Quotations
Basic Info
Act 1
Act 2
Greek & Latin Roots
100
"It isn't true! He is just a little boy!"
Sally- Tommy's mom
100
What is a teleplay
A script for a television show
100
What do the people see at 6:43pm?
A flash of light
100
What is the mood at the end of Act 2 scene 1?
A tense nightmare
100
What does geology mean?
Study of Earth's structure
200
"Now, let's not be a mob!"
Steve
200
What is a mob?
A group of people with the same extreme emotion
200
Tommy believes...
There are monsters/aliens coming to Maple Street.
200
What is the main conflict of the teleplay?
Everyone is turning on each other
200
A person who writes about the Earth's feautres
A geographer
300
"Too close for my money, much too close."
Myra- Steve's wife
300
The title Monsters Due on Maple Street has a hint of foreshadowing. What is it?
Monsters are coming to Maple Street
300
"That's suppose to incriminate me huh?" What was Les talking about? What happened to incriminate him?
His car turned on and off for a second time.
300
Why does conflict develop on Maple Street?
No one trusts each other
300
Geocentric means?
The center of the Earth
400
"It is always the same way in every comic book story I have ever read!"
Tommy
400
What are the functions of stage directions (3)
Where the camera goes What the scene looks like How the characters act
400
Where did Pete Van Horn go in the beginning of the teleplay?
To Floral Street to see if their power was out.
400
Why do the aliens turn off the power on Maple Street?
To allow the humans to destroy themselves so they can take over
400
Democracy and mesocracy have to with
The government
500
"It wasn't me but I swear I know who it is!"
Charlie
500
What is the narrator doing at the opening of the teleplay?
Describing Maple Street
500
Why do the people of Maple Street say the light was a meteor of sun spots even after Tommy claims it is aliens?
To make themselves feel better/ safer.
500
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout." What is the narrator trying to say?
You do not need weapons to start a war. Maple Street only needed a scary thought.
500
A plant that requires a moderate degree of heat
Mesotherm
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