Characters
Protagonist
Meg
How did Calvin and Charles resist being hypnotized?
They shouted out nursery rhymes and the Gettysburg Address.
What literary role is played by the large pulsing brain ( IT )?
Nemesis
What is the setting of the novel?
Earth- The Murry's home.
Then as they tesser / wrinkle, the UNIVERSE becomes the setting.
Camazotz is where the nemesis resides during the novel.
Something that is : ill-looking, greenish
Bilious
Mrs. Whatsit
Charles waved his hand and the wall became transparent. According to Charles, how did he get through it?
He rearranged the atoms.
In Chapter 4, the list of humans who have fought for the light includes Jesus, Buddha, and Gandhi. What literary device do these names represent?
Archetype
What is the main reason the children are traveling with Mrs. W’s?
To find and rescue Mr. Murry
joy, festivity
Exuberance
I speak in aphorisms and gave Meg special glasses
Mrs. Who
What was the MAIN goal of the scientists on Earth?
Tesser to Mars
What literary element is suggested when Mrs. Whatsit explains the tesseract?
Analogy
The part of the plot where Meg and her family are reunited
Resolution
a thick fog or atmosphere
Miasma
Antagonist
IT / The Black Thing
What power does Mrs. Which tell Meg she will discover when she needs it?
The courage to face The Red Eyed Man &
Something IT does not possess.
Which literary element comes into play when Meg thinks about her father in Chapter 1?
Foreshadowing
What is the conflict of the novel?
Father is missing (held captive by IT) and Charles Wallace's mind becomes trapped by IT.
Meg has to reunite her family.
very bad, evil
malignant
Scientist trapped elsewhere in the universe
Mr. Murry
What do Calvin and Charles Wallace have in common?
They can both communicate with only their minds.
Mrs. Who’s form of speech makes use of which literary element?
Aphorism
Meg finding her father and tessering away is actually an anti-climax. Why isn’t this act the climax of the novel?
Since Charles Wallace is still controlled by IT, their family isn’t saved yet
swamp, sticky situation
morass