CHARACTERS
Who is carried away by a flood?
Who is Rikki-tikki-tavi?
"The grass quivered" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is personification?
The story takes place in India during the late 1800s, and the characters are introduced. This part of the plot diagram is called...
What is the Exposition?
To return to life or consciousness
What is Revive or Revived?
"He thought he heard the faintest 'scratch-scratch'...a noise as faint as that of a wasp walking on a windowpane..." Name all THREE types of figurative language used here!
What is imagery, a simile, and alliteration!
Who are the antagonists in this story?
What are the cobras, Nag and Nagaina?
"Rikki-tikki stayed as still as death" is an example of this type of figurative language?
What is simile?
Rikki-tikki said, "I am new here. Who is Nag?" From which part of the plot diagram is this statement?
What is the Rising Action?
What is a Veranda?
"[A] hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur." This is which type of figurative language?
What is imagery?
Who said, "Look! He's dead! Let's have a funeral."
What is Teddy?
"I am Death," is an example of this type of figurative language?
What is metaphor?
"He bit indeed, but did not bite long enough, and he jumped clear of the snake's tail, leaving Nagaina torn and angry." Which part of the plot diagram is this?
What is the Rising Action?
A young bird that has recently grown feathers
What is a fledgling?
"There are more things to find out about in this house...than all my family could find out in all their lives." This is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is Hyperbole?
What is the name of the tailor bird who likes to sing?
What is Darzee?
"Chuchundra sat down and cried till the tears rolled off his whiskers. 'I am a very poor man,' he sobbed." This is an example of which TYPES of figurative language?
What is personification, imagery, and metaphor!
Rikki-tikki dives into a rat hole after Nagaina. This takes place in which part of the plot diagram?
What is the Climax?
To crouch or shrink down in fear
What is Cower?
"He's safer than if we had a bloodhound with him," said Teddy's father. Which type of figurative language is this?
What is an IDIOM?
Who said, "I am Death."
What is Karait, the brown snake?
"She (Nagaina) will be worse than 5 Nags," is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is hyperbole?
Darzee sings a victory song after Rikki-tikki-tavi emerges from the rat hole. This is from which part of the plot diagram?
What is the Falling Action?
To be brave or courageous
What is Valiant?
"The big man had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood..." is an example of
What is Alliteration?