Joseph Talbot, 28 Mrs. Kragen Reading—The worksheet Phantom Tollbooth 30 September 2016 1. American Heritage An “allegory” is a story or picture that uses symbols (The In Milo is a symbol of kids. Tock is the symbol for Dictionary). The Phantom Tollbooth, adults. A humbug is a fraud, a the truth, and fake, someone who brags but isn’t telling the Humbug is. Rhyme and Reason are old-fashioned ways of talking about that’s what two different ways of thinking; Rhyme is the creative and imaginative side of thinking, and Reason is the logical and analytical side of thinking. No wonder Rhyme and Reason together can solve all problems! 2. The Official Which is Faintly Macabre. She lives in the dungeon because many years ago she had the job of choosing the words to use. She wanted to keep more words for herself, so she chose fewer and fewer words for people to use (67-70). 3. Six idioms used for comic effect in the Royal Banquet are: a light meal eating your words a square meal dig in a half-baked idea Out of the frying pan into the fire. more than you can chew. Don’t bite off
Joseph Talbot, 28 Mrs. Kragen Reading—The Phantom Tollbooth worksheet 30 September 2016 1. An “allegory” is a story or picture that uses symbols (The American Heritage Dictionary). In The Phantom Tollbooth, Milo is a symbol of kids. Tock is the symbol for adults. A humbug is a fraud, a fake, someone who brags but isn’t telling the truth, and that’s what the Humbug is. Rhyme and Reason are old-fashioned ways of talking about two different ways of thinking; Rhyme is the creative and imaginative side of thinking, and Reason is the logical and analytical side of thinking. No wonder Rhyme and Reason together can solve all problems! 2. The Official Which is Faintly Macabre. She lives in the dungeon because many years ago she had the job of choosing the words to use. She wanted to keep more words for herself, so she chose fewer and fewer words for people to use (67-70). 3. Six idioms used for comic effect in the Royal Banquet are: a light meal eating your words a square meal dig in a half-baked idea Out of the frying pan into the fire. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
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