Monday, April 18, 2016

The Kiskis

The Kiskis
May Vontver

Theme: Isolation, the Kiskis children isolate themselves from the other children.

Text Evidence: "The Kiskis children were painfully shy,"

Summary: This is a story about the Kiskis children and their shyness it's not until a small white box arrives that they breakout of their shells.

Characters: Miss Smith, Rudolph, Margaret, Johnny, Mr. and Mrs. Kiski, and the other children in the class.

Setting: A rural classroom.

Conflict: Character v.s. fate. Is the teacher trying to help the children breakout of their shyness.

Figurative Language: Metaphors are used  to compare the Kiskis children to themselves.

Point of View: Third person

Text Evidence:"Miss Smith decided not to urge the Kiskis again to eat in the schoolhouse."

1 comment:

  1. How do you pronounce their name? KISS-Kiss, or KISS-kees?

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