Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means "mixed together?"
Hint: page 1, the begining part of the story
intermixed
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?
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 "All Summer in a Day?"
Ray Bradbury
Which word means "noisily and violently?"
Hint: page 5, second to last pargraph
Tumultuously
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
Which vocabulary word means "able to spring back into shape?"
Hint: page 5, last paragraph
Resilient
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________________________.
Possible answers: to illustrate how jealousy can lead to mean behavior; to teach that bullying is wrong; to show how prejudice exists everywhere
Name TWO character traits you can use to describe Margot?
Various
Which vocabulary word means "to tasted or experienced with pleasure?"
Hint: page 5, last paragraph
Savored
What figure of speech is "I think the sun is a flower?"
Simile
What happens at the end of the story?
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.
"There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to earth next year; it seemed vital to her that they do so..." Infer what this sentence means? Why do Margot's parents believe they may have to take her back to earth?
Various/they think that Margot may be mentally/emotionally unstable due to her lack of seeing the sun.
Which vocabulary word means "extremely important or necessary?"
Hint: page 3, last paragraph
Vital
What figure of speech is "...a coin large enough to buy the world with?"
Hyperbole
What is the first the the children notice when the rain stops?
They notice the silence.
How have seven years of constant rain affected the children?
Various
What is the first word of the short story "All Summer In A Day?"
"Ready?"