Vile Vocabulary
hopeless, discouraged, gloomy
despondent
"In the darkness, Violet looked like a ghost, her white wedding gown moving slowly across the stage."
Simile
What are the three types of irony?
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Manages the Baudelaire's fortune until Violet comes of age.
Mr. Poe
Who is the author of The Bad Beginning?
Lemony Snicket
different from what is typical or usual
aberrant
What kind of figurative language is this:
Mulctuary Money Management
Alliteration
What is the purpose of irony?
To keep the reader/audience engaged.
The member of Count Olaf's troupe that threatened Violet and Klaus.
The hook-handed man.
How many books are in A Series of Unfortunate Events?
13
lacking vigor or interest
insipid
"Clang! Clang! The grappling hook hit the tower twice as it bounced back down to the ground."
Onomatopoeia
"How pleasant that you could join us," the hook-handed man said in a sickly sweet voice.
Verbal
Who said: "You're a pretty one. If I were you I would try not to anger Count Olaf, or he might wreck that pretty little face of yours."
(Chapter 4)
The tall, bald man.
Who does Lemony Snicket write his message to at the beginning of the book?
Beatrice
disorder; confusion
pandemonium
"Quick as a wink, the man flicked the main switch..."
Idiom
"Violet's grappling hook had stuck on another hook. It was one of the hooks on the hook-handed man."
Situational
Name ALL five members of Olaf's troupe.
Hook-handed man
Tall bald man
Two women with white powder on their faces.
Person that looked neither like a man or a woman.
What does the letter from Lemony Snicket on the back of the book advise?
To put the book down.
clever; skillful
adroit
Personification
"My marriage to Violet Baudelaire is perfectly legal, and now I am in control of her entire fortune."
Dramatic
The names of Mr. Poe's obnoxious sons.
Edgar and Albert
What is Lemony Snicket's real name?
Daniel Handler