Flounder
Claim Jumpers/Stampeders
The dog does not know the commands
Guns
Stampede
To keep his blood flowing so he wouldn't freeze to death
In the late 1890's
Personification
Metaphor
He lost his claim to claim jumpers while on his way to Dawson City.
Claim Jumpers/the weather
In the Yukon/Canada
Responsible, Smart, Trustworthy, Brave, Reliable, Resourceful, Sneaky, etc.
likely
Idiom
Dawson City
Prospectors
Loren Hall
Simile
Klondike
Dialect
To look intently, searchingly or with difficulty
Person vs Nature (External)
The cold weather
Walt Masters
What about the setting made this journey harder for the main character?
What advantage to the claim jumpers have while chasing Walt?
Approximately when did this story take place?
Where does the story take place?
'Faith, it's an ilegant chanst to be gettin' a run fer yer money!' said the Irishman. This is an example of what?
To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance
The snow and below freezing temperatures made Walt's travel very difficult. What type of conflict is this?
Name two character traits of Walt Masters.
Who was the main character? (Full name)
Who was trying to steal Walt's neighbor's land?
Where do the men have to go to record their claim?
Walt dashed around the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him' is an example of what type of figurative language?
Why did Walt have to get off the sled and run along side of it?
'The snow was a blanket of ice.' This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What does Walt realize about the dog he chose to lead his sled?
The creek is as rich as a United States mint! What type of figurative language is this?
Peer
Who's land was the main character responsible for?
People who search for valuable minerals, such as gold
What was the name of the gold-mining region along a tributary of the Yukon River? (the name of this particular Gold Rush...)
Sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people
Liable
Who is the antagonist(s) in the story?
'The thing for us to do is to rest the dogs a bit, and then hit the trail as hard as we can.' This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
George Lukens