Genre
Children's Fiction
Setting and Context
The home of Mr and Mrs Twit
Narrator and Point of View
Third person narrator from various points of view as the story progresses.
Tone and Mood
Spiteful, unkind, scheming.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The Twits are both protagonist and antagonist in their relationship with each other.
Major Conflict
There is conflict between the Twits and the Muggle Wumps, and between the Twits and the birds whom they are trying to capture for bid pie.
Climax
The Twits are glued to the floor by their heads and this gives the Muggle Wumps the opportunity to escape.
Foreshadowing
The birds outwitting the Twits, when they find out where the gluey branches are foreshadows the Twits' purchase of shotguns that they will use to shoot the birds.
Understatement
The comedic slant of the writing serves to understate what horrible things the Twits actually do to teach other.
Allusions
No specific examples.
Imagery
The author creates a lot of pictures for the reader of the countryside, for example, the Twits' propensity for gluing the birds to the trees creates amusing imagery for the reader that is more like Dahl's "Revolting Rhymes" book
Paradox
The birds want to save themselves by avoiding the glue on the trees but they annoy Mr Twit so much that he fetches his shotgun, which is more dangerous to them th.
Parallelism
There is a parallel between, Mr and Mrs Twit and how their pranks escalate each time they have a trick played on them themselves.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The Muggle Wumps is the phrase used to describe each of them individually.
Personification
No specific personification; however, there is a great deal of anthropomorphism.
