Vocabulary
Able to perceive small differences or changes
Sensitive
The narrator is not a character.
Third-person point of view.
A sentence that includes an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
Complex Sentence.
"The fox’s relief—they were only here to play the game!—made him careless. He streaked toward the woods without looking back at his humans."
The authors word choice in paragraph 15 demonstrates-
The fox's trust and loyalty to the boy.
The father and the fox had a good relationship.
False, the boy and the fox had a good relationship. The father and the fox did not have a good relationship.
A feeling of uneasiness, fear, or worry.
Anxiety
The narrator is a character in the story.
First-person point of view.
A clause that is introduced by a subordinating conjunction, such as because, if, since, until, when, and where
Subordinate Conjunction
"He stretched up from his boy’s lap and sniffed at threads of scent leaking in through the window, which told him they were now traveling into woodlands."
This sentence from paragraph 1 emphasizes-
The fox is able to use his senses to figure out where they are driving.
The fox was torn about wanting to be free and wanted to stay with the boy.
True, the fox wanted to be free like the birds but also wanted to stay with his boy.
Damage or harm done to a person or a thing.
Injury.
"Pax" is told in this point of view.
Third-person point of view from the fox's perspective.
ALSO
Third-person limited point of view from the fox's perspective.
Two or more independent clauses run together.
Run on sentence.
"But birds! Hours upon hours he had watched birds from his pen, quivering at the sight of them slicing the sky as recklessly as the lightning he often saw on summer evenings. The freedom of their flights always mesmerized him."
What can be concluded about the fox's memory from paragraph 20?
He will be free soon/he longs to be free like the birds and lightning are.
The fox can't tell something is wrong in the beginning of the story when they're driving in the car.
False, the fox notices the boy isn't as calm as he usually is. The boy is anxious.
To cause annoyance or irritation.
Displease
Narrator knows and is able to describe only what one character knows, thinks, and feels.
Third-Person Limited
Two or more independent clauses joined by only a comma.
Comma Splice
"The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. By the vibrations, he learned also that the road had grown coarser. "
In paragraph 1 the word sensitive indicates-
The use of the fox's senses as well as the awareness the fox has of his surroundings.
The fox studies the humans very carefully throughout the story.
True, the fox looks at small details such as noticing the boy gripping the baseball glove, the fathers tone, checking to see if the boy was injured as he was crying.
Use each of the four vocabulary words in a separate sentence correctly.
Displease
Anxiety
Sensitive
Injury
Examples:
The students were displeased when they found out they had homework over the weekend.
She felt anxiety before her dance competition.
His teeth were sensitive while he bit into the cold ice cream cone.
While running she fell and broke her leg, the injury causing her to wear a cast for the next few months.
Narrator knows and is able to describe everything, including what any character thinks and feels.
Third-Person Omniscient
1.) A clause (or group of words) that adds extra information in the main clause.
2.) A clause (or group of words) that can stand by itself as its own sentence.
1.) Dependent clause
2.) Independent clause
"He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. He would not displease his humans today."
The prefix dis- in displease means...
Opposite of, not.
Pax is told in third person omniscient (narrator knows and describes everything, including what any character thinks or feels) point of view.
False, the story is told in third person limited point of view from the fox's perspective as the fox does not know what is happening and does not know exactly what the boy and father are thinking/feeling.