The Veldt
Evolution of Language
Essay (PEEL, Thesis)
100

What is nursery in the story 'The Veldt?' (What kind of room is nursery?)

Virtual Reality Room

100

What is word that explains language evolution?

Semantic Shift

100

What is a thesis statement, when it is written or used?

The entire essay explained/summerized in 1 sentence and used or written on introduction

200

What is the name of full automated house? (technology house)

HappyLife Home

200

Give me examples that went through semantic shifts from COVID-19

Lockdown, remote work, etc...
200

How is PEEL structured or meant?

Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link

300

What was happening at the beginning of the story inside the nursery?

The parents saw lions in African Veldt

300
What are acronyms? 

Using initial letters or heads of letters to show words, especially long.

Ex. btw, idk, tbh, lol

300

How do you cite evidence from a story, such as evidence from 'The Veldt' when the author is not mentioned in the introduction? (where do you put comma, period?)

(Last Name #).

(Bradbury, 1).

400

Why did children start to have 'death thoughts?'

because children watched lions kill animals and got fearless.

400

What are idioms? 

A group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words (oxford dictionary)

Ex. A piece of cake (English), Asameshi mae (Japanese)

400

What do you write in the first sentence of the introduction?

Hook


500

Why did George and Lydia, the parents, die at the end of the story?

Children locked the nursery with their parents inside, got eaten by lions.

500

What are amelioration and pejoration? (Answer both of the meaning or what does both roughly mean.)

Word change over time, positively (Amelioration) and negatively (Pejoration)

500

What are some strategies for PEER editting (what are place where you have to check?)

Ex. SPaG, (Essay) Formats, Simple Errors (Indention, spacing, citations, etc), Transition words (If the word is used correctly).

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