What is a ghost town?
What does it mean that Karl was "feelin' sorta blue"?
Why is the racoon probably tired?
Would you drive 800 miles to see a rock that fell from space?
Why does Daddy propose to move the meteorite into town?
Sister is worried that they will get nothing if they give the rock to the town. What is Daddy's response?
Karl writes in his poem,
"In the end we had to free it
because our family didn't need it."
Find a sentence Daddy says earlier on this page that means the same thing as these lines.
Both phrases, "ghost town" and "feeling blue" are examples of what kind of figurative language?
What kind of figurative language is "Bam!"?
"Something passed overhead - like a thundercloud moving a million miles an hour," is an example of two (2) types of figurative language. Which 2?
"The Earth was holding its breath" is an example of which type of figurative language?
"Tongue tied" is a common idiom, or figure of speech. What does it mean?
Which two types of figurative language are used here?
"Lost his mind" is an idiom, or figure of speech. What does it mean?
Karl calls the meteorites "little stars". What kind of figurative language is this?