The fact that the house in the Veldt is called the "Happy Life" home is an example of this.
What is irony?
100
"The walls began to purr" is an example of this kind of literary term.
What is an example of personification in The Veldt?
100
This story is told from a first person point of view.
What is the point of view?
100
The author uses "we" because he wants to show that all of the town sees her as a mysterious figure.
Why does the author use "we" instead of "I"?
200
Personification, similes, metaphors, idioms, and onomatopoeia are examples of this.
What is figurative language.
200
"Send you to high school and you get too onery for th' buzzards to smell" is an example of this.
What is dialect?
200
This is a theme because the residents of the house were letting the machines take over the jobs of the people.
Why is Man vs. Machine a theme in the Veldt?
200
The boys climbed the tree to catch the lizard.
Why did the boys climb the tree in the first place?
200
The second pillow is important because it has the indentation of a head. It also has a single, iron-gray, book.
What is the importance of the second pillow on the bed?
300
When using this type of figurative language, the author is describing an object using human charictaristics.
What is personification?
300
The Veldt takes place in a very advanced house, where technology is king. Technology does everything for the family, from feeding them to giving them entertainment.
What is the setting of the Veldt?
300
The parents abandoned their kids by letting the house raise them and just doing their own thing.
Give an example of the theme abandonment in The Veldt.
300
Accepting change is important because without accepting change, Pa would have probably killed Professor Herbert.
What is the importance of accepting change in this story?
300
This story takes place in old time south, in a small town called Jefferson.
What is the setting?
400
Many action comics have examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Alienation is an example of this in the Veldt.
What is a theme?
400
The problem is that the family has too little contact, and too much technology.
What is wrong with the family in the Veldt, according to the psychologist?
400
The author in this story uses dialect to show the levels of education in the three main characters in Split Cherry Tree.
What does the dialect represent?
400
This story is a Southern Gothic story, and it is considered a tragedy.
What is the genre?
500
"The trees were dancing like the wind" is an example of these two types of figurative language.
What is personification and simile?
500
In the Veldt, the arguments between George and the children were an example of this kind of conflict.
What is man vs. man?
500
The red scarf is important because it is the same as one that the childrens' mother had, and it was bloody and mangled.
Why is the red scarf important in the Veldt?
500
Pa's attitude against dissecting the black snake is ironic because before, he had threatened to kill the professor.
Why is Pa's attitude against dissecting the black snake ironic?
500
The crayon drawing at Emily's funeral is important because it shows how big of an influence he had on her.
What is the importance of the crayon drawing of Emily's father at her funeral?