Investigating Characterization

Question 1

What is the name of the Muni Gym manager?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy

Question 2

"What I learned is that when a man who stays mostly quiet offers advice, you take it." is an example of:

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 3

"When a man with nothing offers to give you something, you take it." is which author's technique?

Accepted Answer

resolution

Question 4

Who is "six foot four and thin, in his early thirties, and he can seriously play"?

Accepted Answer

Dante

Question 5

Which technique is "the end of the story where loose ends are tied up"?

Accepted Answer

resolution

Question 6

To study how authors craft characters, readers consider moments that are _____ into characters.

Accepted Answer

windows

Question 7

From the first sentence and the last chapter "What You Did this Summer," the author's technique used was:

Accepted Answer

flashforward and flashback

Question 8

In the Read Aloud, the "rock" could be which author's technique?

Accepted Answer

A device in literature where an object represents an idea or motif

Question 9

At one point after weeks of being a spectator, the narrator decides to:

Accepted Answer

quit Muni Gym

Question 10

To study how authors craft characters, readers reach for the specific words to describe and name the author's ______.

Accepted Answer

technique

Question 11

Authors like Matt de la Pena Aim Toward Goals Such As: (Choose 2)

Accepted Answer

Stir readers to wonder over a character's motivations, Help readers draw conclusions about a character

Question 12

"But something odd will happen." What happens next?

Accepted Answer

the narrator automatically wakes up

Question 13

Who is the author of the READ ALOUD short story?

Accepted Answer

Matt de la Pena

Question 14

Who says to the narrator: "Someone get this scrub out of my face before I do something stupid"?

Accepted Answer

Dante

Question 15

A possible theme for the read aloud is:

Accepted Answer

Sometimes, presence matters more than kind words.

Question 16

What is the narrator's game of choice?

Accepted Answer

Basketball

Question 17

What kind of car does the narrator's dad drive?

Accepted Answer

A Volkswagen Bug

Question 18

"He’s 6'4" and thin. In his early 30s maybe. He’s the only guy in the gym who’s never said a word to you." this is:

Accepted Answer

direct characterization

Question 19

"Yo, check ball!" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

dialogue

Question 20

Matt de la Pena uses which characters to help the reader find the resolution and theme?

Accepted Answer

Dante and Slim

Question 21

"the gym, if your calculations are correct, isn't but 5 miles from your pop’s job at the factory" is an example of:

Accepted Answer

inner thinking

Question 22

When you think about an author's techniques and goals, it helps to _____ and revise your first thinking.

Accepted Answer

reread

Question 23

To study how authors craft characters, readers think about the goals that the author...

Accepted Answer

may be pursuing when using a particular technique.

Question 24

Once you get to know an author well, you come to recognize that author's _________.

Accepted Answer

trademarks

Question 25

What is the name of the narrator's 8th grade English teacher in the Read Aloud?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Baker

Question 26

Where is Muni Gym located?

Accepted Answer

At Balboa Park

Question 27

How many games does the narrator get to play on the first day at Muni Gym?

Accepted Answer

None

Question 28

Readers are alert to moments that reveal characters, like when... (Choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

their emotions as a reader change, characters seem to change, characters act in surprising ways, characters face difficulty

Question 29

The kid dribbles through cars in the ___________ parking lot.

Accepted Answer

San Diego Zoo

Question 30

What is the title of the READ ALOUD?

Accepted Answer

How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher

Investigating Characterization

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Investigating Characterization

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