Literary Terms/Freak the Mighty

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Leading or major character in a story or novel.

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protagonist

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In Freak the Mighty, Max writes: "I never had a brain until freak came along..." Based on this contextual evidence, what point-of-view is Freak the Mighty written from?

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first person point-of-view/perspective

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INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: Max writes, "...for a long time it was Freak who did the talking. Except, I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty..." Based on Max's connotation in describing himself, how does he characterize himself?

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Max's characterization of himself is he's combative and a fighter.

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Where's the alliteration in the passage? "...for a long time it was Freak who did the talking. Except I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty..."

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"with my fists and my feet"

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What is the best definition of alliteration?

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A group of words that start with the same sound or letter

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Where is alliteration used in the sentence: "This was day care, the year Gram and Grim took me over and I had a thing about booting anyone who dared to touch me."?

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"the year Gram and Grim took me over"

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Which sentence or phrase shows onomatopoeia? "I'm Robot Man," little Freak would go, making these weird robot noises as he humped himself around the playground. Rrrr·. . . rrrr . . . rrrr ... like he had robot motors inside his legs, going rrrrr ... rrrr ... rrrr,...

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"Rrrr...rrrr...rrrr..."

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Infer the meaning of this passage: Max writes, "Grim out in the kitchen one night, after supper whispering to Gram had she noticed how much Maxwell was getting to look like Him? Which is the way he always talked about my father, who had married his dear departed daughter and produced, eek eek, Maxwell. Grim never says my father's name, just Him, like his name is too scary to say."

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Max's grandparents seem to be growing leery of him because he's growing up to look like his father.

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What can be inferred by this passage? Max writes, "Grim says that night in the kitchen, the boy is like him, we'd better watch out; you never know what he might do while we're sleeping. Like- his father did."

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Grim and Gram are worried that Max will become like his father.

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What can be inferred by this passage? Max writes, "The summer before eighth grade, right? That's the summer I grew so fast that Grim said we'd best let the boy go barefoot, he's exploding out of his shoes. That barefoot summer when I fell down a lot,..."

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Max is growing at a rapid pace and clumsy.