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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

by Robert Cormier

Larkin Weyand
English 378, 2000.

ANAGRAMS

DIRECTIONS: An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For example, the phrase "dirty room" can be found in the word "dormitory." The following is a list of anagrams found in words from the novel The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. See how many you can figure out. You are allowed to use your book. Each of the anagrams below will combine to make a single word. When done, write a poem on a scene or character from the novel using at least 10 words from the list below. You can write the poem on this piece of paper or attach it.
1. I in stool
2. Charm I'd seen
3. A ram theft
4. Danny ham
5. Me pot
6. A hip lost
7. Anger blip me
8. Exalt ripe men
9. I dice men
10. I'm tin man
11. As lucid I
12. Ow, bee gone
13. Pent gun
14. Art and I
15. Sue budd
16. Yes I'm Dad
17. Rank Judy
18. Ye kind
19. A gas mitt
20. I'm sick pest

 

 

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