Word Gaps
What does "stirring" mean?
What is moving?
Where does this story take place?
Where is the boy's home?
What type of figurative language is being used here:
"I flew like a flash"?
What is simile?
What reindeer is missing from Saint Nick's sleigh?
What is Rudolph?
What does "clatter" mean?
What is a rattling sound?
What point of view is this story told from?
What is first person?
What does the narrator mean when he says:
"more rapid than eagles"?
What is different about the stockings pictured versus the stockings we use today?
What is they are actual socks?
What does "miniature" mean?
What is small?
How does the main character feel when he first hears noise outside his window? How do you know?
What is worried- because he "sprang" from his bed to "see what was the matter."
What is meant by:
"His cheeks were like roses"?
What is his cheeks were red?
What is different about Saint Nick's clothes in this story versus modern versions?
What is:
-dirty
-Made completely of fur
What does "tarnished" mean?
What is discolored, stained, rusted?
What is the resolution of the story?
What is Saint Nick drives away in his sleigh and wishes all people a merry Christmas?
What type of mood is the author building on page 2 with the use of imagery?
What is quiet, still, calm?
What species is Saint Nick?
What is an elf?
What does the word "peddler" mean?
What is someone who sells stuff?
What is the initiating event?
What is when the boy springs up from his bed?
What can we infer about the phase of the moon from the following words:
"The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow
gave the lustre of midday to the objects below."
What is that it must have been a full moon? (or at least pretty bright outside)
In this version, where did Saint Nick leave the Christmas presents?
Where is in the stockings?