The Veldt Comprehension Check

"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

New Word: If a question is VAGUE, it is

• a brief trip

• covered with straw

• unclear or uncertain

• no longer necessary or useful