Figurative Language
"Cobble's Knot was dead."
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Personification
d. Personification
"So why don't you go ahead and teach me how to read?"
Earl Grayson
Maniac vs. Mars Bar
Maniac vs. Giant John
Maniac vs. the Cobras
Man vs Man Conflict
Character vs Character Conflict
Maniac finds a home with the Beale family after the town begins to break down racial barriers, symbolized by Mars Bar becoming his friend.
a. exposition
b. rising action
c. climax
d. falling action
e. resolution
e. resolution
Who is the protagonist of this book?
Jeffrey Lionel (Maniac) Magee is the main character of the story and the one whose journey readers follow.
"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs."
a. idiom
b. simile
c. hyperbole
d. metaphor
d. Metaphor; it says that something (Finsterwald's backyard) is something else (graveyard of balls and frisbees, etc)
"I'm from Bridgeport"
Jeffrey Lionel (Maniac) Magee
Maniac Magee runs in order to process his feelings of frustration, anger, hurt, and sadness.
Internal Conflict
OR
Man vs Self Conflict
Character vs Self Conflict
Maniac performs legendary feats, such as untying Cobble's Knot, and has initial conflicts with people from both the East and West Ends of town.
a. exposition
b. rising action
c. climax
d. falling action
e. resolution
b. rising action
Who is a dynamic character (that changes throughout the story)?
Maniac changes throughout the story—from a lonely kid to someone who begins to find belonging.
"To the ordinary person Cobble's Knot was as about as friendly as a nest of yellow jackets."
a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. idiom
b. Simile (it compares Cobble's Knot to a nest of yellow jackets using the phrase "as" to describe the friendliness)
"And don't think you're taking any of my books with you this time, either. And you can forget about - ever - getting a chance to open my encyclopedia A which I was almost ready to let you do before you started acting all poopy!"
Amanda Beale
Maniac vs. Mars Bar
Man vs Man Conflict
Character vs Character Conflict
Jeffrey "Maniac" Magee, a twelve-year-old orphaned boy who runs away from his caretakers and arrives in the town of Two Mills.
a. exposition
b. rising action
c. climax
d. falling action
e. resolution
a. exposition
Who is a round character, that has depth, personality, and believable emotions, making her feel real to the reader.
Amanda Beale
"They say his stomach was a cereal box and his heart a sofa spring."
a. onomatopoeia
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. personification
"Maybe nobody told you - I'm badder than ever. I'm getting badder everyday."
Mars Bar Thompson
Maniac vs Winter at Valley Forge
Man vs Nature Conflict
Character vs Nature Conflict
Maniac flees the scene on the train trestle because it reminds him of the trolley accident that kills his parents.
b. rising action
c. climax
d. falling action
e. resolution
c. climax
Who is a static East End character that stays pretty stubborn and unchanged for most of the story, especially early on?
Mars Bar Thompson
or Amanda Beale
"They say he kept an eight inch cockroach on a string."
a. idiom
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. metaphor
b. hyperbole (exaggeration)
"So you're the book boy?"
Mrs. Beale
Maniac vs. East End
Man vs. Society Conflict
Character vs. Society Conflict
c. climax
d. falling action
e. resolution
d. falling action
Who is the antagonist?
Early in the story, Mars Bar Thompson often stands in Maniac’s way, overpowering and challenging him.