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Charlotte's Web Chapter 1

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  • Who is Mr. Arabel?
    Fern's father
  • How are Fern and Avery presented differently in Chapter 1?
    Fern is presented as a caring character *feeding/mothering Wilbur* where Avery is aggressive *weapons*
  • What words could describe Mrs Arabel?
    ....answers may vary...
  • How did Fern hold the pig when she fed it?
    She held it like a baby.
  • What words could describe Avery?
    ...answers may vary...
  • Where is the setting of the story
    on a farm
  • What is different when the author said "her infant" vs. "her piglet"?
    her infant = Fern is the mom and the pig is her baby where her piglet = is just an owner and a pet
  • How old is Fern?
    8
  • What words could describe Mr Arabel?
    ...answers may vary...
  • What words could describe Fern?
    ...answers may vary...
  • What is different about Fern and her mother on page 1 of Chapter 1?
    Fern is the opposite of her mother. She cares about the pig's life where her mother does not care at all.
  • What is personification?
    Personification is when a non-human is acting or being described like a human.
  • What is different when the author said "her infant" vs. "her piglet"?
    her infant = Fern is the mom and the pig is her baby
  • What does Fern name her pig?
    Wilbur
  • Who is Mrs. Arabel?
    Fern's mother
  • What does Fern say to her dad that makes him not kill the pig?
    She asked her father that if she was born small would he have killed her.
  • Who is Avery?
    Fern's brother
  • What does the word 'sopping' mean?
    very wet
  • How do we know the time setting of the story is possibly around 60-70 years ago
    there is a woodstove in the kitchen