Characters
Setting
Plot
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
100

How old are the children?

nine years old

100

Where does the story take place?

The planet Venus

100
The story begins with the children being excited about something. What is it?
The sun will come out.
100

What means springy and quick to recover?

resilient

100
What are the four elements of fiction?
setting, plot, characters, theme
200
Who gets locked in the closet?
Margot
200

 How long has it been raining?

seven years

200
What makes Margot different from the other children?
She remembers the sun. They don't.
200
What means delighted in?
savored
200

 What is plot?

The series of events in a story.

300
Who was born on Earth?
Margot
300

Where are the children when the sun comes out?

At school

300

What does Margot compare the sun to, in her poem?

a flower

300
What means moved forward, as if in a wave?
surged
300
Plot includes three elements. What are they?
conflict, climax and resolution
400

Why do the children dislike Margot?

She has seen the sun.

400
What is the noise that the children hear constantly?
The hard rain
400

Where do the children live?

An underground city

400

What means lessening; slowing?

slackening

400
What is the theme of the story?
The central message the author is trying to get across to the reader.
500
Who dislikes Margot's poem and dislikes her?
William
500
How long does the sun stay out?
two hours
500
What games to the children play?
They played hide and seek and tag.
500

What is it when you make an educated guess based on your prior knowledge and what the author gives you?

Inference

500
What are the two conflicts? One is a struggle with an outside force. The other is a struggle within the character's mind and heart.
External and Internal
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