A Christmas Carol
Figurative Language
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Sentence Types
Vocabulary
100

What year was A Christmas Carol written?

What is 1843?

100

A comparison of two things using like or as

What is a simile?

100

Setting of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

India, 1800s


100

One independent clause

What is a simple sentence?

100

Shining bright, giving forth light or energy

What is radiant?

200
A glimpse into the past
What is a flashback? 
200

The wind whistled through the trees.

What is a personification?

200

Mistake that Darzee's wife made...

What is she led Nagaina right to Teddy?
200

Two independent clauses with one FANBOY

What is a compound sentence?

200

A clown or coarse person

What is buffoon?

300

When did Jacob Marley die?

What is Christmas Eve, 7 years ago?

300

An extreme exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

300
Climax of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki and Nagaina are fighting/about to fight

300

One dependent clause and one independent clause 

What is a complex sentence?

300

To beg, implore, ask earnestly

What is entreat?

400

A chapter or a musical symbol

What is a stave?

400

The kitten's fur was velvet. 

What is a metaphor?

400
How can we tell that Rikki is willing to die to protect Teddy?

What is he runs into the rat hole not knowing if he'll survive?

400
Two independent clauses with one dependent clause

What is a compound-complex sentence?

400

To draw back suddenly as though in pain or fear

What is wince?

500
What is the setting?

What is London 1800s?

500

The fireworks made a loud "bang!" sound.

What is an onomatopoeia?
500

What genre is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

What is fiction?
500

List 4 subordinating conjunctions.

When, If, After, Although

500

Skilled in handling difficult situations or people; polite

What is tactful?

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