Reading Comprehension
Plot
Figurative Language
Character Traits
Conflict
100
The name of the place Milo visited through the tollbooth
What is the Lands Beyond or the Lands of Expectations?
100
The most interesting, exciting point in a story.
What is the climax?
100
This is the definition of a simile.
What is comparing two or more things using the words like or as?
100
Choose and defend one character trait for Milo at the beginning of the story.
What is depressed, sad, lazy, lonely, negative, a downer, etc... Milo repeated discusses how he never wants to be where he is and always wants what he no longer has. He lacks motivation to do or be anything.
100
These are the two main (big) types of conflict.
What are internal and external conflict.
200
Milo's life lesson during the royal banquet is to.... "______ ______ _______."
What is "eat your words"?
200
This is a stage of plot that involves the character making mistakes and building the conflict.
What is the rising action?
200
This is the difference between alliteration and onomatopoeia?
What is alliteration is fig. lang. that requires words to have the same beginning sound (at least the first letter sound). Onomatopoeia is how we write words to express sounds.
200
Give a character trait for Tock the Watchdog and defend your answer using evidence from the book.
What is protective, timely, organized, gruff? Students must provide proof from the book that the character trait applies to the character.
200
Choose one example of man vs. self from the book. Explain why it is a conflict.
What is: Student's answers will vary. All answers should have to do with a character battling an inner, self-crisis (whether the conflict is big or small).
300
Canby informs Milo he has arrived to the island because he:
What is jumped to conclusions?
300
Milo beating the demons along the way to rescue the princesses is an example of this stage of plot.
What is the falling action?
300
Officer Shrift uses this type of figurative language when he sentences Milo and Tock to 6 billion years in prison.
What is a hyperbole?
300
__________ is the best character trait for the kingsmen out of the options below. Explain why. a) annoying b) loud c) synonymous
What is c) synonymous because they speak one after another always using synonyms to explain something someone else has already said.
300
When Milo tries to conduct the sunrise, but it all goes terribly wrong it is a __________ conflict.
What is man vs. nature?
400
The dodecahedron says that numbers are better than words because:
What is they are precise and precision makes information much more detailed and less confusing (more accurate)?
400
These two stages of plot have similar names but have different definitions. (What are the two stages of plot called and what are their definitions?)
What is rising action is making the main character's conflict worse and the falling action is taking steps to fix the conflict?
400
Write one metaphor from the book, The Phantom Tollbooth, on the board.
What is : Answers may vary but must compare two things without using the words like or as ?
400
Choose one of the demons and give them a character trait. Defend using evidence why the character trait is long lasting (not just an emotion or feeling).
What is: answers will vary depending on the demon chosen. Students must talk about how the behavior of the character repeats more than once to be considered a character trait.
400
Explain what type of conflict is the situation below. Explain how you know it is that type of conflict. Situation: The Humbug offends the Spelling Bee by saying spelling words is unimportant.
What is man vs. man becuase this type of conflict deals with personal situations between two or more people. It is a problem that shows a disagreement between two sides, two people.
500
The four gifts Milo receives on his journey.
What are a box with all the words King Azaz knows, a telescope from Alec Bing, a collection of noises from the Soundkeeper, and his own "magic staff" (pencil) from the Mathemagician?
500
Explain the exposition of the phantom tollbooth.
Answers may vary but must include: -At the beginning of the story -Introduces the main character: Milo -Introduces a setting: Milo lives in an apartment on the 8th floor. -The main conflict in the exposition seems to be Milo's loneliness.
500
Write a pun from the story on the board. Explain how the pun was created (why it is a pun).
What is: Answers will vary but should include one of the following explanations for puns: -Modifiying the spelling of a word --Ex: Koalifications vs. Qualifications -Using words with double meanings --Ex: Officer Shrift (Ch.5)- “Would you like a long or a -short sentence?...How about ‘I am.’? That is the shortest sentence I know.” -Using words that sound similar --Ex: Officer Shrift (Ch.5)- “It’s against the law to bark without using the barking meter.” -Using idioms or unique phrases literally --Ex: Milo asking the Kingsmen about how the car will move. They answer, “It goes without saying.”
500
Explain how Milo's character traits changed over the course of the book. Select two quotes to show how Milo is before and at the end of the book.
What is: answers will vary but students should talk about how Milo becomes more interested in life and in his work/responsibilities. The quotes students choose will be unique to the character traits chosen.
500
Select an example of Man vs. Society from the book. Why is it a good example.
What is the Soundkeeper getting greedy and taking all the words and sounds for herself. The soundkeeper represents society and the community fighting to have sounds back represent the man. The community wants something a person in power is keeping from them. They have to fight back, against the keeper of society (the Soundkeeper) in order to get their way.
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