Language Features
Giving an object or thing human qualities, such as "The rain cried hard."
Personification?
What is the setting (planet) where "All Summer in a Day" takes place?
Venus
"But they were laughing and turning and running of all the children." The children are running to see this.
The Sun
Ray Bradbury wrote "All Summer in a Day" mainly to entertain readers with a story set in what genre (type of fiction)?
Science fiction
The children stood transfixed (frozen with wonder) as the sun came out. Give a word that means the same as transfixed.
Stunned, amazed, or spellbound
Name the sound device (word that sounds like the noise it describes) in this quote: "...with the drum and gush of water..."
Onomatopoeia?
Name the main character in "All Summer in a Day" who remembers the sun from when she was four in Ohio.
Margot
"But she could not remember what it was like." What did the other children struggle to remember in "All Summer in a Day"
The sun/sunshine
Witi Ihimaera's purpose is to show the special Māori cultural connection the people have with the reef, which they see as a food basket. What is the Māori term for this food?
Kai moana
The jungle grew tumultuously (wildly, with great noise/disorder) even as they watched. What does tumultuously mean?
Loudly or in a disorderly way
The repetition of a consonant sound at the start of words, like in "sea and shore."
Alliteration?
How would you describe the relationship the boy's family has with the reef in "The Seahorse and the Reef," according to his father?
A relationship of respect and aroha (love/compassion)?
"Delicate and fragile it comes to me, shimmering and luminous with light." This describes the important creature the boy remembers in his dreams.
The Seahorse
What message about human behaviour did Ray Bradbury intend to share by showing the children locking Margot away?
A message about cruelty or bullying (or how people treat outsiders)
The sea boiled yellow with effluent issuing from a pipe. What is the simple meaning of effluent in this context?
Waste or sewage/pollution
The literary device used when Margot is described as looking "as if she had been lost in the rain for years" (using 'like' or 'as' to compare).
Simile?
The main conflict (problem) in "All Summer in a Day" is Margot versus what other characters?
Margot versus the other children/students
Identify the speaker of the line who told Margot, "You won't see nothing!"
William (or the boy who pushes her).
Ihimaera uses the image of the beautiful, lost seahorse "searching frantically for clean and crystal waters" for the purpose of showing what negative theme?
Pollution (or the destruction of nature).
The father's face was impassiveness (showing no feeling) when he saw the sign. What is a word that means the opposite of impassiveness?
Emotional or expressive
When an object stands for a bigger idea, like the seahorse standing for fragility and innocence in the reef.
Symbolism?
What event finally stops the families from going to the reef in "The Seahorse and the Reef"?
The sea/reef becoming polluted
"The sea is polluted, son." This quote from the father explains why they can no longer take what from the reef?
Kai Moana (seafood/food from the sea)
What is an author's purpose for writing a story that tries to change the way people think about society or each other, such as by highlighting the kids' shame after the sun fades?
To persuade (or teach a lesson)
The children ran in the springtime, having been released from their spell. What is a synonym for the noun spell in this context?
Lesson, class period.