When did Rachel Carson write "A Fable For Tomorrow"?
1962
The paradise in the story began as a fairyland, but later it was destroyed. By whom was it destroyed?
Once-ler and other merchants
In The Lorax, what is the name of the product made from trees?
THNEED
What literary technique is used in this sentence?
“Wars, plagues and famines visited us, but we did not stop in our industrious creation of deserts.”
Irony
What is the meaning of “granular”
Looking or feeling like a collection of granules/particles.
In The Time Capsule Found on The Dead Planet, how many ages are there?
4
TRUE/FALSE
In Time Capsule Found on The Dead Planet, They created deserts because they were hungry for money and desperate for lack of it. But the desert is toxic, so in the end, there are no wells to use and no land to grow food on.
TRUE
TRUE/FALSE
In A Fable For Tomorrow, The abandonment of the backyard feeding station has given the birds the freedom to find food and not be confined to a designated location, which has led to a significant improvement in the quality of life of the birds.
FALSE
Is the following a simile or a metaphor?
“He stared at me,his eyes fixed like little black stones.”
Simile
What is “shingles”?
A disease that affects the nerves and produces a band of painful spots on the skin.
What is the work by Michael Jackson?
Earth Song
TRUE/FALSE
The shell of a hermit crab is becoming more and more attractive.
FALSE
In Time Capsule Found on The Dead Planet, did they know that the desert they created was toxic?
YES
What literary technique is used in this sentence?
“They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot”
Alliteration
What does “moribund” mean?
Something is no longer effective and about to come to an end completely/Someone is in very bad shape.
Who is the author of Hermie?
Nathaniel Rich
What did Micheal Jackson think our planet was destroyed by? Who does this threaten?
The war;Children and animals(All living things, actually)
What is the purpose of those people who cut down all the trees in the Big Yellow Taxi?
Pecuniary benefit
TRUE/FALSE
The following line is Personification.
“This crying Earth, these weeping shores?”
TRUE
What does the word “elegant” refers to?
People or their behaviour is attractive and showing a good sense of style.
What lyrics appear twice in Big Yellow?
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
In the Big Yellow Taxi, what purpose did Joni Mitchell feel caused the situation to deteriorate?
Money
In The Lorax, what color is The last tree left in The park?
Red
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
“The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fiends.”
Metaphor
What is the meaning of "mysterious"
difficult to understand or explain/strange.