Maniac Magee
Chapters 25-28
NAME ________________
10 POINTS
Please respond in complete sentences
1. A fact is a statement that can be proved to be true or untrue. An opinion is a
statement that tells what a person thinks or believes. An opinion cannot be proved. Using
complete sentences, write 3 facts and 3 opinions about Grayson´s old baseball playing
days.
Fact
A.
B.
C.
Opinion
A.
B.
C.
2. Irony occurs in a story when something happens that is the opposite of what is
expected. Ironic situations often have humorous results. What is ironic about Magee
teaching Grayson to read?
3. The person telling the story is called the narrator. The point of view of a story depends
on who is narrating it. In the first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the
story who uses words such as I, me, and my. The character tells the story as if it were
happening to him or her. In the third-person point of view, the narrator is someone
outside of the story. The narrator uses words such as he, she, and they, and often knows
the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.
In what point of view is the story of Maniac Magee told?
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In complete sentences, write chapters 27 and 28 from Maniac Magee’s point of view.