Red Kayak

1. Palindrome: (define)Example(s):

2. After reading the chapter, what do we know about the narrator? How do you know? Be specific and use word-for-word evidence from the text. Use quotation marks and parentheses with page number.3. Simile: (define)

4. Write down at least one simile example from chapter 1. Use quotation marks and parentheses with page numbers.

5. Something has happened to Brady in the past, what do you think it might be?

Chapter 1

What is this an example of?

Never odd or even.

1. Define Oxymoron (p. 9-10):

Examples:Callous (p. 12):2. Describe: (Give personality details about

character w/ support from the the text.)

Brady:

JT:

Digger:3. What is the setting of the story? (Time & Place)

Time:Place:

Chapter 2

Define:1. encroaching (p.22):

Find an example of……

2. metaphor (a comparison of 2 things not using like or as):

3. simile (a comparison of 2 things using like or as):

Use quotation marks and parentheses with page numbers in your responses.

Chapter 4

What are these examples of?

1. Don’t nod

2. Almost exactly

3. Now then

Answer:

1. How does Brady feel about all the attention? Explain. Use word-for-word evidence from the text to support your reasoning.

2. How would you feel if you were in Brady’s shoes? Explain.

3. Why is Brady upset at the end of the chapter? Do you agree with his statement? Why/Why not?

Chapter 6

1. Why are Brady’s friends behaving so strangely?

2. Why do you think Brady is taken out of school ?

Chapter 7

1. Why can’t Brady talk with his dad about how he’s feeling? (See pg. 55 and 60.)

2. Why does Brady dump the crabs back into the water at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 9

1. Why do you think JT lied to Brady?

2. Why is Digger not speaking to Brady?

3. What do you think Brady should do about how he’s feeling?

Chapter 10

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms.

Oxymoron: