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Describe the setting of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”?

Maple street, USA, Late September, at twilight

100

Where does Tommy get his ideas?

From stories he has read.

100

A word that means to accuse someone

indict, impugn, prosecute, charge

100
If someone wakes you up out of a sound sleep, demanding that you do something, you will probably be all upset and _____________.
flustered
100
A football player who gets seriously injured with an aggressive tackle, might have a face that looks __________ with pain.
contorted
200

What could be a theme of “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”?

Prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy.

200

What are the aliens depending on for their plan to be successful?

Humans’ fear.

200
A literary term that means the message or lesson that the author of a story is trying to communicate to the reader.
Theme
200
A student who doesn’t do what the teacher says, and resists authority, will probably get a referral for being ___________.
defiant
200
If two students are always picking on each other, and aren’t friendly, they are showing __________ toward each other.
antagonism
300

What causes the neighbors to turn on each other?

Human nature makes them turn on each other.  Fear causes a loss of civility

300
What can you infer (figure out on your own) from the aliens’ conversation?
They have done the same thing in other towns.
300
A word meaning hostility or unfriendliness.
antagonism
300
In a police station line-up, a witness can ___________ someone for committing a crime.
incriminate
300
Someone who keeps hoping they might win the Florida Lottery and become a millionaire, has a(n) ____________ attitude.
optimistic
400

Who caused the power outages?

Aliens

400

The narrator’s main role in the teleplay is to do what?

Clarify the message/theme and fill in the visual effects the audience might miss

400
A literary term meaning a struggle between opposing forces.
conflict
400
When Charlie Brown keeps trying to kick the football, and doesn’t give up even though Lucy keeps pulling it away, he is being __________.
persistent
400
If a person files an honest claim with an insurance company about their house being damaged during a hurricane, you would say that claim was ___________.
legitimate
500

What do the neighbors use as reasons to incriminate each other?

The idiosyncrasies they notice in others.

500
Why does Charlie accuse Tommy?
He wants to get the crowd off his case.
500
What two things need to be in any description of setting?
Time and place.
500
You would say a kid who sticks dollar bills to his body with peanut butter has a(n) _______________.
idiosyncrasy
500
If a new student is extremely homesick for their former town, his or her longing to return is ____________.
intense