Vocabulary
What is a destination?
The place to which someone or something is going or being sent
How is Dodecahedron's character an example of word play?
He has twelve faces
Which character likes to brag and make everyone think he is more important than he really is?
Humbug
How does Tock play an important symbolic role?
What is represent the wise use of time.
Milo goes from a bored kid to one with many adventures.
Milo goes from thinking learning is pointless to wanting to learn everything.
Milo goes from having zero friends to not wanting to leave his friends behind.
Characters can change based on their experiences.
Which demon, or nuisance, confuses Milo by using multiple-meaning words?
The Everpresent Wordsnatcher
What is the definition of dejectedly?
Milo walked dejectedly home from school.
Sad, depressed
How is Doldrums an example of word play?
Everyone in the Doldrums is sad, fussy, and lazy. "Being in the Doldrums" means being down and upset.
Alec grows from the sky down while Milo grows from the ground up
What is the symbolism of the Island of Conclusions?
The way to get there is to jump.
It's much easier to GET there than it is to ESCAPE
The people of Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, etc overwhelm and defeat the Demons of Ignorance.
Learning, or knowledge, can defeat ignorance.
Why is the Everpresent Wordsnatcher's character an example of word play?
He takes the words from people's mouths
What is the definition of lethargic?
Lazy, not wanting to do anything
How is Infinity an example of word play?
Infinity is a number that can never be reached. In the book, it is a place that can never be reached.
Which two characters prove the theme that both words and numbers are very important?
King Azaz and the Mathemagician
What is the symbolism of numbers being dug up in a mine?
Numbers are more precious than diamonds and gems
Milo and friends get stuck doing trivial tasks.
Milo and friends get stuck answering unimportant questions.
Milo gets stuck in the Doldrums.
If you waste time, you'll never accomplish all that you can
How did Milo and his friends escape the Gelatinous Giant? Why did that work?
The Giant was afraid to make a decision or even hear new ideas. Milo opened the box with all of the ideas in the world and it terrified him.
What is the definition of FAMISHED?
"Be quick about [choosing the menu], I'm famished."
Super hungry
How is Tock's character an example of word play?
Tock is the sound a clock makes and he has a clock on his body.
Which two characters try to distract Milo by doing things that aren't important on their quest to rescue the princesses?
Senses Taker
Terrible Trivium
What is the symbolism of eating words at the banquet?
How the words we say can be bitter or sweet, or evoke feelings of enjoyment or disappointment, a little like foods we eat
The City of Illusions has no buildings.
The Valley of Sound is silent.
Don't take things for granted
Describe one demon and explain how its name is an example of word play.
Insincerity - doesn't say what he means
Trivium - makes people do trivial, or meaningless, jobs
Gelatinous Giant - body is like jelly
Senses Taker - distracts the group by making them see, hear, smell things that excite them
Hindsight - only looks behind him
Compromise - two of them always disagrees and the third agrees with both of them
What is the definition of PERILOUSLY?
The gestures brought him perilously close to tumbling headlong from the speeding automobile.
dangerously
How is Mountains of Ignorance an example of word play?
All of the demons represent behaviors that those suffering with ignorance would do.
It is an area that is defeated by knowledge, just as it is in real life.
Which character prove the theme of being thankful for what you have or it might disappear?
Sound Keeper - sounds are removed when people don't appreciate them
People from the City of Illusions/Reality
What is the symbolism of the difference between how Milo sees the world and the way Alec sees the world?
They have different points of view - both physical points of view (the height of where their eyes are) and their beliefs that are based on their experiences.
Why is the Overbearing Know-it-All an example of word play? Please give two reasons.
1. His mouth takes up his whole face because he talks so much
2. He always gives wrong information
3. He never gets hurt when he falls but the people he gives information to get hurt