Roots
The meaning of the root word "Aqua."
Water
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.
The meaning of the root word "Loc."
Place
The meaning of the root word "Mater."
Mother
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
The root word meaning "Foot."
Ped
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
The root word meaning "Think."
Cogn
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.
What stands R.A.C.E. stands for?
Restate/Reword, Answer, Cite, Explain
The word "bioelectricity" most likely means...
electricity generated by a living organism
What figure of speech is "...a coin large enough to buy the world with?"
Hyperbole
What is the first thing the children notice when the rain stops?
They notice the silence.
What are Margot's parents planning to do soon?
Return to Earth/ Leave Venus/ Take her back home
What is the first word of the short story "All Summer In A Day?"
"Ready?"