621 The Boy Who Harnesses the Wind Chapters 1-8

Who is the main character of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind?

• Bryan Mealer

• William Kamkwamba

• Gilbert

• Percy Jackson

a brief overall summary of what the entire story is about. The main point of a story normally stated in one sentence

• theme

• plot

• structure

• central idea

the way in which a story or sentence is organized or presented to a reader

• structure

• theme

• central idea

• plot

What is personification?

• A comparison of two unlike things

• giving an inanimate object human like characteristics

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of unlike things using like or as

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things

• giving an inanimate object human like characteristics

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of unlike things using like or as

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison of two unlike things

• giving an inanimate object human like characteristics

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of unlike things using like or as

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two unlike things

• giving an inanimate object human like characteristics

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of unlike things using like or as

A casual reference to a famous person, place, or event

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Where do William Kamkwamba and his family live?

• New York City

• Trenton, New Jersey

• Malawi, Africa

• Kenya

In the prologue, what do we learn William Kamkwamba created in order to help his village?

• a bicycle

• a windmill

• a radio

• dynamos