DESCRIPTIVE: (Page 120, Lines 4-10)
Aunt Josephine’s room was………….would never read.

The passage is a descriptive passage because it describes what Aunt Josephine’s room looked like.

Why do you think that all of Aunt Josephine’s rooms looked and had the same things in them?
Answer: Because she wanted everything to have “sameness”.  She was a very nervous person so therefore she had everything the same so nothing would be different.

Why did the author include this passage?
Answer:  The author included this passage to let the reader know that Aunt Josephine’s room was no different than the rest of the house.  She had tin cans in the corner and the same color of bedspread as the children had.  The author wants us to know this so we will know just how nervous Aunt Josephine was and how she did everything to keep, “sameness”.

ONOMATOPOEIA: (Page 139, Line 3)
“Violet, she made it,”………..echoed across the sky.

The passage has an onomatopoeia in it because it says, “Klaus said, giving Sunny a hug as a huge boom! of thunder echoed across the sky.” It uses the word as the sound.

Why do you think that the author chose the word, “boom” instead of “crack” or “bang”?
Answer:  I think that the author chose this word because it best describes thunder.

Why do you think that the author put this onomatopoeia in this sentence?
Answer: I think that the author put this onomatopoeia in the sentence to signify that something was about to happen.  And it did.  Count Olaf’s comrade woke up!

HUMOROUS: (Page 107, Paragraph 2)
“I don’t understand………state of Minnesota”.

The passage is humorous because it says that Violet had a hive on her neck the exact same shape as Minnesota.

Why do you think that the author decided to pick the state of Minnesota instead of another state?
Answer: Maybe the author is from Minnesota.
 

What does this passage add to the story?  I think that this passage adds humor.  Even though Violet had hives, the author said that one was the shape of Minnesota and that puts a picture in the reader’s mind.

SIMILE:  (Page 110, Lines3-5)

“Each of the books…….carrying all three.”

The passage is a simile because it says, “Each of the books was a thick as a watermelon”.

Why do you think that the author wanted us to know that the books were as thick as watermelons?
Answer: So we would know that Klaus was going to have to do a lot of research in a small amount of time.

Why do you think that the author included this simile?
Answer:  I think that the author included this simile because he wanted the reader to know that Klaus was going to have to find information in these “thick” books before Count Olaf returned, and the author wanted the reader to know just how THICK these books were.

DEPRESSING: (Page 126, Paragraph 2)

“I have been told that…waters of the lake below.”

This is a depressing passage because it describes the Baudelaire children as they watch their home being destroyed.

How do you think that you would feel if you saw your home being destroyed?
Answer:  I think that it would be very depressing to watch my home being destroyed.  It would be very heart wrenching.

Why did the author include this passage?
Answer: I think that the author included this passage because he wanted the reader to get a feel of how the Baudelaire children felt as they watch their home being destroyed.  They were saddened and heartbroken.