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THESE ARE THE FIVE THINGS...
Ray Bradbury
"All Summer in a Day"
"All Summer" Vocabulary
THEME
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This describes where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
Ray Bradbury, born in 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, is best remembered for writing in this literary genre.
What is science fiction?
100
Who are the antagonists of "All Summer in a Day"?
Who are the other students?
100
To be mingled or blended together is to do this.
What is intermix?
100
Theme has this for a definition.
What is the central or underlying message of a text, or lesson?
200
This is all about who is in your story.
What are characters?
200
Bradbury is best remembered for this work, a 1954 novel about firefighters who burn books, similar to what the Nazis did before World War II.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
200
On Venus, it is only sunny for one full hour, followed by this many years of perpetual rain.
What is seven years?
200
"Their faces were" this, also defined as sad, dignified, or serious.
What is solemn?
200
You can make an inference about themes using these four elements.
What is plot, character, setting, and conflict?
300
This describes the problem in your story.
What is conflict?
300
Bradbury was inspired at a young age by Mr. Electrico, a man who had this job title.
What is a magician?
300
Margot is the main character, or this, of the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
"The silence was" this after the rain stopped, grand and vast.
What is immense?
300
Themes that provide guidance and are common to everyone are called this type of theme.
What is universal?
400
Regarding plot, it is the highest point in the action, or where the conflict is faced by the protagonist (main character).
What is climax?
400
Bradbury had three favorite fictional characters: Buck Rodgers, Flash Gordon, and this man who lived in the Jungle.
Who is Tarzan?
400
Name one theme from "All Summer in a Day."
What is (answers may vary)?
400
One of the girls did this when the rain started up again, a loud and high-pitched cry.
What is wail?
400
Characters that change from the beginning of the story to the end are known as this, and they can help you find the theme.
What are dynamic characters?
500
Regarding plot, name the five elements of a plot chart IN THE CORRECT ORDER.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
Bradbury's first short story was titled this; he was only 21-years-old at the time.
What is "Pendulum"?
500
Margot moved to Venus from Earth, specifically from this state.
What is Ohio?
500
The students "turned on themselves, like a wheel" in this motion, fast and excited.
What is feverish?
500
Identifying the conflict and this, the end of the conflict, can sometimes lead to a theme.
What is resolution?