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WorksheetsThe Veldt
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
"a wind sucked them like brown leaves" is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
"...the walls began to purr..." is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
"‘Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally" is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
The Veldt is written in which person?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Finding the wallet with blood on it is an example of
simile
foreshadowing
characterization
Which of these animals foreshadow death?
vultures
zebras
giraffes
lions
Which of these describes the theme of a story?
the main idea
the last paragraph
a universal lesson or moral
the conflict
Which word means an African grassland?
paranoia
jaunt
awry
veldt
A sense that others are "out to get you" is called
persecuted
paranoia
engrossed
thatched
A short trip is called a
jaunt
veldt
conjure
awry
Appalled means
neurotic
happy
horrified, shocked
engrossed
To torture or torment means to.....
jaunt
conjure
persecute
engross
New Word: If a question is VAGUE, it is
a brief trip
covered with straw
unclear or uncertain
no longer necessary or useful
NEW WORD: "With the children gone, the two men stood studying the lions clustered at a distance, eating with great RELISH whatever it was they had caught." RELISH means
frustration
enjoyment
anger
sadness
If something is happening in the opposite way to what is expected, it is ___________.
ironic
a metaphor
an exposition
personification
Which of these would be a good theme for this story? (There may be more than one.)
Giving your children everything they want does not make them love you.
Technology has no effect on people.
Technology can't take the place of good parents.
Disciplining your children will make them neurotic.
