"Owl Moon" Flashcard

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What is the author's purpose for writing 'Owl Moon'?

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To entertain us with a story about a father and daughter who go owling together.

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What is the setting of the story 'Owl Moon'?

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The woods, at night, in the winter.

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What type of figurative language is used in the sentence 'I was a shadow when we walked home'?

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Metaphor.

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What does 'the trees stood still as statues' mean?

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The trees were not moving at all.

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How do we know the child was excited to go owling?

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He had been waiting a long, long time.

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What does 'owling' mean?

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Going out at night to look for owls.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is the main theme of 'Owl Moon'?

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The bond between a parent and child.

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What does 'setting' refer to in a story?

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The time and place where the story occurs.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to non-human things.