Sentence Editing
Fix this sentence to make it complete:
that Kotler got transferred
I think that Kotler got transferred.
Kotler is gone because he got transferred.
Kotler got transferred.
etc...
This is the protaganist.
Bruno
What type of figurative language is this?
As they left, they stood in a row together like toy soldiers.
Simile
Name 3 reasons Bruno doesn't like Kotler.
1. He never smiles
2. He acts like he owns the place when Father isn't around.
3. He is always making jokes with Gretel and Mother.
4. He shot a dog.
5. He makes Bruno generally uncomfortable and he doesn't like the way he treated Pavel.
What genre is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?
Historical Fiction
Fix this sentence to make it complete:
Because Gretel & Bruno got lice
Gretel and Bruno got lice.
They got lice.
Bruno's head is shaved because he and Gretel got lice.
etc...
Who was very outspokenly against the war?
Grandmother
What type of figurative language is this?
If you ask me, we're all in the same boat, and it's leaking.
Idiom.
On Bruno & Shmuel's "Final Adventure", what is Bruno trying to help Shmuel with?
He is trying to help him find his Papa.
What is unusual about Shmuel's birthday?
It is the same as Bruno's.
Fix this sentence:
brunos relationship with his father is very formalBruno's relationship with his father is very formal.
This is the waiter who is also a doctor.
Pavel
What type of literary device is used in this passage?
"...I liked to sit out in the sunshine and eat my lunch underneath the ivy tree by the pond."
imagery
What specific behaviors tell you that Mother becomes increasingly unhappy at "Out-With"?
She starts day drinking ("medicinal sherries), taking more naps during the day, and arguing more with Father.
What POV is this novel written in?
(hint: don't forget to say if it is limited or omniscient)
3rd person limited
grandmothers funeral
They went to Grandmother's funeral.
Grandmother's funeral was in Berlin.
etc....
What happened to Pavel, and why?
Kotler killed him because he spilled wine on him.
Kotler's hair flopped down over his forehead in exhaustion.
personification
Describe the conversation that happened between Mother, Father, and Kotler at dinner and explain why that conversation was significant.
Kotler talked about how his Father went to Switzerland in 1938, implying that his Father was either against the war, or possibly even Jewish.
What does the Greek root "graph" mean?
to write
Fix this sentence to make it complete:
that he is starting to like "Out-With" more than his old house in berlin
He is starting to like "Out-With" more than his old house in Berlin.
Bruno is starting to like "Out-With" more than his old house in Berlin.
etc...
These are Grandfather AND Grandmother's names.
Matthius and Nathalie
What type of irony is used in this passage?
"It's so unfair...I don't see why I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where there's no one to talk to and no one to play with and you get to have dozens of friends and are probably playing for hours every day."
dramatic irony
(The reader knows something that the main character does not)
Describe the old house in Berlin compared to the new house at "Out-With", and name Bruno's favorite part of the old house.
The Berlin house was five stories high, and in Berlin where it was busy and full of life. The Berlin house also had a beautiful garden. The new house is only three stories high. There are some flowers outside and the house is painted red, but it is in the middle of nowhere and for the most part dark and dreary. The banister is Bruno's favorite part of the old house.
Pick the theme that does NOT fit this novel.
1. Actions are what determines a person's worth, not race or class.
2. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
3. Good and evil will always be present in this world.
2. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.