CHAPTERS 1 - 3Literary Terms

Hook Hook - a hook is a snappy, quick-moving

opening that gets the reader's attention early in an essay or short story.

Reread the first paragraph of the book. How does this hook draw you into the novel?

Allusion Allusion - A casual reference in literature to a person,

place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification. Allusions can originate in mythology, biblical references, historical events, legends, geography, or earlier literary works. Authors often use allusion to establish a tone, create an implied association, contrast two objects or people, or bring the reader into a world of experience outside the limitations of the story itself.

In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a handsome young man who was doomed because he fell in love with his own reflection.

When Byron was frozen to the car mirror, Joey said it reminded her of the story of "Nar-sissy". How does this allusion add to your understanding of Byron's character?

Metaphor Metaphor - A comparison or analogy stated in

such a way as to imply that one object is another one.

"She (Momma) always blamed him (Dad) for bringing her all the way from Alabama to Michigan, a state she called a giant icebox."

What is Michigan being compared to? What does this metaphor reveal about Momma's feelings?

Point of View Point of View - The way a story gets told and who tells it.

Many narratives appear in the first person (the narrator speaks as "I" and the narrator is a character in the story who may or may not influence events within it). Another common type of narrative is the third-person

narrative (the narrator seems to be someone standing outside the story who refers to all the characters by name or as he, she, they, and so on).

Third-person limited narrator focuses on what one character is thinking or doing but a third-person omniscient narrator focuses on what all characters are thinking and doing.

Which point of view has the author chosen for this book? What are the advantages and limitations of this point of view?

Setting Setting - The general location and time in which

the action of a story occurs. What is the setting of this novel? How do Kenny's dinosaur wars help to

establish a the time of this novel?