Mississippi Solo Review

The setting of the story is mostly

• in a canoe

• on the Mississippi River

• in a town called Natchez

• in a canoe on the Mississippi River

A memoir is

• a story about someone's life

• a big event about a friend

• an autobiographical account of someone's personal experiences or significant events; written in first person

• the life events of someone important

What does the author mean when he says,"I was one with the river, and nothing could happen to me...?"

• The author probably meant that he was in harmony with the river, so he felt safe and confident on his journey.

• He meant he was the river.

• The author was afraid that the river would swallow him up.

• The author did not think the river liked him.

The author used figurative language to help the reader understand his journey. Decide what type of figurative language is used in this line: "But the voice of the river came out and spoke to me teasingly but with a chill of seriousness down my spine."

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Personification

When you insulate something, you

• Let heat or cool air in and out

• Open a window in the house and car to keep air flowing out.

• Prevent the passage of heat through it.

• Allow the passage of heat through it.

To allow something to break up into sharp, thin pieces means

• Capture

• Branch

• Splinter

• Lump

Affect is a (what part of speech), and it means

• Adjective, and it means to have an influence on or effect a change in something.

• Verb, and it means to have an influence on or effect a change in something.

• Verb, and it means to make something happen.

• Noun, and it means to effect change in something.

A large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down the side of mountain is the definition of an

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Avalanche

• Tornado

Read the passage from the excerpt, Mississippi Solo and then determine which word best completes the sentence. "I was more amazed than anything, trying to analyze the voice I had heard or whatever instinct or intuition it was that urges me to park in these trees. It had been something so very definite that I could feel it and yet so _____________ that I could not put my finger on it."

• insulate

• splinter

• ethereal

• specify

How do we know that "Mississippi Solo" is a memoir?

• It uses first person pronouns such as "I" and "me."

• It expresses the emotion of the main character.

• It presents only factual information.

• It uses third person pronouns such as "they," "he", and "her."