Coraline Vocabulary

"The room was dark. The only light came from the hall, and Coraline, who was standing in the doorway, cast a huge distorted shadow onto the drawing room carpet. . ."

In this context, distorted means...

• huge

• ugly

• misshapen

• invisible

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"...there was an old rose garden, filled with stunted, flyblown rosebushes; there was a rockery that was all rocks;... brown toadstools that smelled dreadful 9f you accidentally trod on them."

Which 3 definitions apply to these 3 words?

• giant mushroom

• scattered

• contaminated

• a large display of rocks

"... it was the last half of a natural history program about something called protective coloration."

A synonym for protective coloration is ...

• armor

• attractive colors

• camouflage

• padding

"It's leek and potato stew with tarragon garnish and melted Gruy`ere cheese," he admitted.

Garnish is ...

• something added

• something taken away

• something you eat

• something left out

"Miss Spink led her into a dusty little room, which she called the parlor."

A parlor is...

• a little room

• a dirty room

• a family room

• a formal living room

"Other than that, the room was empty; there were no knickknacks on the mantelpiece, no statues or clocks; nothing that made it feel comfortable or lived-in."

Knickknacks are

• giant statues

• grandfather clocks

• small decorative items

• bowls of fruit

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Half of her wanted to be rude to it; the other half of her wanted to be polite and deferential."

If you are deferential, you...

• are respectful

• are quiet

• are mean

• are ignorant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Coraline edged forward into a small anteroom."

An anteroom is...

• a parlor

• not a room

• a waiting area before a larger room

• a bedroom

"Miss Spink leaped off the unicycle, and the two old women bowed low."

A unicycle is ...

• a 3 wheeled bike

• a 2 wheeled bike

• a mythical creature

• a 1 wheeled bike

"Ah. The nefarious clutches of her fiendish fingers, is it?" he said.

Nefarious and fiendish both have a ______________ connotation (emotional attachment to the word).

• negative

• positive

• neutral