Story Elements
Literary Terms
Short Stories
The Cricket in
Times Square
Times Square
Wingfeather Saga
A Place to Hang the Moon
The Toothpaste Millionaire
Christmas
Mixed Bag
Mixed Bag
100
This is what the main character is called.
Protagonist
100
This literary device is when two things are compared to each other using "like" or "as".
simile
100
In "The Little Girl Who Would Not Work", the girl is described as being like this. (Hint: Opposite of industrious or hardworking.)
Idle
100
Name Chester Cricket's two animal friends.
Tucker Mouse
Harry Cat
100
Name all the characters in the Igiby Family:
Podo, Nia, Janner, Tink, Leeli, and Nugget
100
This is the plan that Mr. Engersoll comes with for the children to find a new family.
Evacuate with the wartime evacuations into the countryside and hopefully find a new family.
100
This is the main ingredient of Rufus's homemade toothpaste.
Bicarbonate of soda or baking soda
100
The Toothpaste Millionaire is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
200
The setting of a story is made up of these two things.
Time and Place
200
This literary term is when two things are compared to each other WITHOUT using "like" or "as".
metaphor
200
In "The Fisherman and His Wife", the fisherman is never content with what the flounder (who was an enchanted prince) gives him. (True or False.)
False - It is the wife that is never content and constantly asks the fisherman to go back to the flounder for more.
200
Mama Bellini allows Chester to stay when she hears him play her favorite song, "Torna a Surriento". Of the five plot parts, which part does this scene happen?
The Climax
200
Nia was able to free the children from jail by giving Gnorm two things. What are they?
Gold rings and treasure.
Promise to make him Maggot loaf regularly.
200
This is the name of the first family that takes in the children when they arrive in the country.
Forresters
200
This is the amount in one gross. (Kate thought there were 50 tubes in a gross, but this was the real number.)
144 items equal a gross.
200
Name every student in the class.
Brighton
Emma
Gabe
Henry
Kevin
Luke
Mark
Sarah
300
This is another name for the introduction of a story.
Exposition
300
Animal characters that act human-like are referred to being this.
Anthropomorphism
300
This word means to walk slowly with heavy steps.
Trudge
300
What part of New York City does Mario buy the cricket cage for Chester?
In Chinatown at Mr. Fong's shop.
300
Name a conflict in The Wingfeather Saga. (There are lots!)
*Gnag the Nameless with the Fangs in control of the land of Anniera.
*Janner not knowing who his father is or the family secrets.
*Slarb's personal beef with the Igiby family.
*Janner's personal struggles with having to take care of Tink & Leeli.
*Peet's identity and his connection to the Igiby family (particularly Podo and Nia keeping him away from the children)
*Gnorm and the Fangs search for the Jewels of Anniera.
300
Two-part question: This is the reason why Mrs. Muller is not popular in town.
What happened to Mr. Muller?
Her husband is German.
He died when he returned to Germany.
300
This is who was able to eventually secure a loan from Mr. Perkell to rent the building and pay Hector to run the machine.
Hector
300
Get up and AS A GROUP sing Jingle Bells.
No seriously, sing! :)
400
This part of a plot is usually when a conflict is fully revealed.
Rising Action
400
This term is used when writing a recap about another text that condenses it into the main points. (Hint: Somebody...Wanted...But...So...Then)
Summarization
400
This is where the fisherman and his wife end up at the conclusion of the story, "The Fisherman and His Wife."
Back in the old hovel.
400
Which is the first character that is introduced during the exposition of the story?
Tucker Mouse is living in the subway station looking for food and notices Mario, the Bellini boy, who sells newspapers for his family's business.
400
What did Tink find on the floor of Oskar Reeteep's bookstore?
A secret map of Anklejelly Manor with a threat on it.
400
This is the grotesque job that William and Edmund were forced to do.
Ratting (Killing rats)
400
The reason why many toothpaste competitors started cutting prices and eventually folded (stopped doing business).
Consumer's Friend's headline stated Toothpaste is the best buy in toothpaste resulting in massive orders (Many people switched brands to Toothpaste.)
400
What ingredients were used to make maggot loaf (in the book, not in class)? (Name 3 of the 5 ingredients to get the points.)
2 slabs of hen meat
fingernail clippings
fire bug paste
worms
maggots
500
These are the names of the different kinds of conflict discussed in class. (Name 3 of the 5.)
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. God
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Society
500
The term use to describe the differences and similarities with other characters.
Juxtaposition
500
This character was obliged to rebuild their home after someone stepped upon its house and crushed it.
The Ant.
500
Two part question: What is the conflict with the Bellini's newsstand and how is it resolved?
The Bellini's are not making very much money at their newsstand and struggling financially.
When Chester Cricket begins performing songs, their newsstand becomes popular, and business improves greatly.
500
What is the name of the smaller text on many pages of The Wingfeather Saga that explains something mentioned on the page. (It is at the bottom of the page and is not directly a part of the story.)
Footnotes
500
This is the final straw that forces the Pearce children to leave Mrs. Griffith.
Mrs. Griffith's children tear up the Pearce children's books. She slaps Edmund for talking back.
500
Two-part question: What trouble does Rufus and the business get into and how is it resolved?
Rufus is investigated for his "play money" stock certificates. The bosses of other toothpaste brands were angry when they purchased the stock of Toothpaste from its shareholders as the stock certificates were play money. While they were not real, the stock his investors would receive was real. The FBI took his spiral notebooks to see if he had committed fraud.
It was found though he hadn't filled out certain forms, he had not committed fraud or any significant crime. His "books" were accurate.
500
Name the 4 of the story elements we have discussed this semester:
Character
Setting
Conflict
Plot
Theme
600
This is the part of the plot that happens right after the climax.
Denouement or Falling Action
600
When a story is written using "she", "he" or "they", it is said to be written from this perspective.
Third Person
600
This is the item that Alice from "The Apple Dumpling" finally traded to get apples to make her apple dumpling.
The little dog.
600
Out of these theme ideas, which is NOT a theme for The Cricket in Times Square:
Friendship
Family
Loyalty
Times Square Subway Station
Times Square Subway Station
600
What do Janner and Peet the Sockman have in common?
Both are the the first-born and are Throne Wardens. The Throne Warden must protect the king, the second born.
600
Two part question:
What time of the year is it when the children go to stay with Mrs. Muller?
How do we know?
Christmas-time
The children are in a Nativity show and Mrs. Muller gives them presents on Christmas morning.
600
Who was hired by organized crime to blow up the Toothpaste factory?
Joey the Bomb
600
Unscramble this phrase:
RYREM ISSCATMRH
MERRY CHRISTMAS
700
Name the 5 parts of a plot:
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Denouement or Falling Action
Conclusion
700
The Christmas tree was filled with shining, white lights that twinkled like stars on a cloudless night.
What literary device is used in this sentence?
Simile
700
CHALLENGE QUESTION:
All three stories, "The Fisherman and His Wife", "The Apple Dumpling", and "The Little Girl Who Would Not Work" have similar story structures. What structure do all three stories have in common?
The main character visits a variety of characters or has an exchange, one at a time, until the story builds to a climactic conclusion.
700
Name the character from Greek Mythology that is mentioned in the story who is skilled musically and when performs, all creation stops to listen.
This idea is paralleled with Chester, who has a performance where everyone nearby stops to listen to him perform.
Orpheus
700
Each of the children is given special gifts:
Janner is given an ancient book from his father that is passed down to Throne Wardens through the generations.
Tink is given a sketchbook from his father who was also an artist and Nia wanted him to remember what his homeland of Anniera looked like before it was destroyed.
Leeli is given an ancient silver whistleharp (about 3,000 year olds) because she is the third child who learns to sing and make music.
What point in the plot does this happen?
Conclusion
700
Two part question: What project do the children and Mrs. Muller work on together in March?
What was the result of this project?
Planting a school garden project.
This helps to improve the relationship between the evacuees, village people, and Mrs. Muller by working together on a common goal.
700
Two part question:
At the end of the book, Rufus did not find the everyday operations of running a toothpaste business very fun and interesting and decides to do this.
This is the person who Rufus chooses to run Toothpaste?
Rufus retires.
Hector takes over the business.
700
"She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger..."
Name the verbs in this sentence.
wrapped
placed