Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
What is an adjective to describe the mood in the opening scene of the play?
The mood is calm, serene, quiet
What is the falling action event in the story?
Figure 1 and Figure 2 discuss the procedure for inciting panic
What is the role of the character Woman?
The Woman says things that encourage fear and suspicion among the neighbors.
What is tone?
Author/ speaker's attitude
What is climax?
The turning point of the story
Give an example of an internal conflict (man vs. self) in the story.
Charlie feels guilty for shooting and killing Pete.
Who are the real monsters on Maple Street?
the residents themselves
Pete Van Horn says, ”I’ll cut through the backyard … See if the power’s still on Floral Street. I’ll be right back!” Which adjective best describes his tone?
Pete's tone is sensible, reassuring, level headed
What is mood?
How we feel as readers after we read a text
What is plagiarism
Plagiarism is the use of another's work, words, or ideas without permission
How do the residents of Maple Street first react to the various failures after the mysterious event?
They become confused and try to figure out what’s going on.
What is the theme of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
Even ordinary people are capable of doing terrible things when they find themselves in dangerous circumstances.
Fear, suspicion, and stereotypes are weapons that humans can use against each other.
Prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own.
What mysterious incident sets the story in motion?
There’s a sudden flash of light and sound, and things suddenly stop working properly on Maple Street.
What is hyperbole?
What is a secondary source?
secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers
What does The Woman accuse Tommy of?
reading too many comic books
How does Charlie defend himself after shooting Pete Van Horn?
Charlie insists that he did it to protect himself.
What is the setting of Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
Friendly, calm, stereotypical 1950’s neighborhood
What is personification?
Giving human like qualities to non human things
What is a primary source?
Primary sources can be described as those sources that are closest to the origin of the information.
What is Mob Mentality?
Mob Mentality is when people ban together to go against someone
How does Steve try to calm the crowd’s fears after Tommy hints that there may be a monster from outer space involved?
He started using sarcasm
Why do people suspect Les Goodman as the alien?
His car starts by itself and he takes nightly walks because of his insomnia
What is the difference between Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient?
omniscience= access to EVERY characters thoughts and feelings
limited= access to the thoughts and feelings of one specific character.
What should be CAPITALIZED in a sentence?
MINTS
Months, I, Names, Titles, Start of Sentence!