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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Why dragon’s colors are important
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They show how important the dragon is:bronze is most important; brown is middle; green is least important
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Impression
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Impress is after the hatching when the dragons chose their rider, telepathically
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What we know about bronze dragons
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Bronze is most important color for male dragons, very few bronze dragons; rare hardest to impress, fastest, most powerful, choose Keeven
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What we know about green dragons
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green are least important to impress; they are common, small, and least powerful
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How do we know the story is set in a different world
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Dragons exist in Pern, the ppl use different words, different customs like impressing dragons, names are shortened when boys become dragonriders
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Mende
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Takes care of all the candidates/nurse of dragonriders; Keveens foster mom & wingsecond; all her fostlings become dragonriders
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Lessa
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She is a weyr woman, leader of dragonriders, she can communicate with all the dragons
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Beterli’s negative personality traits
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he picks on the weak, he is a bully, cruel, self serving
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Why Beterli did not become a dragonrider and evidence from the story
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He beat up Keeven so he was dismissed from the dragon impression. His behavior was not acceptable for a Dragon-Rider
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What qualities Keeven has that would make him a good dragonboy (2 reasons)
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Keevan is well mannered and polite because he respects the weyr leader he is also honest and kind
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Why Keevan is the underdog (2)
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he is smaller, not as strong, and doesn’t have a lot of experience
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What Keeven wants more than anything at the beginning of the story
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He wants to fit in and become a dragon-rider; and be chosen by a Dragon
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proof that he becomes a dragonrider at the end of the story (3)
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He gets chose by a dragon, telepathically speaking to the dragon; dragon worries about him; name shortened to K’Van
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Setting
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Pern at the hatching ground
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Protagonist
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Keevan, mende, Bronze Dragon
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Antagonist
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Berteli and the wingsecond who didn’t believe in Keevan
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List the conflict(s) Which is most important? Give examples from story
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1) Berterli & Keevan got into fight; 2) When weyrleaders are fighting at diner; 3)Doubted by everyone to be a DragonRider/small and young
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Climax
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Bronze Dragon picks Keevan
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