COMPREHENSION/LITERARY ELEMENTS 1
Who is the narrator, and what is the point of view?
-First Person
-The boy's sister's boyfriend
Name FIGURATIVE DEVICE in the title, "Click-Clack the Rattlebag."
Onomatopoeia
Give a synonym for the word precocious (paragraph 15)
*Cannot be a word at the bottom of the page
clever
Name the FIGURATIVE element:
We walked out of the warm and cosy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and draughty and dark.
-alliteration
A feeling of growing tension, excitement, or uncertainty about what is going to happen in a story.
Suspense
What does the boy want the narrator to do and why?
Take him to bed and tell him a story because he’s scared.
Paragraph 21: Which sentence represents an example of suspense?
"We walked out of the warm and cosy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and draughty and dark."
Give a synonym for the word unsettling (paragraph 24)
disturbing, worrisome
Name the LITERARY element:
"It was a big, old house, and the lights didn't always work, which meant that it was very dark, very often."
-mood
-dark, uneasy
Give a synonym for the word unrelentingly (paragraph 60)
continuously, stubbornly
Where did the boy say that click-clacks come from?
the dark
Name an example of foreshadowing in the story.
-The light bulb is burnt out and the Click-Clack monsters live in the dark
-When the boyfriend opens the attic door and we hear the Click-Clack monster
Give a synonym for the word soberly (paragraph 24)
seriously, reasonably
Name the LITERARY element:
"Not very scared. Just a bit. But it is a very big house, and lots of times the lights don’t work and it’s a sort of dark.”
-tone
-eerie, suspenseful
What is the theme?
Things aren't always as they seem.
-fear, danger
What is the major conflict in the story?
The little boy says he is afraid of the dark and needs to be put to bed.
What type of irony is in this story?
Situational
-the boy tells the narrator a scary story
-the boy is the monster
Give a synonym for the word lair (paragraphs 34-36)
a den or hideout (for an animal)
Name TWO figurative devices in the following sentence:
It was perfectly dark, now, but the opening door disturbed the air, and I heard things rattle gently, like dry bones in thin bags, in the slight wind.
-personification
-simile
Pictures or images created in the reader’s mind, especially appealing to the five senses.
Imagery
Which is the most significant rising action in the plot?
The boy explains that Click-clacks are what you aren't paying attention to.
What event serves as the climax of the story?
As the boy and narrator approach the doorway, the sounds of the rattlebag can be heard, and the narrator is pulled into the room.
Give a synonym for the word insufferable (paragraph 58)
overwhelming, unbearable
Name the FIGURATIVE element:
He looked at me as if he was trying to decide whether or not I was pulling his leg.
-idiom
What is the most likely reason why the child tells the boyfriend about the 'Click Clack the Rattle Bag'?
To distract and inform the boyfriend about what will happen to him