Vocabulary
What does "wraiths" mean?
“In the light she discovered that the wraiths had gone, and she was alone.” (page 134)
ghosts
What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification)
"Something dropped from Coraline's head height to the floor. It landed with a sort of scuttling thump." (132)
onomatopoeia
What is the cat's name?
he doesn't have a name
When Coraline looks in the mirror, what color is the stone that Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible gave her?
emerald green
How does Coraline escape past the other mother into the corridor with her parents and the ghost children?
she tricks her to open the door and then throws the cat at her face
What does "insubstantial" mean?
“The other people in the corridor- three children, two adults-were somehow too insubstantial to touch the door.” (page 131)
not substantial, not strong, not solid
What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification)
"Wind howled in the dark." (133)
personification
What does the policeman tell Coraline when she calls to say that her parents are missing?
you had a bad dream, go back to bed
What does the other mother like to snack on?
live beetles
What happens to the house when the other mother gets angry?
it starts to fall apart, flatten out
What does "mantlepiece" mean?
“Coraline found herself wondering why the other mother would have place a snow globe on the drawing-room mantelpiece.” (page 116)
the shelf above a fireplace
What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification)
"And wherever did the cat come from? He was waiting by the front door when I came in. Shot out like a bullet as I opened it." (137)
simile
What did Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible used to do for a job when they were young?
actresses, they worked in the theater
What are the ghost children's names?
they can't remember anymore
When Coraline goes through the trapdoor down to the cellar, who does she find?
the other father
What does "Bristol Fashion" mean?
"Well, looks like everything’s shipshape and Bristol fashion.” (page 148)
What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification)
"He put the computer to sleep, stood up, and then, for no reason at all, he picked Coraline up, which he had not done for such a long time..."
personification
In the flashback that Coraline tells the cat, Coraline's dad had to go back to the gully where he got stung by the wasps to get what?
his glasses
Where does Coraline find the first soul/marble?
the toybox in the bedroom
she lied to you, she is not going to let you go even if you find all the souls
What does "deftly" mean?
“She was eating slices of bread and jam, deftly cutting the bread from a large golden brown loaf.” (page 140)
What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification)
"Coraline's mouth dropped open in horror as she stepped out of the way as the thing clicked and scuttled past her and out of the house, running crablike on its too-many tapping, clicking, scurrying feet." (145)
simile or onomatopoeia
When Coraline sees her other parents trapped in the mirror, what do they write in the fog (backwards)?
HELP US
Where does Coraline find the second soul/marble?
the old theater, in the cocoon of Ms. Spink/Ms. Forcible
Where does Coraline find the last soul/marble?
in the jacket of the "old man", really the rat has it