Characters and narration
narrates the story
Maxwell Kane- first person narration
A character who is complex and life-like
Round character
Where Max and Freak first met
daycare
The character who first tries to rescue Max from being tied up
Loretta
What Max calls himself at the beginning of the story
a butthead
This is the name of Kevin's mother, who Max sees as a beautiful, glowing angel.
The Fair Gwen
A character that is uncomplicated, one-dimensional, and easily summarized by a single trait (like "the grumpy waiter" or "the helpful clerk") is classified as a…
Flat character
What Max retrieves from out of the tree for Freak
the ornithopter
Where Killer Kane takes Max after they leave the old lady's house
A burned down apartment building
What Max is most concerned about on Friday the 13th?
Freak having a seizure/ convulsion
The character that gives Max coffee
Grim
two categories that describe a character's change throughout the story.
dynamic and static
How Freak restores order in Mrs. Donelli's English class on the first day of school?
What Max does after Freak dies
hides in the down under and avoids people
The name of the school principal?
Mrs. Addison
Intimidating boss of "the panheads"
Iggy Lee
when the author SHOWS what a character is like through their Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks
indirect characteriization
What initially causes Blade to run away from FTM before the fireworks start
He sees the police
What Loretta says to max at the end of the novel
"Nothings a drag kid."
The name of the apartments where Iggy and Loretta live.
The tenements- nicknamed the new testaments
Called "the heroic biker babe" by the newspapers
Loretta Lee
This is when the author explicitly tells the reader what a character is like (e.g., "Max was tall and quiet").
Direct characterization
Vinegar, soup, and curry powder
Gwen's relationship with Max's mother
friends
How four year old Max reacts when Killer Kane kills his mother