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Generalization
Vocabulary
Noah
The Author
Questions
100
Generalization
What is a broad statement about what several people or things have in common?
100
Group of people appointed or elected to do some special thing.
What is a committee?
100
Mom says Noah must write a B & B letter.
What is Noah's problem?
100
Who am I? What makes me different? What makes me the same as everyone else?
What are the basic problems the author (E. L. Konigsburg) writes about?
100
Noah's visit to his grandparent's home was not his choice and he was the one to help them.
Why does Noah object to writing a B & B letter?
200
Most doctors work in hospitals.
What is an example of a genralization?
200
All of the people born at about the same time.
What is a generation?
200
A letter Noah must write to his grandparents to thank them for having him as their house guest.
What is a B & B letter?
200
My children.
Who does the author write for?
200
Noah decides the ruined invitations will become door prizes. Noah steps in to act as best man.
What is Noah's reaction when things go wrong?
300
Supported by facts and agrees with what you already know.
What is a valid generalization?
300
Writing done by hand.
What is handwriting?
300
Mr. & Mrs. Eberie
Who are Noah's grandparents?
300
These things often show up in Ms. Konignsgburg's stories.
What comes from Ms. Konigsburg's files?
300
Noah's generation can nitpick but can't write a B & B letter. The ballpoint pen is to blame all our problems.
What generalizations do Noah's mom and Tillie make?
400
Is not supported by facts.
What is a faulty generalization?
400
Writing materials such as paper, cards, and envelopes.
What is stationery?
400
Noah remembered that this person said, "The ballpoint pen is the biggest factor in the decline of the Western civilization."
Who is Tillie Nachman?
400
"From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" J"ennifer" "Macbeth" "The View from Saturday"
What are the names of the books Ms. Konigsburg wrote?
400
Noah says that almost everyone who lives here is probably retired.
What is a generalization that Noah makes about Century Village?
500
"Parents expect the best from their children" is an example that does not follow the rules of most generalizations.
What is a generalization that does not use a clue word?
500
Art or practice of beautiful handwriting.
What is calligraphy?
500
Red wagon, tuxeso T-shirt, calligraphy pen and bottle of ink, all have something in common.
What are gifts Noah received?
500
"Altogether, One at a Time"
What is the book of short stories Ms. Konigsburg wrote?
500
Something that is different from what you might expect.
What is the meaning of ironic?