Story elements: Piggie Pie

What is the setting in the beginning of Piggie Pie?

• A cabin near a lake

• The witches' house

• The barn at the farm

• The beach near the witches' house

Who is the main character in Piggie Pie?

• The cow

• Old MacDonald

• The chickens

• Gritch, the Witch.

What is the setting in the end of the story?

• Old McDonalds Farm

• The witches' house

• Downtown New York

• A field near a lake

What type of figurative language is used here: Perhaps the taste of boiled black buzzard feet?

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

What is the problem in the story?

• The farmer is out of corn.

• The witches broom is broken.

• The wolf lost his favorite sweater.

• The witch is missing an ingredient, (8 plump piggies), needed to make the pie.

Who are the characters in the story?

• Charlie, Gritch, Wolf, the pigs.

• The pigs, Gritch, Wolf, Old MacDonald.

• Gritch, the pigs, and Wolf.

• Gritch, the pigs, the duck, the cow, the chickens, Old MacDonald

What is the solution to the problem in the story?

• The pigs are lost, and they can't not find the cows.

• The witch ends up taking the wolf home "for lunch".

• The farmer gives the witch a different kind of pie.

• The witch decides to eat chicken pie.

Choose the correct sequence, (beginning, middle, end), of the story:

• The pigs dress up like other farm animals, Gritch is hungry for Piggie Pie, Gritch searches for pigs.

• The wolf is hungry, the wolf searches for pigs, the wolf eats the pigs.

• Gritch is hungry for Piggie Pie, Gritch looks for a farm, pigs dress up like other animals.

• Gritch is hungry for Piggie Pie, the pigs dress up like other farm animals, Gritch looks for a farm.

What type of figurative language is used here: "I always enjoy having a wolf for lunch."

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What is the rising action in Piggie Pie? (Think, going up the rollercoaster)

• Gritch looks for the pigs.

• Gritch decides she wants Piggie Pie.

• Gritch and Wolf go home to eat lunch.