"Faster and faster we ran along, rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster."
Idiom Metaphor Personification Simile
What is SIMILE?
100
The main character of this story
What is THE BOY
100
This story is........
FICTION NONFICTION
What is FICTION?
100
The point of view from which this story is told.
What is FIRST PERSON
100
At one time most of my friends could hear the bell.
What is FACT?
200
"It was wrapped in an apron of steam."
This statement helps the reader to picture that the steam _______________ the train:
Broke Covered Froze Stopped
What is COVERED?
200
This person tells the boy to get onboard the train.
Who is THE CONDUCTOR?
200
This place "was a huge city standing alone at the top of the world."
What is THE NORTH POLE?
200
The setting described at the beginning of the story.
What is THE BOY's BEDROOM/HOME?
200
"This is a wonderful Christmas book and a gift of literacy to children everywhere."
What is OPINION?
300
"We drank hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars."
Idiom Metaphor Simile Personification
What is A SIMILE?
300
This character receives the first gift of Christmas.
Who is THE BOY?
300
The author's purpose in writing this story is to...
What is ENTERTAIN?
300
The tone of this story is...
Boring Mysterious Exciting Impatient
What is EXCITING?
300
"I breathed slowly and silently."
What is A FACT?
400
"We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon."
Simile Hyperbole Personification Idiom
What is A HYPERBOLE?
400
This is what the boy is waiting to hear.
What is SANTA'S SLEIGH BELLS?
400
This is why the boy's parents cannot hear the ringing bell.
What is BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS?
400
The elves are not anywhere to be seen at first. They are here instead.
What is AT THE CENTER OF THE CITY?
400
"Snowflakes fell lightly around it."
What is A FACT?
500
"We ate candies with nougat centers as white as snow."
Metaphor Idiom Simile Hyperbole
What is A SIMILE?
500
This character tells the boy he needs to fix the hole in his pocket.
Who is SANTA?
500
The author tells this story in past tense (meaning it happened in the past). In Reading we call this using:
Forshadow Irony Flashback History
What is FLASHBACK
500
This is what the boy wanted most for Christmas.
What is ONE SILVER BELL FROM SANTA'S SLEIGH?
500
"It made the most beautiful sound my sister and I had ever heard."