Genres
All Summer in a Day is what genre?
Science Fiction
Margot is described as a _____ child.
A. Strong
B. Surging
C. Frail
D. Muffled
C. Frail
What has not stopped for 7 years?
The rain
"It's like a penny." is an example of what figurative language?
*bonus* +50 if you can explain it.
Simile
*bonus* A shiny penny is being compared to the sun.
Why is the teacher in the story irresponsible?
She doesn't notice Margot is missing before going outside.
*Seriously, what a bad teacher.*
What are two reasons Harry Potter is a fantasy story?
Example: It has magic and takes place in an imaginary world.
So much rain fell on Venus that everything was always _____.
A. drenched
B. bored
C. loud
D. immense
A. drenched
What is special about the day it starts?
The sun will come out.
Margot is described as...? Include a vocabulary word in your answer.
She is described as frail.
Which vocabulary word would you use to describe how students speak and act in our school's canteen?
A. loudly
B. tumultuously
C. fraily
D. resiliently
B. tumultuously
What are two adjectives that describe a dystopian story?
Examples: bad, unfair, dark, oppressive, depressing, etc.
Margot's cries were _____ after the other children slammed the closet door.
A. mysterious
B. muffled
C. solemn
D. compounded
B. muffled
What happens to Margot at the climax of the story?
The other children push her into the closet?
What do the children think is "all a joke" in the story?
That the sun will come out.
What is a moral in a story？Give an example.
A lesson or big idea in a story.
Example:
Do not be selfish (Iron Hans)
Don't be lazy (Three Little Pigs)
Don't be rude to others/Don't curse a baby (Sleeping Beauty)
If a story was about cowboys riding horses, which genre would it be?
western
All of the children _____ around her and forced Margot down the tunnel.
A. savored
B. slackened
C. clutched
D. surged
D. surged
Who is the boy who peer pressures the other children?
William
In the story, the apparatus was making noises like what?
Tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcanoes (just need one)
Why are the children "solemn" at the end of the story?
They realize that locking Margot in the closet was a terrible thing they did.
Describe a mystery story in 10 words or less.
Must include solving a crime, puzzle, or secret.
The jungle on Venus is described as a "nest of octopuses, __________ up great arms..."
clustering
What are three reasons the other children don't like Margot?
1. She's seen the sun.
2. She won't play with them.
3. She only sings/cares about things related to the sun.
4. She might go back to Earth.
Why is the silence immense when it stops raining?
What was "slackening" in the story? And what does that mean?
The rain and it means the rain was becoming weaker because it would stop soon.