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a person who is blamed for something they did not do
What is a scapegoat?
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Where does Tommy get his ideas?
What is a comic book?
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the setting of the teleplay
What is Maple Street, USA; late summer; 6:43 P.M.?
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number of "aliens" up in the sky
What is 2?
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a play written for telelvision

A teleplay

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to cause trouble
What is raising Cain?
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the antagonists and protagonists of this story
Who are the "aliens" (antagonists) and Steve (protagonist)?
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the first sign that something is wrong on Maple Street
What is the flash of light that goes across the sky?
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the climax of the story

What is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn?

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Conflict

the problem of a story

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A guard who stands in place?

What is a sentry?

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accused of talking to "aliens" with his ham radio set
Who is Steve?
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The meteor causes...
the electricity and all powered machines to go out.
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The residents of Maple Street began accusing their neighbors because...
-they were scared. -strange things were happening. -they did not want to be blamed.
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an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

Stage direction

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a disorder which keeps a person from sleeping
What is insomnia?
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killed Pete Van Horn
Who is Charlie?
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Name three characters who are accused of being the cause of all of the problems.
Who are Steve, Les Goodman, Tommy, Bob Weaver, Don Martin, or Charlie?
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From the aliens conversation, you can infer that Maple Street...
is no different than anywhere else in the world.
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The difference between an inference and a prediction

Inference- educated guess about the past, present, or future based on evidence in the text


Prediction- A statement about the future or what will happen next. It's a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always.

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an odd habit
What is an idiosyncrasy?
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This person's car started all by itself.
Who is Les Goodman?
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the real monsters of the story
Who are the residents of Maple Street?
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the resolution of the story (include if it is a cliffhanger or definitive ending)
-Cliffhanger -Figure One and Figure Two are behind the problems on Maple Street. -Maple Street is left in chaos.
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describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis.

Mob Mentality