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Ghastly Grownups. Style, Tone, and Narrative Point of View in The Twits. Book Details. Name: The Twits Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake First published in 1980 by Jonathan Cape, London. Target age group: 6-10 yrs
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Ghastly Grownups Style, Tone, and Narrative Point of View in The Twits.
Book Details Name: The Twits Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake First published in 1980 by Jonathan Cape, London. Target age group: 6-10 yrs Sample quotes of reviews: “Dahl’s wicked sense of humor is given full scope in this story … children … will lap this up” – Practical Parenting “The Twits is really good because it’s silly and a bit disgusting” – 8-year old reader
Narrative Point Of View What a lot of hairy-faced men there are nowadays. aa
“Giant Skillywiggler” Style:Words I'll swash you to a swizzle! I’ll gnash you to a gnozzle! I’ll gnosh you to a gnazzle! “Muggle-Wump the Monkey” “Roly-Poly Bird” Alliteration and Creation of new words:
Style:Sentences Come on, come on! Jump on the table! Stand on the chairs! Hop on each other’s shoulders! Roly-Poly can do it flying! Don’t standing there gaping!
Style:Dialogue I always grow plenty of spiky thistles and stinging-nettles, they help keep out nasty nosy children. I’ll wring your necks, the whole lot of you, and have you bubbling in the pot for Bird Pie before the day is out!
Tone:Humor Exaggeration Absurdity Comic Violence
Tone:Didacticism If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. If a person has ugly thoughts it begins to show on their face.
References 林采璇 Anita 971220 吳佩君 Sylvia 971036 張致菱 Evelyn 971009 高瑄 Lara 971204 宋明達 Nick 971055 Dahl, Roald. The Twits. New York: Puffin Books, 1980. Print. Nodelman, Perry, and Mavis Reimer. The Pleasures of Children’s Literature. 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2003. Print. Russel, David L. Literature for Children: A Short Introduction. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2009. Print. “Roald Dahl” 1995-2009. Penguin Books Ltd. Web. 2 May 2009. Wikipedia contributors. "The Twits." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 May. 2010. Web. 29 May. 2010.