Mystery 1
Mystery 2
Mystery 3
Mystery 4
Mystery 5
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Effect: Thomas came in contact with Mr. Pluto for the first time.
What is the cause?
Thomas walked over to the wood planks in the forest.
100
Thomas is peeved that Mr. Pluto is doing so much for them. What does the word peeved mean?
angry/ mad/ upset/
100
What is the house mostly a symbol of?
Mystery
100
According to Pluto why did he chase Thomas?
He thought Thomas was someone else.
100
Thomas could hear him, and he was not running, but striding swiftly through the trees. Which figurative language is being used here?
Simile, Metaphor, alliteration, personification
Alliteration
200
What surprised Thomas about Pluto?
He didn't understand why Mr. Pluto was so fast and strong.
200
What special treat was Thomas given for his birthday?
Black Coffee
200
How do I make this sentence have correct comma usage?
Thomas ran through the forest became quite scared and ran back home.
Thomas ran through the forest, became quite scared, and ran back home.
200
What struck Mr. Small as unusual about Mr. Pluto's appearance?
He wondered why he was wearing gloves.
200
Why did Mr. Small buy a new door lock?
Thomas busted through the door and broke it.
300
What did Mr. Small question Pluto about?
How Pesty can ride the horse if it has something wrong with its legs.
300
Why did Thomas want to move the chair in his room?
He couldn't sleep with it facing away from him?
300
Why did Thomas decide to sleep on the couch?
He wanted to hear if someone came in the house.
300
Since the reader knew someone or something walked around the house while Thomas was sleeping, but Thomas was unaware, what irony is being used?
Irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language
dramatic , situational, verbal, unusual
Dramatic
300
From where did someone or something seemed interested in?
Bedroom doorframes
400
What is the conflict in the novel?
Conflict: Disagreement or argument
Thomas wanted to figure out who was trying to scare them into leaving.
400
What happens after the conflict on a plot map?
Rising Action
400
What are the two warnings according to Thomas?
Furniture and Triangles
400
What is missing from the Greek Cross?
4th triangle
400
What did Mr. Small wonder about when he saw Mr. Pluto dressed for church?
think appearance
Why he wasn't wearing his gloves.
500
What did the "ahhhhing" sound turn out to be?
large bellows below ground.
500
What type of figurative language is this?
The wind whispered through the trees?
personification
500
What type of figurative language is this?
The house is as big as a mountain.
Simile
500
What type of figurative language is this?
That is a piece of cake Mom.
idiom
500
What type of figurative language is this?
Mr. Small is lost in the past.
hyperbole