No-Talent Kid questions
Show the authors use of characterization by decribing the two main charcters, Mr. Helmoltz and Walter Plummer.
Mr. Helmoltz was the head of he music department and he wants to win the state title. Walter Plummer wants to be in the A Band but he is bad at music.
Explain what happens on challenge day.
Every two weeks any bandsman could challenge anyone ahead of him to a contest for his position.
What are the central conflicts facing each of these characters and how are they solved?
Helmholtz wants the big bass drum but he can't afford it. Plummer trades his clarinet for the bass drum, and now wants to play the drum in the A Band.
"He walked in with splendid dignity, the huge apparatus grumbling along behind him." From the quote, what can we conclude about how Plummer is feeling? What figurative lauguage device was used in this quote?
Plummer is pleased with himself. The figurative language device is personification.
Why is Plummer called the "no-talent kid' and what is his talent?
Plummer was tonedeaf and not very good at music and band. Although he can hold a note the longest (out of all the bandsmen). He is also great at business.
