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What is Jericho Prescott?
The protagonist who forfeits a possible Julliard scholarship to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction
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What is cultural setting?
The beliefs and values of the people and the time period &/or culture they are in
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What is peer pressure?
Doing something because your friends are doing it
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What is internal conflict?
Jericho conflicted about stealing the ornaments
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What is round character?
A character who has multiple sides to his/her personality. Someone we know a lot about who seems like a real person.
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What is the Warriors of Distinction?
The coolest club in Douglass High School. It's members throw the best parties, wear the coolest clothes, and have special privileges around the school.
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What is imagery?
Describing something using the 5 senses- creating an image in the mind
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What is theme?
The message or lesson the author wants you to learn from the text
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What is external conflict?
Jericho feeling pressured to do what the WoD tell him to so he won't let the other pledges down
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What is social setting?
The part of the setting that addresses environment, class and education
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What is Dana Wolfe?
The tough female character who forces the Seniors to let her pledge by threatening to expose their initiation ceremony rituals
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What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration
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What is hazing?
Humiliating and sometimes dangerous initiation rituals, esp. as imposed on college students seeking membership to a group
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What is the climax?
Kofi's injury and Josh's death are which part of the plot?
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What is dynamic character?
A character who changes throughout the course of a story
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What is Arielle?
The flat character who Jericho has a huge crush on.
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What is personification?
Giving human qualities or actions to a non-human thing
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What is Dana Wolfe?
The person in the story who was greatly influenced by his/her father when he said to not let boundaries stand in the way of doing what you want to do.
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What is the falling action?
In this section of the story, Eddie goes to jail and Mr. Culligan is fired
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What is third person limited point of view?
The view from which the story is told
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What is Joshua Prescott?
The character who sacrifices his life attempting to get into the Warriors of Distinction.
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What is foreshadowing?
Hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story
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What is short sightedness?
Making decisions for the here and now instead of making them for your future
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What is character vs. society?
When the WoD tell Jericho he will forfeit pledging if he goes to the trumpet competition instead of coming to the pledge activity it is an example of what type of conflict?
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What is flashback?
The story from the cafeteria scene to the scene where Jericho has to suck Rick's big toe is all a...
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