Passage Picker – Pick four passages that exhibit the following:
1 Descriptive
1 Foreshadowing
1 Informative
1 Surprising
Descriptive – p. 11 par. 1
“Paltryville is …be: “Leave.”
This passage is descriptive because it explains in great detail the surroundings of their new town and all that it encompasses.
Based on the description of the town, what do you think that Violet and Klaus thought of their new home?
I think that they were probably scared and hesitant because they did not know what to think of anything. They were probably very ready to see where they were going to live so that they could get a better idea of how they life was going to be.
The author probably included this passage in the story so that the readers would have some sympathy for the children and also so that we, the readers, would have an idea as to what kind of town the children would be living in.
Foreshadowing – p. 13-14 par. 3-4
“Varni,” Sunny… Count Olaf.”
This passage is foreshadowing because it gives the hint that Count Olaf may appear in the children’s future when they see the building in the shape of an eye.
How do you think the children felt when they saw the eye-shaped building?
Based on this passage the children were probably very frightened and uneasy about moving to this town to begin with, and then when they saw the eye-shaped building they were probably even more scared because they felt the building was a sign of Count Olaf.
The author included this passage to let the readers know that the children were going to be seeing Count Olaf in some shape or form in their future. This passage was written to foreshadow that once again the children were not going to have a great new home because of Count Olaf.
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