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33 Cards in this Set
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Jim Nightshade |
born October 31, one night after midnight, dark brown hair, green eyes, lives w his mom only, very mature boy, knows too much for his own good, likes action and adventure, dislikes relationships/ being alone |
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Will Halloway |
blond hair, bright blue eyes, lives w mom and dad, wants relationship w dad, innocent and naive follows Jim all over, likes reading, outdoors, dislikes being distant from his father |
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Charles Halloway |
Will's dad, very focused on his old age at the beginning of the book, he is sad because he is so old, as the book continues Charles becomes more accepting and open to whatever life gives him |
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Mr. Dark |
leader of the Cooger and Darks carnival, the Illustrated man, his tattoos allow him to control the freaks, he feeds off of pain and fear |
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Tom Fury |
the lightening rod salesman, becomes the Dwarf in the carnival after being intrigued by the beautiful woman in the empty store |
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Mr. Cooger |
Mr Dark's partner, pretends to be Ms Foley's nephew, he is then on the carnival and Jim and Will accidentally turned him into 230 years old at the end of the book he turns into dust |
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Mr. Electrico |
Mr Cooger after he is hundreds of years old is put into an electric chair as an act in the carnival |
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Jed |
the little boy who Mr Dark turns into in an attempt to trick Charles and Will |
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Miss Foley |
Jim and Will's fifth grade teacher, is afraid of losing her youth as we see when she gets stuck in the mirror maze, she then becomes a young 12 year old girl on the carousel. |
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Robert |
Miss Foley's nephew, actually Mr Cooger disguised as a little boy |
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Dust Witch |
one of the freaks, is able to feel what people are thinking, senses things, the dust witch has the most power of all the freaks, she is affected when Charles laughs and ends up dying of shock or choking on Charles' smile |
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allegory |
a story in which everything is a symbol and the symbols all prove a theme |
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protagonist |
the main character, leader or hero |
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foreshadowing |
an event in a book that predicts something in the future will happen |
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lightening rod |
sold by Mr Fury, put on houses to prevent the storm (the carnival) from hitting the house. It was put on Jims house |
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mirror maze |
maze of mirrors that show people's worst fears |
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crescent shape |
Charles' smile, carved into the bullet which then supposedly chokes the witch |
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allusion |
an indirect reference to something outside the novel the title is an example as it references a Shakespeare quote |
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juggernaut |
a large overpowering force of destruction |
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effulgence |
radiance, brilliance |
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copious |
abundant, plentiful, large in quantity |
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incongruous |
not harmonious, not fitting, incompatible |
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dirge |
a slow sad song usually played at funerals |
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calliope |
a type of pipe organ usually at carnivals or circuses |
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semaphore |
a system of signalling, usually using flags |
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gesticulation |
wild gesturing |
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agglomerative |
gathered together in a cluster or mass |
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malodorous |
bad smelling |
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rictus |
gaping or opening of the mouth |
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irascible |
easily provoked to anger, very irritable |
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ardor |
passion, intensity of feeling |
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facsimile |
an exact copy or replica |
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assay |
to assess, examine, analyze |
