Important Plot Events
To get to the other world, Coraline walks through a
door
(Bonus Question: Where is the door located?)
A word to describe how the other mother is characterized is...
Evil, creepy, scary, frightening, mean, etc.
(Answers will vary)
What kind of figurative language is this?
"Their faces opened too, like empty shells, and out of the old empty fluffy round bodies stepped two young women" (38-39).
Simile & Imagery
What does Coraline need to do in order to win the challenge with the other mother?
Find the souls of all the children and her parents.
"You see, Caroline, both myself and Miss Forcible were famous actresses, in our time."
Miss Spink
In order to stay in the other world, what do the other parents say Coraline has to do?
Sew buttons on her eyes
Who, according to Coraline, is brave based on the story she tells the cat?
Her father (the real one).
What literary device is this?
"The message is this. Don't go through the door" (14).
Foreshadowing
What does Coraline use to help her find the souls?
The stone with the hole in it that Misses Spink and Forcible gave to her.
"I think I like this game. But what kind of game shall it be? A riddle game? A test of knowledge or of skill?"
The other mother
Why does Coraline challenge the other mother?
To be able to leave the other world and save her parents (along with the souls of the other children).
In the beginning of the book, Coraline characterizes herself as...
An explorer
The "literary device" term for word choice is...
Where does Coraline find the second soul at the end of the chapter?
In the goo of the spidery creature that was once Misses Spink and Forcible
"This is all she made: the house, the grounds, and the people in the house. She made it and waited."
The other father
Where does Coraline first see her parents after they go missing?
In the mirror.
How does Coraline define bravery?
Being scared, but doing something anyway.
When the author describes the garden at the beginning of the book with such specific imagery, he is trying to establish the...
Setting
What does the other mother do that makes Coraline say "Play fair!"?
Blows sand in her face
"Flee, while there's still air in your lungs and blood in your veins and warmth in your heart. Flee while you still have your mind and your soul."
A soul/child in the mirror
Retell the story of Coraline's memory moment that she tells to the cat as they are walking back to the other world.
The one with the wasps and Coraline's father!
When first speaking to the cat in the other world, Coraline describes him as haughty. Haughty means...
Arrogant/over-confident
What type of figurative language is this?
"In the mist, it was a ghost-world" (19).
Metaphor
What does the other mother swear on to prove to Coraline that she will keep her word?
Her right hand
"Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies."
The cat