I think my mum is optimistic because she is always happy when something is bad.
Pessimist: they always see the worst.
When we were in a meeting krys was pessimistic since he was talking about bad things.
Oscillate: it moves back and forth in a steady motion.
When I came in the room it was cold that's was when I realised the fan was oscillating.
Cog: An engine needs each of its part to work. It has gears which have wheels.
The cog rotated by itself, it did not rotated, then both rotated and it worked.
Dynasty: is a series of leaders in the same family
The Chinese dynasty is very important, without them the world would be trouble.
Heir: If your grandfather leaves his candy factory to in his will, you are the heir.
The heir to my family is me becuase I found my grandpa will and it was to me.
Glower: it's to stare angrily.
When I looked at Christopher he glowerd becuase I got a higher mark in maths.
2. How they are described
Gretl: Hard-working pg12 Gretl the little barmaid, the landlords daughter, was hurrying to and fro with foaming mugs and steaming plates. She is moving around so she is working hard
Karl: anxious pg12 "He's anxious about tormorrow. It say that he is anxious.
Fritz: Good writer pg15 They all enjoyed ghost stories,and Fritz's in particular, for he was a talented storyteller. He is a good writer if every body likes his work.
How do they think
Gretl: bravely pg84 The higher she climbed. This is brave because she is going up.
Karl: Worryied to face the people pg17 I can not face them. He is scared to,see people.
Fritz: Creatively I am looking forward to this lesson.
How they act:
Gretl: Bravely pg 83 she kept on climbing up
Karl: Worryingly. Pg16 put poison in it
Fritz: Scaredly pg92 he had fled to another part of Germany
How they change
Gretl: Braver pg83 she ran to the dark tower
Karl: Greedly pg36 He ask for a figure for the clock
Fritz: Cowardly pg92 Fritz left town
There role in the story:
Gretl: To share a heart. Pg92 she had lost her heart and kept it too
Karl: To make a figure pg17 I haven't made a figure
Fritz: To write a story. Pg15 Fritz in particular
What happens at the end of the story.
Gretl: she shared her heart pg92 she lost her heart and kept it to.
Fritz: he left pg92 He left the town
Karl: he died pg83 he lay dead beside him
3. The authors thinks a artistic temperant is a waste of time.
4. The phrase in the sentence ' as sound as a bell', it means somebody is healthy
The phrase in the sentence ' as true as a clock' , it means somebody is perfect
The metaphor is her heart lift, this means she was sad.
5. The beginning:(pg 8) If you play with it carelessly it'll sping up and strike at you like a snake and put out your eye.- This is a simile because it says like a snake.
The beg/mid: (pg25) Instead there was a little piece of clockwork:just a few dogs and springs and a balance wheel, attached in subtle ways to the prince veins a tick-tick-ticking away merrily in perfect time with the lashing of his arms.- This is onamatapeia because it says tick tick.
The middle: (pg54) "can't you just wind him up." This is speech because it is someone talking.
The mid/end: (pg83) The higher she climbed, the more noise the clock made: a ticking and a tocking, a clicking and a creaking,whirring and a rumbling.mThis is onamatapeia becuase it makes clock noises.
The end: (pg91) 'It's full of miscellaneous bits and pieces, and they're not even connected up properly: broken springs, wheels with cogs missing, rusty gear- worthless rubbish, all of it. -This is a list of stuff in clockwork because it says cogs, rusty gears and rubbish.
Bonus
The way it is like a clock since the book goes forward and a clock goes forward.
It is full of clock parts and a clock is full of clock parts.
