The Veldt

Which of the following literary devices is being used in this quote? "'I don't imagine the room will like being turned off.'"

• Imagery
• Personification
• Allusion
• Simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Infer the reason the children so strongly oppose turning off the nursery?

• They fear that it may actually kill the lions.
• They are trying to make their parents mad.

• They see the nursery as their parents.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The conflict in the story is between

• Peter and Wendy

• Lydia and David McCLean

• The kids and their parents

• George and Lydia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the theme of the story?

• Violence

• Africa

• Siblings

• The future

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the central message presented in this story?

• Too much of a good thing becomes a bad thing.

• Raising a well behaved child is very hard work
• The future generations are doomed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In what year was this story published?

• 1952
• 1950
• 1951
• 1955

Overall, this story's mood can be described as

• encouraging

• evil and sinister

• serious and sad

• annoyed and distressed

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

___________ gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen later in the story

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

________ creates a mental image/feeling for the reader by relying on any of the five senses

• Personification

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

What is the setting of the story?

• The futuristic home

• The doctors office

• The backyard

• Both A and B

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CCSS.RL.7.3