Woods Runner Study Guide – Flashcards

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Interminable
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Endless
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Crude
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Raw
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Covert
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Concealed
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Contemplation
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Thinking about whether or not to do something
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Marauding
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Searching for something to attack
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Cavalry
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Military on horses
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Stealth
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Quietly
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Resilience
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Return to normal
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Refugees
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Someone who runs to safety
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Hostile
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Unfriendly
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Guerrilla Tactics
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Tactics where one attacks, then hides again, getting ready to attack again.
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Minutemen
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Volunteer military
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Scavengers
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Animals searching for anything to eat
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Mercenary
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Working for money
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Anguish
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A feeling of defeat and sadness
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2 types of text in Woods Runner
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Descriptive and Narrative
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Starting date of the Revolutionary War
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April 19, 1775
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Protagonist
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The leading character of the story
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Antagonist
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The person against or opposite of the main character
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Point of View
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How the story is told
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Flashback
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Reliving an event from the past
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Foreshadowing
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Clues given to prepare the reader for upcoming events
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Diction
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How words are pronounced or expressed
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Irony
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Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
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Woods Runner author
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Gary Paulsen
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Woods Runner genre
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Historical Fiction
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Woods Runner purpose
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To give a different outlook on the Revolutionary War
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Paul Revere's Ride author
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Paul Revere's Ride genre
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Poetry
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Paul Revere's Ride purpose
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Inform you on how Paul Revere warned the colonists that the Regulars were coming
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Woods Runner Exposition
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Intro to Samuel's family, and their personalities
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Woods Runner Rising Action
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Samuel's family is taken prisoner and many are left dead. Samuel follows them, leading to help from many people
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Woods Runner Climax
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Samuel finds his parents and help them escape, with many others
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Woods Runner Falling Action
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Samuel gets his family on the boat to safety
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Woods Runner Resolution
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Samuel and his family, with a new sister, find peace in Pennsylvania, and Samuel gets a job hunting for the military
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