| A | B |
|---|
| personification | giving non-living objects human qualities and characteristics |
| setting | time and place in literature |
| conflict | struggle between two opposing forces in literature |
| elude | to escape or keep away from |
| finicky | particular or fussy |
| menacing | threatening |
| blissfully | very happily |
| billowed | swelled like a wave |
| increduously | in a disbelieving way |
| hovered | hung in the air |
| venomously | in a manner showing ill will |
| cunningly | in a tricky or sly way |
| tense | when something happens |
| verb | part of speech that indicates tense |
| simple tenses | tenses that express actions or conditions most clearly and concisely |
| color peak | largest percent of trees have turned color |
| earlier-changing | trees in the open |
| later-changing | trees deeper in the woods |
| surreal golden light | given off by beeches |
| russet foliage | description of oak trees |
| thesis statement | statement at beginning of essay expressing main point |
| essay thesis | Color peak isn't the only good time for autumn foliage. |
| personification with human actions | The clock smiled as class ended. |
| personification with human body parts | The eyes of the window blinked in the bright sunlight. |
| personification with human attributes | The willow wept. |
| personification with human attributes | The walnut tree guarded the daffodils from the west wind. |
| format for expressing conflict in a short story | . . . vs. . . . |
| category of conflict | clash between people |
| category of conflict | clash between people and forces |
| category of conflict | clash between people and ideas |
| four | number of children in the Logan family |
| sixty | dollars offered to Big Ma for trees |
| Mr. Anderson's attempt to punish children | beat them with his belt |
| Stacey | child who goes to get Papa in Louisiana |
| contents of black box | detonator for dynamite |
| President at beginning of Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| President who promised "New Deal" | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| dollars lost in Crash | forty billion |
| number of collapsed banks | over 5,000 |
| Hoovervilles | clumps of shacks where homeless people lived |
| date of Stock Market Crash | October 29, 1929 |
| The Logan family . . . . | stands up to men who try to take advantage of them |
| Mama is sick and . . . | wants to protect her family. |
| Papa returns from Mississippi. . . | and rescues the children from Mr. Andersen's beating. |
| At the end of the story, the trees are silent because . . . | the forest has been damaged by intruders. |
| A central idea of "Song of the Trees" is that | it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice to stay true to your ideas. |
| Sentence with a simple tense | The boys measured the tree. |
