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About This Passage
Peggy Parish builds the joke on a single ambiguity in the word 'change.' The chapter's whole humor comes from one English word meaning two things.
Amelia Bedelia got some scissors. She snipped a little here and a little there, and she changed those towels.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story in your own words.
Discussion Questions
- Mrs. Rogers writes 'change the towels' and 'dust the furniture.' Amelia takes both literally. Whose fault are the misunderstandings — the writer's or the reader's?
- Why is being TOO literal a problem? What does Amelia Bedelia not understand about how language works?
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Item 1
having more than one possible meaning
Item 2
taking words at their plain meaning
Item 3
a phrase whose meaning is different from its literal words
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