Chapter 1-2
What did Mr. Dursley do for a living?
Drills
What was in Harry’s new bedroom?
All of Dudley's broken and discarded things.
What was Gringotts and who ran it?
The wizarding bank and it was run by goblins.
What were the names of the four houses at Hogwarts?
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin
What figurative language is this an example of?
The cat was reading the map.
Personification
What unusual occurrences were mentioned that night on television news?
Why did Mr. Dursley nail the mail slot shut?
So that Harry's letter couldn't be delivered.
What did Hagrid and Harry need to purchase in Diagon Alley? Name at least 3
What were the four words Professor Dumbledore spoke before the banquet at Hogwarts? (Must know all 4)
Knitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweek!
What type of figurative language is this:
The cat was sitting as still as a statue.
Simile
Why was Albus Dumbledore in the Dursley’s neighborhood?
To deliver Harry to his aunt and uncle.
Who arrived with a BOOM at the little shack?
Hagrid
What was so unusual about the wand Harry got at Ollivander’s?
The tail feather belonged to a phoenix who gave a second tail feather to the wand belonging to Voldemort.
What area inside of Hogwarts was out of bounds to everyone?
The Forbidden Forest
"HUngry are we?" says Hagrid. "Starving!" replied Harry.
Hyperbole
What was Dudley Dursley’s complaint about his birthday presents?
That there weren't enough presents.
What were Muggles?
Non magic folks
How did the Dursleys treat Harry when he returned home?
They mostly ignored him.
Who was always tricking first-year students at Gryffindor?
Peeves
How do the Muggles Manage without Magic?
Alliteration
What kind of strange things often happened around Harry? List at least 2
His hair grew back over night, his sweater shrank, he was able to leap onto a roof, he can talk to snakes, he made the glass disappear at the zoo.
Who was Voldemort?
A wizard gone as bad as a wizard can go.
How did Harry get through to his train platform?
The Weasley's showed him how to run at the wall between platform 9 and 10.
What was the name of the Slytherin ghost?
The Bloody Baron
Come up with your own example of the follwing types of figurative language:
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
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