Analyze Melinda’s feelings toward the first day of high school. Why is she so afraid? Why does she label herself as an “outcast”?

Speak: First Marking Period

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English
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10th Grade
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Lacey Bartlett
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1.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
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2.
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Why is everyone angry with Melinda at the beginning of the novel?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Identify the type of figurative language used in this quote from the text: “The school bus wheezes to my corner” (Anderson 3).
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Melinda gives her teachers fake, funny names like Hairwoman and Mr. Neck. Mr. Freeman, her art teacher, is the only one she calls by his real name. Why do you think this is? What might Mr. Freeman symbolize for Melinda?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What object does Melinda draw as her focus for her project in art class?
Mirror
Brain
Clown
Tree
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What bad habit does Melinda develop?
Biting her lips
Popping her knuckles
Biting her fingernails
Lying
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language used in this quote from the text: “Clink, clink, clink—he drops ice cubes in a heavy-bottomed glass” (Anderson 16).
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Personification
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