Mr. Bowditch
Where does Nat go to work after he has to quit school?
The ship chandlery
Where do the goblins live?
Underground, in caves
What is a pattern based on the final words of lines of poetry?
Rhyme Scheme
What is the grammar term for 'who or what the sentence is about.'
The subject!
What must we have at the beginning of a sentence?
A capital letter
How does Nat help the sailors on his ships?
He teaches them navigation tools and helps them learn to read.
How does Curdie frighten the goblins?
He makes up rhymes.
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
Ex. She sells seashells by the seashore
alliteration
All sentences have to have what 2 things to be a complete sentence?
a subject and predicate
Which king did we read about in one of our books but also learn about in history?
King John/John Lackland!
Why does Nat rewrite navigation books (specifically the Navigator)?
There are many errors which could cause ships to crash.
What does Irene's grandmother give her as a special gift?
A ball of thread connected to a ring
The person or persona who is the voice of the poem. They convey the poem's message, details and emotions.
In a book this voice would be referred to as the narrator.
The Speaker
What part of speech is the word: cold
Stacy was cold!
Predicate Adjective
Synonyms are words that______
mean the same (or similar) thing
What does the metaphor 'sail by ash breeze' mean?
Hard work and determination can help get out of being stuck in life
What is the goblin's 'weak point' AND what are they missing?
Their feet, they are missing toes!
The poetic device used to create pictures in the reader's mind, such as in the lines:
"...Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command..."
Imagery
What are the errors in this sentence?
*You must tell me all!
john was hunger on wednesday
John was hungry on Wednesday.
(4 errors)
Which is correct:
Their
There
They're
__________________ book bag was heavy.
Their
When solving a difficult math problem or complex navigation, what was Nat's frequent phrase?
It's a simple matter of mathematics
What is revealed about the goblins' plan for Harelip, their prince?
They want him to marry a human, possibly Irene!
The real life historical figure that the title, Ozymandias, refers or alludes to.
Ramses II
Tell me what part of speech each word in the sentence is.
The angry bird flew quickly.
The - article adj
angry - adj
bird - noun (and subject)
flew - verb (and predicate
quickly - adv
What do we call an additional portion of a word that goes at the beginning of a word to change its meaning?
a prefix