The Hobbit Revision

Tolkien describes Hobbits as

• "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves"

• "small, hairy creatures who prefer their native environment"

• "short little people who are not hairy like dwarves".

Place these events from the novel in the correct order:

• Thorin was imprisoned by the elf-king

• The party stumbled across some trolls

• Beorn invited the travellers in for a meal

• The dwarves were captured by spiders

• Gandalf drew a symbol on Bilbo's door

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An example of a vector in this image is

b

Smaug

the path up to the Lonely Mountain

The sun

Which description matches which character?

• Gollum

• a small slimy creature... as dark as darkness

• Trolls

• great heavy faces

• Bombur

• immensely fat and heavy

• Wargs

• an enormously important dwarf

• Thorin

• eyes blazing and tongues hanging out

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Match the following

• a line that shows action or direction

• Juxtposition

• the most obvious aspect of the image

• Color

• creates visual interest

• The rule of thirds

• placement of elements to show contrast

• Vector

• an element strongly tied to emotions

• Salience

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They shouted with ​ (a)   and delight. Gandalf was as ​ (b)   as any of them, but probably more ​ (c)   than the others.

• surprise
• astonished
• pleased
• horror
• disgusted
• disappointed

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This image creates visual interest using

c

the rule of thirds.

a metaphor.

the title.

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The salient point of this image is

b

the sun.

the sky.

the mountains.

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What type of figurative language does Tolkien use in this quote?

• 
  

  onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Match the description with the setting from the novel:

• The Elvin King's dungeon

• innermost caves with strong wooden doors

• The eagles eyrie

• the rough platform...narrow place

• The Cave

• it isn't all that big, and it does not go far back

• Gollum's home

• it is a pool or a lake, and not an underground river

• The entrance to Mirkwood

• a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel

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