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Woods Runner Review
Is is history, but this is for ELA class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coop | Rescues Samuel from the Indians and acts as his nurse |
| Contrast and Contradiction | Samuel kills an Indian |
| Morgan's Rifles | a militia group that Coop wants to join to fight against the British |
| Hessians | paid German mercenaries who fought for the British |
| imagery | literary device Paulsen uses to help the reader visual the setting of the novel |
| Chess | the reason Samuel's dad was kept alive |
| Caleb Clark | he never lets anyone go away hungry |
| Abner McDougal | a cagey old man who acts as a spy for the patriots |
| Matthew | helps Samuel, his parents, and Abner cross the Hudson River at night |
| protagonist | the hero of the story. In Woods Runner, it's Samuel. |
| Historical Fiction | genre of Woods Runner |
| Annie | the little girl Samuel saves and his family ends up adopting |
| civilian | non-military person |
| author | Gary Paulsen |
| Green | represents peace, tranquility, safety |
| Red | represents blood, danger, death, and fear |
| Philadelphia | the city held by the Americans where Samuel's parents and Annie settle in |
| The reason Samuel must leave his parents | "Everybody back there gave us everything they had -- I have to go back. I owe." |
| Sgt. Whitby | the American soldier who saves Samuel, Annie, and their parents from the British ambush |
| courier du bois | French for woods runner |
| setting of Woods Runner | thickly foliaged, vast, Frontier, 1770's |
| theme | author's message to the reader about life |
| tomahawk | Indians' weapon of choice |
| New York | the city held by the British where Samuel and Abner must go to rescue Samuel's dad |
| Hudson River | the body of water Samuel, Matthew, and Abner must cross to save Samuel's parents |
| New Samuel | what Samuel's mother calls him, indicating he has changed a lot |
| dynamic character | a character who changes over the course of the story like Samuel |
| static character | a character who does not grow or change through the course of a story like Abner |
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