Lawnboy Chapter 1

First Person

Third Person

His Grandmother

The Lawnmower

enthusiastic

puzzled

furious

saddened

his grandmother will probably go play with her bridge club

his grandfather is not always the smartest

his grandmother is very smart and always has a plan

his grandmother is not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity

personification - giving unhuman items human traits

onomatopoeia - sound words

hyperbole - extreme exaggeration

simile - comparison using like or as

Riding a lawnmower he had been gifted by his grandmother

Lawnboy got a new lawnmower from his grandmother and is confused

Eden Prairie, Minnesota; an upper-middle class neighborhood

At his grandmother's bridge club

The narrator will decline the offer to mow his neighbor's lawn.

The narrator found a way to earn money and began mowing lawns

The narrator will ask his neighbors to mow his lawn.

The narrator will sell his lawnmower to make money.

someone who fiddles with something in an attempt to repair it

Someone who buys new items when old ones break

Someone who doesn't like to own older items because they always break

Someone who likes to mow lawns

The rabbit meant fast speed; the sloth meant slow speed

The rabbit meant slow speed; the turtle meant fast speed

The rabbit meant fast speed; the turtle meant slow speed

The cheetah meant fast speed; the turtle meant slow speed

His neighbor saw him mowing his lawn and asked if he would not mow his.

He took an advertisement out in the newspaper.

He got a lawnmower from his grandmother.

His neighbor saw him mowing his lawn and asked if he would mow his.

His Parents

His grandfather

His grandmother

Mrs. Burkhart