Common Core Standards Assessed:
-Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
-Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text; provide an
objective summary of the text.
-Analyze how particular elements of a story interact.
-Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the
points of view of different characters or narrators in a
text.
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Story Element Assessment
“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury
1.
Describe a conflict in this story. Would you say this is an example of Character vs Society,
Character vs Himself, or Character vs Nature? Explain why. 3 pts
2.
Which sentence best describes the theme of the story?
A. Parents can be controlling.
B. Veldts are hot and dangerous.
C. Siblings can be best friends.
D. There are dangers in technology.
3.
Describe your story’s setting. How is the setting important to the story? Give an example of
how it affects the character or the plot. 4 pts
4.
Which is a major plot event?
A. The children are able to break into the nursery
B. The sun in the Velt is very hot.
C. The family uses vacuum tubes to get around in their house.
D. The nursery settings are broken.
5.
What point of view is the story written in, 1st or 3rd? How do you know this? Which character’s
thoughts do we hear the most of during the story? Support with one example from the passage.
4pts
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6.
If you read a story with an omniscient narrator, which word below would best describe this
type of narrator?
A. Understanding
B. All knowing
C. Reliable
D. Jealous
7.
Explain why George Hadley feels it is necessary to turn off the nursery. Use one detail from the
story to support your answer. 2 pts.
8. Read the sentence, and then select the correct meaning of the word recede from the four
choices.
“…the walls began to recede into the crystalline distance, it seemed, and presently an
African veldt appeared.”
A. Come forward
B. Grow
C. Go back
D. Hurry
9. Wendy and Peter were coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright
blue agate marbles, a smell of ozone on their jumpers from their trip in the helicopter.
What type of figurative language is underlined in the passage above?
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Simile
D. Personification