Charles
What is the name of the child in the story?
Laurie.
What is the setting of this story?
The house of this family.
What is the setting of the story?
On a train.
Where does the princess come from?
The sky.
Where does the majority of the action happen in the story?
The white's house.
What is a simile? and Give an example of one.
It is a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as. Examples that counts as a simile will be accepted.
What is the lesson that we are supposed to learn from the story?
Don't lie. Don't trust....Other answers that are acceptable.
What is missing by the end of the night?
A blanket.
Who tells the story about the witch?
The man on the train.
What do the people do in order to make a hole to reach the earth?
They uproot a tree.
Why are the Whites receive 200 pounds?
It is for the death of their son.
What is a metaphor? Please give an example of one.
It is a comparison of two unlike things. Examples that are examples of metaphors will be accepted.
Who is the narrator of the story?
Laurie's mom.
What is the grippe?
The flu or influenza.
Who is the narrator of the story?
The mother in the story.
Who helps the woman not drown?
The sea animals.
Why did the religious man put a curse on the monkey's paw?
To punish people for being greedy.
What is personification? Please give an example from one of your stories.
It is when authors give humanlike characters to animals or objects. Examples from a story read during this unit will count.
What person is the narration done in? Is this a limited or omniscient narrator?
3rd person limited.
What is the moral of the story?
Answers vary.
Why does the man tell the story?
To keep the child occupied on the train.
What is the purpose of the story?
To tell the story of the creation of the world.
Who wants to make wishes?
Mrs. White.
What is hyperbole? Give an example of it.
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration in literature. Accept an example that is hyperbole.
Can the narrator be trusted? Why or why not?
No because the information she receives from Laurie is not true.
Flat
He acts more like a child.
Why culture does this story come from?
Native American cultures.
Why is Mr. White scared of who is banging on the door?
He knows it is dead son who has come back to life and is probably evil.
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example of it.
It is when we try to write the sounds made by objects or movements. An example that is onomatopoeia will count for points.