What are the chapters in the Westing Game?
Chapter 1 (Sunset Towers) – Chapter 7 (The Westing Game) Chapter 8 (The Paired Heirs) – Chapter 10 (The Westing Game) Chapter 11 (The Meeting) – Chapter 15 (Fact and Gossip)
Who are the heirs in the Westing Game?
In Chapter 7, the 16 Westing heirs are informed that they are participating in “The Westing Game,” which is a game crafted Samuel Westing. The heirs are broken into pairs, and they are then told that in order to win the game, they must discover who killed Sam Westing.
Why does Sam Westing make up the Westing Game?
1. Why does Sam Westing make up the Westing game? He appears to have motivations involving his family, the people who knew him before the accident, and his future. Try to decide what his will is supposed to do. (The heirs all give their ideas of the “solution” at the end. You might see who comes closest to your ideas.)
Who is Otis in the book The Westing Game?
Theo believes Otis is the key to the Westing Game. Certainly he’s not what he seems: in the climatic “court” scene, Otis reveals his true identity as a private investigator in disguise.
Who is the author of the Westing Game?
Ellen Raskin’s 1978 novel The Westing Game remains quite popular with today’s students. As the book’s characters race to inherit Westing’s estate by figuring out his murderer, students are swept up by the engaging mystery.
Which is an example of a literary device in the Westing Game?
Examples of each device are from the book, “Westing Game” by Ellen Raskin Terms in this set (24) simile A comparison that uses like or as. simile example “Angela Wexler stood on a hassock as still and blank-faced as a store-wide dummy.” p. 9 alliteration when the beginning sounds of words are the same alliteration example
Chapter 1 (Sunset Towers) – Chapter 7 (The Westing Game) Chapter 8 (The Paired Heirs) – Chapter 10 (The Westing Game) Chapter 11 (The Meeting) – Chapter 15 (Fact and Gossip)
When do the beginning sounds of words are the same alliteration?
9 alliteration when the beginning sounds of words are the same alliteration example “This glittery, glassy apartment house…” p. 1 hyperbole exaggeration used to make a point hyperbole example
