Fun times with buttons
The Other Mother traps children’s souls in these.
What are Marbles.
This is the name of the sweet shop Dahl loved as a child.
What is Mrs Pratchett’s shop?
“Ill-bred” describes someone with these qualities.
What are bad manners?
This technique tries to make the reader feel strong emotions.
What is emotive language?
This is Mr Coppock’s favourite morning beverage that helps him wake up and start the day.
What is coffee?
The Jones family lives in a divided house known by this name.
What is the Pink Palace
Dahl was frightened of this school punishment tool.
What is the cane?
“Anthropocentric” means focused on this.
What is humans (human-centered thinking)?
This type of descriptive writing appeals to the five senses—sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch—to help the reader imagine a place clearly.
What is sensory writing?
This over-the-top actor from The Simpsons is famous for saying, “Hi, I’m Troy McClure! You may remember me from
who is troy mcclure?
The Other Mother is also known by this more sinister name.
What is the Beldam.
This company sent chocolates to Dahl’s school for testing.
What is Cadbury?
“Gibberish” means speech that is this
What is nonsense or meaningless language?
This technique uses questions that don’t need answers.
What are rhetorical questions?
This energetic salesman became famous for the Slap Chop infomercial.
Who is Vince
The ultimate message of Coraline is...
What is appreciating reality (or valuing real life / accepting imperfection)?
Roald Dahl’s father’s strict disciplinary approach at school and at home influenced these recurring themes in Dahl’s stories.
What are authority figures or cruelty of adults?
This word means a book or official publication that lists medicines and how they are used.
What is pharmacopoeia?
This type of advertisement tries to sell products using excitement and exaggeration.
What is an infomercial?
This landlocked European country has no army and is famous for its banking system and chocolate.
What is Switzerland?
Object given by downstairs neighbours
What is the stone with a hole in it (or “seeing stone”)?
Charlie Bucket’s kindly grandpa, who helps support his family despite their poverty, shares this first name.
Who is grandpa Joe?
This word refers to a person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skills.
What is charlatan
This rhetorical persuasive appeal uses facts, statistics.
What is logos?
This capital city sits on the Danube River and was once the centre of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
What is Budapest?