Ordinary and Weird Kids
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- Q1"It's not a big deal," I answered truthfully.This is insight.This is imagery.This is a conflict.This is dialogue.30s
- Q2What kind of narrator is used in both passages?Third Person LimitedSecond PersonThird Person OmniscientFirst Person30s
- Q3Which character is referred to as "the freak"?Ximena ChinAugust PullmanJulianCharlotte Cody30s
- Q4Why does August say he is an ordinary kid?He gets stared at wherever he goesKids make noises at him on the playground.He looks different than everyone elseHe rides a bike and plays X-Box30s
- Q5Which is an internal conflict?Some kids have actually come out and asked me why I hang out with "the freak" so much.So I just went over and sat with him. Not a biggie.I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed.Julian had nicknamed him the Zombie Kid.30s
- Q6Which line from "Weird Kids" supports the same idea as this line from "Ordinary"? - "I think the only person who realizes how ordinary I am is me."He's just a kid. The weirdest-looking kid I've ever seen, yes. But just a kid.No one was talking to him.Who knew sitting with August Pullman at lunch would be such a big deal?"I couldn't do what you're doing."30s
- Q7Fictionnot a true story; invented by the imaginationsomeone's life story; a biographya true story written to inform the readerthe action and events in the story30s
- Q8Character Traitsthe main message from the story; a truth about lifethe feeling a reader gets when reading a storywords that describe a character's personalitythe author's purpose for writing the story30s
- Q9First Person Narratoris a character in the story; uses "I' and "me"; shares their thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you multiple characters' thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you only one character's thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you none of the characters' thoughts and feelings, only action30s
- Q10Third Person Limited Narratornot a character in the story; can only tell you action, no thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you multiple characters' thoughts and feelingsis a character in the story; they share their own thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you only one character's thoughts and feelings30s
- Q11Third Person Omniscientnot a character in the story; can tell you only one character's thoughts and feelingsis a character in the story; can tell you their own thoughts and feelingsNot a character in the story; can tell you multiple characters' thoughts and feelingsnot a character in the story; can tell you nobody's thoughts and feelings30s
- Q12Imagerydescribing inanimate things as if they are alivean overexaggerationvivid descriptions that appeal to the five sensescomparing two things using like or as30s
- Q13Internal Conflicta struggle to survive in naturea struggle with another charactera struggle inside of a character; character vs selfa struggle with force outside of your control; character vs fage30s