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 is the meaning of resilient?

What is springy and quick to recover?

100

Name four examples of figurative language?

metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, metaphor alliteration, onomatopoeia

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 is the meaning of savored?

What is delighted in?

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 is is the meaning of surged?

What means moved forward, as if in a wave?

300

What are the elements of plot?

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action 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 is the meaning of slackening?

What is lessening; slowing?

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 the meaning of inference?

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

500

What are the the two types of conflict?

External and Internal

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