Casey at the Bat Page 98
Vocabulary - straggling Straggling – wandering off His mother gets upset at him because he is always straggling when they go for a walk.
Vocabulary – puddin’ Puddin’ – slang term of disrespect The little boy’s temper flares when his older brother calls him “Puddin”.
Vocabulary - dell Dell - valley The newly married couple dreamed of building a house in the dell and owning a huge ranch.
Vocabulary - bearing Bearing – way of carrying oneself You can tell by this man’s bearing that he was very proud and used to being in charge.
Vocabulary - doff Doff – take off A gentleman will doff his hat when a woman enters the room.
Vocabulary - haughty Haughty – very proud This woman proved to be very haughty when she wouldn’t speak to the man because he wasn’t wearing a tie.
Vocabulary - visage Visage - face The baby’s visage is showing surprise.
Vocabulary - tumult Tumult – noisy uproar The crowd was creating a tumult.
Vocabulary - bade Bade – asked that She bade the scared child to come closer so she could help him.
Vocabulary - spheroid Spheroid – nearly round object Eggs, the earth, and most planets are spheroids.
Vocabulary - awed Awed – greatly impressed The snowman was awed by the approaching weather.
Vocabulary – oral interpretation Oral interpretation – reading aloud with expression She was interested in the story because of the readers’ good oral interpretation.
Setting Mudville At a Baseball Game
Characters Cooney and Burrows – baseball players who were called “out” The crowd Casey – the baseball player the crowd was putting their faith in Flynn and Blake – baseball players who batted before Casey
Plot Questions Will Casey get to bat? Will Casey get a hit?
Climax Casey strikes out
Resolution There is very little resolution We do not know how the crowd and the town handles the loss of Casey striking out
Theme Boastful, posturing, swaggering people eventually get what is coming to them.
Assignment Thinking it Through page 102 If you do not finish it during class it is homework.