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Characters
Words To Know
Figurative Language
Story Elements
BRAIN BRUISER
100
This character works on computers and makes "recipes" for dinner that Coraline doesn't like.
Who is the real father or Mr. Jones?
100
"Miss Spink and Miss Forcible lived in the flat below Coraline's, on the ground floor" (Pg. 1, Coraline). A flat can be defined as ____.
What is an apartment?
100
This figurative language device uses like or as to compare two things.
What is a simile?
100
Coraline, the book, takes place during the summer time at an old house that has been turned into flats. The information above describes the ______ of Coraline.
What is the setting of Coraline?
100

The other mother seems to have trapped Coraline's parents in this.

What is a mirror?

200
This character lives upstairs and is training a mouse circus.
Who is Mr. Bobo?
200
"It was different from her bedroom at home. For a start it was painted an off-putting shade of green and a peculiar shade of pink" (Pg. 19, Coraline). Peculiar can be defined as_______.
What is something strange?
200
This figurative language device is considered be a sound word. Ex. Boom!
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
Since the Coraline is considered to be the protagonist, that makes the other mother this.
What is an antagonist?
200

What is one of the things her father tells her to list on the piece of paper he gives her?

What is count all the doors, windows, and everything blue?

300

What message do the mice give Mr. Bobo to tell Coraline?

What is don't go through the door?

300
"Her other parents stood in the kitchen doorway as she walked down the corridor [...]" (Pg. 21, Coraline). Corridor can be defined as _____.
What is a hallway?
300
"[...] [I]t clung to her skin and clothes like a spiderweb clings [...]" (Pg. 56, Coraline). This is an example of _____.
What is a simile?
300

What kind of boots does Coraline have?

What are Wellington boots?

300

Who does Coraline share chocolates with?

Who is a dog at Miss Spink and Forcible's play?

400
This character is a neighbor who used to be an actress and can read tea leaves.
Who is Miss Spink or Miss Forcible?
400
"A spider scuttled over the back of her hand and she choked back a shriek" (Pg. 46, Coraline). Scuttle can be defined as ______.
What is to move quickly about?
400
"Coraline turned the key in the door. It turned with a loud clunk" (Pg. 34, Coraline). This is an example of a _________.
What is an onomatopoeia?
400

What does the cat say his name is?

What is he says cats don't have names?

400

Name two of the three people Coraline tells about her parents disappearning?

Who are: the policeman, Miss Spink, Miss Forcible

500

What is different about the cat in the other world?

What is he can talk?

500
Coraline defines being brave as ______.
What is doing something even when you're scared?
500
"[...] [T]he tap-tap-tapping of her fingernail against her eye was as steady and relentless as the drip of water droplets from the faucet into the sink" (Pg. 53, Coraline). This is an example of ______.
What is simile?
500

Who is a character in the movie but not the book?

Who is Wybie?  (Why be)

500

What does Coraline bring with her when she goes to get her parents back? (3 out of 4)

A candle, two apples, the stone, the key.