The final part of the plot is called __________________.
    resolution
  • What is symbolism?
    using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea