Grade 9 Generations Unit

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Across
  1. 1. The central idea in a story.
  2. 3. Setting for “All the Years of Her Life”
  3. 4. Ben struggles with this disease.
  4. 6. She is accused of shoplifting dress pants.
  5. 7. A moment of self-realization.
  6. 9. The high point of a story.
  7. 12. He wants a Little Brother for Christmas.
  8. 13. Name of the story in which the mother washes a bloody t-shirt and waits for a phone call.
  9. 14. Giving non-human things human charcteristics.
  10. 15. The mood of a story.
  11. 17. “Afternoon in _________” was used as a model.
  12. 18. A hint at what is to come.
  13. 20. The most optimistic character in “Alive”.
  14. 21. Ben’s granddaughter in “A Fishing Expedition”.
  15. 26. The practice of laying twins together to help them survive.
  16. 28. An object that stands for or represents something else.
  17. 30. The struggles in the story.
  18. 32. The series of events.
  19. 34. Narrator of “The Outsiders”
  20. 35. Name of the rival gang in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding.”
  21. 37. Mountain chain where the rugby team was trapped.
  22. 39. He suggests that they take one last spin of the chamber on the revolver and then quit the game.
  23. 40. The type of story.
  24. 41. He is the victim of gang violence through Russian Roulette.
  25. 42. He is shot by police in “The Outsiders”
Down
  1. 2. Name of the store where the alleged shoplifting took place.
  2. 5. The ending of a story, how the events come to a close.
  3. 8. The beginning of a story where you learn about characters and setting.
  4. 10. Genre of Little Brother.
  5. 11. Nasty security guard.
  6. 16. Naughty boy who blames his behavior on a fake boy named Charles.
  7. 17. The lesson in a story.
  8. 19. Use of “like”, “as”, or “than” in comparissons.
  9. 21. He is haunted by creepy phone calls.
  10. 22. Name of the back of the purple silk jacket.
  11. 23. It can be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
  12. 24. A symbol of “going home” for Edwardo.
  13. 25. He runs away from his drunken father after the Boy Scout Banquet.
  14. 27. John Purcell Sr. can not stop drinking this.
  15. 29. He is killed by his maniac father at the end of the “The Caller”.
  16. 31. Petey suggests cutting this in half on Grandpa’s last night at home.
  17. 33. Grouchy old man in “On Golden Pond”.
  18. 36. He steals lipstick, toothpaste, and a compact.
  19. 38. What the protagonist is most afraid of in “On Golden Pond”
  20. 43. Name of the boy who lies in the sidewalk bleeding.