VOCABULARY
Vocabulary: What is something that is not very strong, easily broken?
"frail"
What is a simile?
A comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is the setting of "All Summer in a Day?"
Venus/future
What does the title of the story mean?
"All Summer in a Day"
The sun comes out for an hour every 7 years, so the children must experience the entire summer in one day.
Who is the author of this short story?
Ray Bradbury
Vocabulary: What is the vocabulary word that means "wildly" or "violently?"
savagely
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of unlike things NOT using "like" or "as."
How do the children change by the end of the story?
Possible answers: they feel remorse about what they have done to Margot, they now know what it is like to miss the sun, they start to feel sorry for Margot.
Complete the following statement: The children lock Margot in the closet because________________________.
Possible answers: they are jealous of her; she is different from them; she remember the sun and they don't...
"The jungle was a nest of octopi" is what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
What is the vocabulary word that means, "necessary for life, very important?"
"vital"
What figure of speech is "A boom of thunder startled them?"
Onomatopeia
Why was locking Margot in the closet especially mean?
She ends up missing the sun and must wait another seven years to see it.
Complete the statement: The main purpose of the story is ___. (theme) (in the book)
Possible answers: to illustrate how jealousy can lead to mean behavior; to teach that bullying is wrong.
Name TWO character traits you can use to describe Margot?
Possible Answers: frail, quiet, sad, depressed, pale, kind, thoughtful,
What vocabulary word means, "delight in?"
"savored"
What figure of speech is "I think the sun is like a flower?"
a Simile
What happens at the end of the story? (in the book)
The children release Margot from the closet.
Margot uses the images "gold," "yellow crayon" and "coin large enough to buy the world with" to describe what?
The sun.
Give one example of something that makes a story science fiction.
Possible Answers: happens in the future
scientific or technological advances
changes in roles and environment
space or time travel
living on other planets
What vocabulary word means, "lessening or slowing down?"
"slackening"
What figure of speech is "...a coin large enough to buy the world with?"
Hyperbole
What is the first thing the children notice when the rain stops?
They notice the silence.
What are Margot's parents planning to do soon?
Return to Earth/ Leave Venus/ Take her back home
Why does Margo miss the sun more than the other children?
She remembers the sun. She lived on earth until she was five years old.