Chapters 9-10 Activities
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Hoot Chapters 9-10 Activities |
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Vocabulary Word of the Day
gird
Idiom:
gird (up) (one's) loins
Page 109 - When he heard Dana bellow, Roy closed his eyes and girded himself for the worst.
forge - To give form or shape to, especially by means of careful effort
Page 116 - Long before his mother sent him away for the last time, the boy and his stepsister had forged a quiet alliance.
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Activities
Figurative Language
Carl Hiaason uses figurative language in his writing. Similes are figures of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as. Some example of similes in the book Hoot are:
Page 100 - He had quickness and brains on his side, but Dana was big enough to crush him like a grape.
Page 102 - It was amazing how rapidly schools emptied after the final bell, as if someone pulled the plug under a giant whirlpool.
Hiaason also uses idioms. An idiom is an expression or phrase whose meaning can not be understood by its literal meaning. An example may be found on page 104 of Hoot. - It was because of him that the spray-painting fiasco had made the newspaper and gotten Curly into hot water with Mother Paula's company.
Find other similes and idioms in Chapters 9-10.
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Answer Key
Similes
Page 105 - "No offense, but you're nutty as a fruitcake."
Page 108 - The janitorial closet smelled pungently of bleach and cleaning solvents. Inside, it was almost as black as night.
Page 109 - His arms were pinned to his sides and his legs dangled as limply as a rag doll's.
Page 109 - He lay there helplessly, like a turtle that had been flipped on its back.
Page 110 - Maybe Mr. Ryan had overheard the sounds of the struggle; he was plenty strong enough to hoist Dana like a bale of alfalfa.
Page 113 - Roy removed a box of gauze, a roll of white adhesive tape, and a tube of antibiotic ointment that looked like barbecue sauce.
Page 121 - Roy held the package of meat on his lap, covering it with both arms like a fullback protecting a football.
Idioms
Page 109 - When he heard Dana bellow, Roy closed his eyes and girded himself for the worst.
Page 113 - Mrs. Eberhardt fell for the whole yarn.