Charlotte's Web @ u6110169

◎Author: E.B. White

◎Plot: (Wilbur)birth→

(Mr. Arable)kill→

(Fern)begs→

(Mr. Zuckerman)sold→

(barn)lonelier and friend→

(animals)member →

Christmas→

(Country Fair)wins a prize→

(Charlotte)die→

eggs and friends

◎Characters:

*Wilbur—some pig, terrific, radiant, humble

* Fern Arable (daughter, courageous and eight)→Henry Fussy (is found of )

*Arable—John Arable, Mrs. Arable, Avery Arable (brother)

* Charlotte (spider, befriends)

* Animals—Templeton (help only when offered food, self-serving), goose (eggs), old sheep (large pig)

*Uncle (large pig)

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(a) terrific–adjective

1. extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.

2. extremely good; wonderful: a terrific vacation.

3. causing terror; terrifying.

(b) Radiant

–adjective

1. emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.

2. bright with joy, hope, etc.: radiant smiles; a radiant future.

3. Physics. emitted or propagated by radiation.

4. Heraldry.

a. noting a partition line having a series of flamelike indentations formed by ogees joined in zigzags; rayonny.

b. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

–noun

5. a point or object from which rays proceed.

6. Astronomy. the point in the heavens from which a shower of meteors appears to radiate.

7. a refractory absorbing and radiating heat from the flames of a gas fireplace or the like.

(c) humble

–adjective

1.not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.

2.having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.: In the presence of so many world-famous writers I felt very humble.

3.low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc.; lowly: of humble origin; a humble home.

4.courteously respectful: In my humble opinion you are wrong.

5.low in height, level, etc.; small in size: a humble member of the galaxy.

–verb (used with object)

(d) Fair–adjective, noun, verb

–noun

1. Archaic. something that is fair.

2. Archaic.

a. a woman.

b. a beloved woman.

(e) Salutation

–noun

1. the act of saluting.

2. something uttered, written, or done by way of saluting.

3. a word or phrase serving as the prefatory greeting in a letter or speech, as Dear Sir in a letter or Ladies and Gentlemen in a speech.

-----------------------------------------------Q & A -----------------------------------------------

*How many dollars did Wilbur win at the fair? Answer:$25
*How many eggs did Charlotte lay? Answer:514
*"I don't understand it. But for that matter I don't understand how a spider learned to spin a web in the first place. When the words appeared, everybody said they were a miracle. But nobody pointed out that the web itself is a miracle." Answer: Dr. Dorian
*"I am going to give that pig a buttermilk bath." Answer: Mrs. Zuckerman