Characters
How many characters do we meet in chapter 1?
7: Filby, medical man, psychologist, very young man, "I", Mayor, and the time traveler
something that contradicts itself is a...
A. mystic
B. paradox
C. anecdote
B: paradox
Write an example of a simile
a comparison using like or as
What is the statue that the time traveler sees when he gets to the future?
Sphinx
What is step one of close reading?
Highlight key details, main ideas, and weird words
True or false: the narrator believes time travel is real
True
anecdote
Write an example of a metaphor
a comparison without using like or as
What does a sphinx look like?
A lion with the face of a lady
What is step 2 of close reading?
Summarize a chapter or section
In chapter 3, the time traveler comes into the room looking like _____________
He's been beat up, he's been living outside, etc.
Something intended to deceive; an imposter; nonsense
Humbug
Give an example of a Hyperbole
An exaggeration: she cried a river
In mythology, what does the sphinx do?
She asks riddles--if you get it right you continue the adventure, if not, she kills you
What is an annotation/what do you do to annotate a text?
Highlight, underline, circle, write in the margin
In chapter 3, the editor and journalist have something in common. What is it?
Both are gossips
A magician is otherwise known as a...
conjuror
Write an example of personification
Giving human traits to a non-human thing
What does the sphinx represent?
A crossroads
Who are the new characters we meet in chapter 4?
The editor, the journalist, the celebrity (blank), the bearded guy
List a few of the words the time traveler uses to describe people from the future
Child-like, delicate, fragile, creatures, etc.
An anachronism is something that is "out of place in time". Write an example of an anachronism.
A starbucks cup in "Game of Thrones", etc.
Give an example of an oxymoron
Opposites right next to each other like finite infinity or jumbo shrimp
Make an inference: the garden that the time traveler describes in chapter 4 and 5 is similar to what other famous literary garden?
The garden of Eden: they don't take care of it, yet it's beautiful. They don't eat animals or seem to ever get sick.
What did we infer about what the narrator does for a living?
He's a writer