Vocabulary
Slacken
Decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed
What planet does the story take place on?
Venus
The classroom scene where Margot is locked in the closet builds tension before the sun appears. What part of plot structure does this represent?
Rising action
Margot moved from Earth, where she experienced the sun regularly. What is the name of Earth’s natural satellite that reflects sunlight at night?
The Moon
What natural condition dominates life on Venus in the story?
Constant rain
Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
Resilient
How long had it been since the children had last seen sun?
7 years
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album"
Metaphor
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
About how old are the children in the class?
Nine years old.
Repercussions
Echoes or reverberations.
Margot lived in which American state before moving to Venus?
Ohio
The sun in the story represents hope, happiness, and freedom.
Symbolism
To which literary genre does “All Summer in a Day” belong?
Science fiction (sci-fi)
To what coin does Margot compare the sun?
A penny.
Continuously added together over a long period of time
Compounded
Finish Margot's poem: I think the sun is a flower, That blooms...
...for just one hour.
"A boom of thunder"
Onomatopoeia
Ray Bradbury, the story's author, is most famous for writing which dystopian novel in which the society burn books?
Fahrenheit 451
What classroom object do the children crowd around to watch for the sun before it appears?
The window.
Tumultously
In an excited, confused, or disorderly.manner
In the story, the jungles of Venus are compared to three different things. Name two.
Stones, white cheeses, and ink.
The children finally get to enjoy the sun, but Margot—who values it most—misses it.
Irony (situational irony)
In real life, the children in the story would not be able to live on Venus because of its extreme environment. Plus or minus five, about how many times greater is Venus's surface pressure compared to Earth's?
92 (87-97)
What sea creature is the jungle on Venus compared to?
An octopus.