Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust

What is the title?

• Terrible Things

• Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust

• An Allegory of the Holocaust

The illustrator is Stephen Gammell, but what does an illustrator do?

• draws pictures

• writes the story

• determines the point of view

What is an Allegory?

• where animals are used to tell a story

• a poem

• a short essay

Why does the author use a foreword at the front of a story?

• To provide the reader insight into what the story is going to be about

• To make sure they reach their word limit

What is the setting of the story?

• Little Rabbits house

• a clearing in the forest

• The Frogs and Fishes Pond

The rabbits and porcupines shared the shade beneath the trees and the frogs and fish shared the cool brown waters of the forest pond. What does the shade symbolizes?

• protection

• anger

• hurt

"the cool brown waters of the forest pond." What figurative language example is this?

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

What does "blotted out the sun" symbolize?

• The sun symbolizes hope.

• The sun symbolizes courage.

• The sun symbolizes judgement.

Little Rabbit saw their terrible shadows before he saw them. They stopped at the edge of the clearing and their shadows blotted out the sun. What figurative language example is this?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Which of these themes is the major theme vs a secondary theme?

• Fear of terrible things paralyzes you, your actions and your thoughts.

• Coping allowed the animals to rationalize events in order to stay safe.

• Consequences make the animals realize that if they had the courage to stand up for what was right all the animals would not have been taken

• Stand up for others because community is stronger when you work together.