The Graveyard Book Review
Across
- 1. "Bod woke...feeling like he knew a huge secret, that he had done something important, and was burning to talk about it."
- 3. the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject
- 7. What does the Lady on the Grey symbolize?
- 8. What theme does this quote suggest: “I know my name,” he said. “I’m Nobody Owens. That’s who I am.”
- 9. "The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor."
- 11. "The knife had done almost everything it was brought to the house to do."
- 13. the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story
- 14. an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings
- 16. “Um. I got into a bit of a fight with Thackeray Porringer. I wanted to read Robinson Crusoe."
- 17. a central topic, subject, or message within a story; its deeper meaning
Down
- 2. The Jacks of All Trades went after Bod because of an ancient _____.
- 4. A genre of literature that revolves around mystery, eeriness, and the supernatural is known as _____ fiction.
- 5. "The surface of the tabletop was almost mirrored, and, had anyone cared to look, they might have observed that the tall man had no reflection." This quote about Silas helps the reader infer that he is a _____.
- 6. What theme does this quote suggest: “You aren’t allowed out of the graveyard...because it’s only in the graveyard that we can keep you safe. Outside would not be safe for you. Not yet.”
- 10. The graveyard is the main _____ of the novel.
- 12. "The fog wreathed around him like a long-lost friend."
- 15. "They swarmed along the path through the desert more swiftly than a vulture flies..."