Clock work

optimist
An optimist is someone who always sees the bright side of any situation — a trait that can be
either encouraging or annoying, depending on your frame of mind.

As the man fell and broke his leg, the optimist said “at least he didn’t die”.

pessimistic
Pessimistic describes the state of mind of someone who always expects the worst. A pessimistic
attitude isn't very hopeful, shows little optimism, and can be a downer for everyone else.

The man was being a real pessimist because, even though he won the gold medal, he said that he could've gotten a better score.

oscillate
On a hot day, you’ll be happy to have a fan that can oscillate, meaning it moves back and forth in a steady motion.

The hypnotist oscillated his watch to hypnotise his customer.

cog
100 An engine needs each of its part to work. It has gears which have wheels. Each wheel has cogs, or tiny teeth that fit together, making the wheel turn, the engine run. Every cog is essential to that engine.

The engine stopped working because one of the cogs didn’t fit.

Chime
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

As the conductor raised his hand the chime hit the balls to make a optimistic sound.

dynasty
A dynasty is a series of leaders in the same family, like the British Royal Family, or a local business dynasty, in which four generations have made their fortune at the family store.

If the King and queen would not have a child, the dynasty would end and that would be a catastrophe.

heir
If your grandfather leaves his candy factory to you in his will, it means you're the heir to the family candy business, and after your grandfather dies, you will inherit the factory.

The heir of the throne waited for the crowning ceremony.

glower
If you see someone glower at you, you might consider glowering back, but no one likes an angry staring contest. To glower is not only to stare, it's to stare angrily, as if you're going to throttle someone.

As my arch enemy walked past me, he gave me a glower which gave me shivers.

2.
Fritz = intelligent, creative, an awesome storyteller. They all enjoyed ghost stories, and Fritz’s in perticular, for he was a talented storyteller. Pg 15
 Gretl = curious, intelligent, inconspicuous, a little girl. Gretl the little barmaid, the landlord’s daughter, was hurrying to and fro with foaming mugs and steaming plates. Pg 12
 Karl = dark, gloomy, Sad, failure, depressed, lonely. Karl the apprentice nodded his thanks and went t sit by himself in the corner. His expression was dark and gloomy. Pg 12
 
  2)Fritz = scared about his future because of the story. He fled to another part of Germany, and he was going to stop altogether, until he found he could earn lots of money by making speeches for politicians.Pg 92
Gretl = she  is a clear thinker and makes good decisions but she was a bit scared. With her mind in a whirl, she was still able to guess part of what had happened, if not all of it, Pg 83
Karl = He has a pessimistic point of view and thinks he is a failure. ‘Put poison pill n, and I'll drink it then,’ Pg 16

3) Fritz = he acts scared and tries to runaway from trouble. He fled to another part of Germany, and he was going to stop altogether, until he found he could earn lots of money by making speeches for politicians. Pg 92
Gretl = in the beginning she was scared but then she acted intelligently and quickly. With her mind in a whirl, she was still able to guess part of what had happened, if not all of it,  Pg 83
Karl = he acts as if he can't do anything and he is acting scared of the day they show his clock to the public. ‘Put poison in, and I'll drink it then,’ Pg 16

4)Fritz = He becomes more and more cowardly throughout the the story. Fritz the writer himself… Pg 15. He fled to another part of Germany, and he was going to stop altogether, until he found he could earn lots of money by making speeches for politicians. Pg 92
Gretl  = She became less scared and more confident in her actions.
Karl = Karl becomes greedy after Dr. Kalmenius offers him help to make the clock.

5)Fritz = foil because he creates a beginning of a story that Gretl had to finish.
Gretl = protagonist because she overcomes her weaknesses and saves the boy
Karl = Foil because he gives into his weaknesses and dies.

6) Fritz = Fritz flees the town and stops telling stories.
Gretl = She saved Prince Florian. Prince Florian nodded, ...Pg 86
Karl = He is killed by Sir Ironsoul Nearer and nearer  came the little knight… Pg 81

3. Pg. 16 What does the author mean by an artistic temperament?
How does he feel about the idea? Why?

The author thinks that the artistic temperament is pointless and real artists don’t have the artistic temperament.

4. Pg. 49 Princess Mariposa stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock”, and when she had said those worthis uses simile and metaphoiftr?

By saying that she wanted a child as sound as a bell, she meant a really healthy child.
By saying the she wanted a child as true as a clock, I think she meant that the child she wants is on point like a clock.
When the answer said that princess mariposa’s heart lifted it was a metaphor for being hopeful.

5. The author uses clock terms and references throughout the story.
Find 5 from each part of the book (at least a sentence each, none from the same page please)
Describe what kind of language use each is.


       1) In the old days when this story took place, time used to run by real clockwork. Pg. 1this sentence describes how time is run by real clockwork with gears and cogs unlike now where it's ran by digital clocks which run, powered by electricity.

       2) tick, tock, tick, tock! Some stories are like tha. once you’ve wound them up, nothing will stop them. Blurb. This sentence contains Onomatopoeia.

       3) Princess  Mariposa's stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock” pg. 49 This sentence uses two similes.

       4) time is running out, like sand in an hour glass, which is another kind of a clock, after all. Pg.82 This sentence uses a simile.

       5) Meanwhile, Karl had been preparing the place in the mechanism of the great clock that was set aside for his masterpiece. Pg. 70 this sentence uses good vocabulary and description.