Story Elements: James & the Giant Peach

Characters are the people or animals in a story.

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In the first two chapters of James and the Giant Peach, who is the main character?

• Aunt Spiker

• James

• Aunt Spiker

• The Giant Peach

Which of the following describes Aunt Spiker?

• enormously fat, and short

• duck mouth and a long face

• pig snout nose and a pickled face

Describe Aunt Spiker

Who said these words? "I look and smell, as a lovely rose"

• James

• Aunt Sponge

• Aunt Spiker

How did James parents died?

Who did James go to live with?

• an orphanage

• the giant peach

• his cousins

• his aunts

Often authors tell you what characters are like by naming their character traits.

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Figuring out what characters are like can help you predict how they will respond to events in a story.

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Describe how James' life was when his parents was alive.