Vocab:word
Elaborate.
What is very detailed, or very planned out?
Mr. Poe and his son's Edgar and Albert's names are an example of this literary device.
What is allusion?
The youngest Baudelaire.
Who is Sunny Baudelaire?
“Odo yow!” said....
Who is Sunny Baudelaire?
Dismay.
What is distress, or to be upset by something that happened very unexpected?
When Lemony Snicket speaks directly to us, the author is using this literary term for speaking directly to the reader.
What is "breaking the fourth wall?"
The author of this book that also happens to be a character.
Lemony Snicket.
“He is either a third cousin four times removed, or a fourth cousin three times removed. He is not your closest relative on the family tree, but he is the closest geographically. That’s why-”
Assortment.
What is a variety or collection of different things?
Count Olaf and Justice Strauss cannot be anymore different!. Justice Strauss is an example of this literary term used to describe a character who is the complete opposite of another character.
What is a foil character?
A judge in the high court and a neighbor of the Baudelaire's new adopted father.
Who is Justice Strauss?
“If they were here, we would not be with Count Olaf in the first place. I hate it here! I hate this house! I hate our room! I hate having to do all these chores, and I hate Count Olaf!”
Who is Klaus Baudelaire?
Vendor.
What is a person who sells things?
Lemony Snicket is actually a character in this book! The real name of the actual author is Daniel Handler. Handler uses this literary term for using a name that is not your own for publishing a book.
What is a pen name?
This man cannot stop coughing! And every time he shows up, it's always bad news.
"I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. I wish I could tell you that the Baudelaires’ first impressions of Count Olaf and his house were incorrect, as first impressions so often are."
Who is Lemony Snicket?
Recuperate.
What is to recover from something?
A motorcycle driving down the street with a horse and buggy? This story has no real time period that it is set in. This is on purpose. This is an example of this literary term for "out of time and out of place."
What is anachronism?
The author devotes this entire book to her.
Who is Beatrice?
"Buy the food, prepare it, set the table, serve dinner, clean up afterwards, and stay out of our way.”