Story
What is the name of the main character in "Hatchet"?
Who is Brian Robeson?
The person who opposes the main character. The Minotaur is one for Theseus.
Who is the antagonist?
"His stomach was a hollow cave." This is an example of a direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'.
What is a metaphor?
The first or beginning. Brian's _____ plan was to find food.
What is initial?
Identify the adjective: "Brian built a massive shelter."
What is "massive"?
In "Button, Button," what is the last name of the couple who receive the mysterious box?
Who are the Lewises? (Arthur and Norma Lewis)
The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates. "The Landlady" has a creepy and suspicious one.
What is the mood?
The repetition of the initial sound, as in "The savage storm struck suddenly."
What is alliteration?
To make very angry or frustrated. The mosquitos began to _____ Brian.
What is exasperate?
The word "viciously" in "The wind blew viciously" is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
In "The Landlady," what drink does Billy Weaver decide to have with the landlady?
What is tea?
The central lesson or idea in "Button, Button" about greed and consequences.
What is the theme?
A warning or indication of a future event, like the names in the landlady's guest book.
What is foreshadowing?
To move smoothly and continuously. The plane _____ down towards the lake.
What is glided?
Correct the verb tense: "Theseus fight the Minotaur in the maze."
What is "Theseus fought the Minotaur..."?
In "Theseus and the Minotaur," why were the Athenian youths sent to Crete every year?
What is as a sacrifice/to be eaten by the Minotaur?
The type of conflict when Brian must survive a tornado in the wilderness.
What is Character vs. Nature?
An object that represents something else. The hatchet represents survival and hope.
What is a symbol?
Confidently strange, unconventional, or odd. The landlady's behavior was truly _____.
What is eccentric?
Identify the dependent(subordinate) clause in this sentence: "When Billy entered the house, he smelled tea."
What is "When Billy entered the house,"?
After the rescue plane flies away, what does Brian call the time after the crash that changes him?
What is "The Time" or "The time after the time"? (Accept "the new time")
The perspective from which "The Landlady" is told, following Billy's experiences but not his inner thoughts directly.
What is third-person objective? (or third-person limited)
When a character turns out exactly the opposite from way the audience were led to expect.
What is dramatic irony?
An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way. Norma felt a _____ to press the button.
What is compulsion?
Combine these sentences using a semicolon: "Brian was terrified. He did not panic."
What is "Brian was terrified; he did not panic."?