Vocabulary
We walked out of the warm and cosy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and DRAFTY and dark.
Drafty means...
cold and uncomfortable
The author uses flickering lights, dark shadows, and cold drafts throughout the house to create what specific mood for the reader?
Eerie, Ominous, Creepy
Combine these two sentences.
The narrator carried a candle. The draft blew out the flame.
The narrator carried a candle, but the draft blew out the flame.
Who does the house in the story belong to?
The little boy and his sister
The little boy speaks with perfect vocabulary and remains unnaturally calm. What can we infer about his true age?
He may be a lot older than he appears.
He was unimpressed by his sister's boyfriend's IGNORANCE.
Ignorance means...
lack of knowledge or information
What point of view is this story told in?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
a. First
Combine these two sentences.
Sentence 1: "The narrator felt safe."
Sentence 2: "He believed Click-Clacks were just a myth."
The narrator felt safe, and he believed Click Clacks were just a myth.
Which statement best describes the theme of the story?
a. Things are not always what they seem
b. Do not leave children with strangers
c. Beware of large, old homes
d. Always tell young children bedtime stories
a. Things are not always what they seem
The story ends with a dry, rattling sound behind a closed door. What can we infer happened to the narrator?
He is eaten or drained by the Click Clack.
I reached over and TOUSLED his hair.
Tousled means...
make messy or untidy
There are many examples of foreshadowing in the story. When the boy says Click-Clacks look like "what you're not paying attention to," what is he foreshadowing or secretly warning us about?
The boy is the Click Click hidden in plain sight.
Combine these two sentences.
Sentence 1: "The narrator could go back downstairs."
Sentence 2: "He could follow the boy into the dark attic."
The narrator could go back downstairs, or he could follow the boy into the dark attic.
Where do the click-clacks come from?
The dark/the shadows
Why does the boy insist on talking continuously the entire time they walk up the stairs?
To keep the narrator distracted.
But all kids can be INSUFFERABLE sometimes, when they think they know something you don’t.
Insufferable means...
conceited, full of yourself
What action by the boy starts the main journey and conflict of the story?
He asks the boyfriend to take him upstairs to bed.
Why does this sentence not require a comma?
"The boy grabbed the candle and walked up the stairs."
It does not contain not two complete sentences (independent clauses).
What do click-clacks look like?
What you aren't expecting/what you aren't paying attention to
He was a PRECOCIOUS child.
Precocious means...
wise or mature; when a child is a bit of a "know it all"
As they walk up the long staircase, how does the author build suspense?
The author builds suspense through the little boy and his detailed telling of Click Clack the Rattlebag.
Which sentence below is punctuated correctly?
Option A: "The creature trapped the man, and consumed him."
Option B: "The creature trapped the man and consumed him."
Option B
Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that the narrator was possibly near or around a Click-Clack?
a. "We were climbing wooden steps now."
b. "He pushed open the door to the attic room."
c. "There was that precocious amusement again."
d. "I heard things rattle gently, like dry bones in thin bags."
d. "I heard things rattle gently, like dry bones in thin bags."
The sister leaves her boyfriend by himself with her brother. What sinister possibility does this hint at?
She may be sacrificing him or escaping the monster herself.
She is also a Click Clack.
She, too, is unaware that her brother is a Click Clack.