Vocabulary
Grammar
Curious Incident
Language of Cognition
Story Elements
100

to be extremely accurate or exact

Precise

100

Christopher hates anything that is red or brown being touched and strangers

Christopher hates anything that is red or brown, being touched, and strangers.

100
Who told Christopher about the affair between Mr. Shear's and Mother? 

Mrs. Alexander

100
your awareness of and ability to control your thinking

Metacognition

100

the person perceived as most likely to have committed a crime

Prime suspect

200

Christopher was __________ to believe the policeman was helping him get to London.

Naive 

200

Father still loves Christopher even though he lied to him. 

Father still loves Christopher, even though he lied to him.
200
How old is Christopher? 

15 years, 3 months, 2 days.

200

Christopher's favorite detective. 

Sherlock Holmes

200

to trick someone by telling the truth when you know they think you are lying

double bluff
300

Christopher is ___________ since Mother was dead and Mr. Shears was no longer around.

impassive

300

Christopher learns the truth of his mother's absence in his life before he had thought she had passed away.

Christopher learns the truth of his mother's absence in his life, before, he had thought she had passed away.

300

What is Christopher's pet's name? 

Toby

300

having to do with observable and concrete facts

literal 

300

the British author who created Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

400

Christopher went on a journey to live with mother.

Endeavor

400

Christopher no longer believes that Father loves him since after all his definition includes always telling the truth. 

Christopher no longer believes that Father loves him, since, after all, his definition includes always telling the truth.

400

What colors do Christopher NOT like? 

Yellow and Brown
400

how people read cues in social situations

social cognition

400

a clue that is meant to be misleading

red herring

500

Not normal

Unconventional

500

AAAWWUBBIS

after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if since

500

Why does Father kill Wellington? 

Mrs. Shears rejects him.

500

taking in sensory information (sights, sounds, touches)

processing

500

evidence you hear about but have not directly observed

circumstantial evidence