Harry
Text comprehension
Compare/Contrast
Vocabulary
100

One word to describe Harry at the start of both the text and radio play version is...

fearful/afraid

100

The reason this group of Earthlings move to Mars...

war on Earth

100

Music is in both of the selections. True or false

False
100

A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as...

simile

200

The first sign of change that Harry notices is...

the peach blossoms/purple grass/green roses

200

Yellow eyes are a symbol of...

changing from human to Martian

200

A MAJOR symbol in both of the selections

the wind

200

"At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone" is an example of...

simile

300

Harry's reaction to his son wanting to change names..

Goes along with it/lets him change the name

300

In the end, the rocket ship... (tell what happens to it)

rots away/is never used/is abandoned

300

The narration from the text is shown in the play through...

dialogue

300
A comparison between two unlike items that does not use like or as; must infer meaning

metaphor

400

By the end of the story Harry has become a martian. True or False

True

400

The family at the end of the story is...

accepting of the change and have become Martians

400
The plot stays the same throughout both versions. True/False

True

400
"And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets" is an example of...
personification
500

Describe Harry at the end of the story

acceptance of his fate, calm, relaxed, no memory of being a human

500

The rocket, yellow eyes, and wind all show this within the story

the change that is occuring/fate of the humans turning into Martian

500

The beginning of radio play is different from the beginning of the text version in that it...

starts in the middle to show being on Mars as more of the threat/something to be worried about
500

Human qualities given to animals, inanimate objects is called...

personification