BEFORE
What physical feature defines Egg?
His webbed toes/his acne.
Fill in the blank and spell the following: "Lockie and Egg, limp with laughing, were strapping the c_______ back on the bike trailer."
Contraption.
Who does Lockie have a crush on?
Dot
What does Lockie buy his family for christmas?
A box of chocolates.
Which is a metaphor? A) Mr East is a fat frog or B) Mr East is like a fat frog
Mr Walker is a fat frog
What is the band that has lyrics at the very beginning of the book?
Midnight Oil, or Kings X.
What does Lockie buy Dot for christmas?
A t-shirt.
What language feature is this: All night Lockie lay awake with the noise of 10 million frogs washing over him. They sounded like the Hell's Angels out there in the swamp." (there are two!)
Hyperbole and simile.
What is the nickname given to all young surfers?
Grommet
Who does Lockie share a bedroom with?
Phillip.
What language feature is this? "Vicki was as beautiful as a thousand suns."
Simile or hyperbole.
What is Lockie's nickname?
The Human Torpedo.
Fill in the blank and spell the word: "Long after Dot and everyone went home, Lockie b______ himself in the toilet."
Barricaded.
What is this simile: "Mr. East's beard growled."
Personification.
What is the name of the eco-guerilla that is friends with Mr East?
Queenie