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. Professor name = Mrs Farzaneh Student name = parisa shafiei
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د 1 Oral reproduction of stories All summer in a day Ray Bradbury
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Do you know ? Venus because of it’s thick atmosphere, was filled with rain all the time. Seldom did the sun appear – once every seven years and when it did the rocket men only had one or two hours to enjoy it
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Summery The story is about a class of schoolchildren on Venus. The thick atmosphere of venus still exists at this time, and it is constantly raining. The sun is only visible for one hour every 7 years. Margot is a little girl who moved to venus from Earth just 5 years before the story takes place, so she is the only one in her class to remember sunshine. She may return to Earth next year. The kids are jealous of Margot because she remember the sun. they were only two years old when it was last visible from venus and do not remember..
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Summery she almost has a nervous breakdown because she get so sick of living with the relentless rain. Margot describes the sun in the poem that she wrote as a ‘ sun flower ‘ a penny or like a fire in the stove. The other children not believe that she wrote. While the teacher is out of the room, other children lock Margot in the closet. The teacher takes the other children outside to enjoy the two hours of sunshine. They all forget about Margot. All at once, a girl starts to cry because she feels a raindrop in her hand. They realizes the rain is returning suddenly one of the children
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Summery remembers Margot still locked in the closet and let Margot out.
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biography Ray Bradbury American novelist, short Story writer, essayist, Playwright, screenwriter And poet, was born August 22,1920 in Waukegan,
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biography He become a student of life,selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his night in the public library and his days at the typewriter.
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biography He became a full-time writer in 1943 and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947
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biography Married since 1947 mr.bradbury and his wife Maggie lived in Los Angeles with their numerous cats. They raised four daughters and had eight grandchildren.
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vocabulary Intermixed = mixed together Peer = look closely or carefully, esp. as if unable to see well Gush = sudden outflow or out burst Concussion = violent shaking or shock Stunned = impressed greatly Tat = ornament Stir = sleep
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vocabulary Slacken = become slower Crush = press close together fumble = move about awkwardly Frail = physically weak or delicate Shove = rough push Tag = a game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch one of them Blushing = a shamed
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vocabulary Drenched = completely wet Clutch = hold Surge = move forward in or like waves Muffled = heard indistinctly, because an obstacle is in the way Hurricane = storm with a violent wind Apparatus = tool Blooms = bud
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vocabulary Repercussion = indirect effect or result esp.unpleasant of an event, etc ; consequence Rip = remove sth by pulling sharply Tremor = shake Tile = slab of baked or other material used in rows for covering roofs, walls, floors, etc Tumultuously = disorderly Waver = shake or move unsteadily
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vocabulary Mattress = fabric case filled with soft or springy material (eg. Wool,hair, feathers, foam, rubber, etc )and used for sleeping on Resilient = springing back to its original form after being bent, stretched, crushed, etc Squint = look at sth with eyes half shut or turned sideways, or through a narrow opening Protest = defiance Huge = big
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vocabulary Suspend = prevent from being in effect for a time ; stop Savor = enjoy the taste or flavour of sth Ghost = mind / idea Pale = washy Whispered = hark
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. Technic of literature
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theme Margot epitomizes the story’s theme. Loneliness, paleas white and almost ghostly. She is depressed and her debilitating situation is best attributed to the absence of the sun. Too much rain indeed that even to take a shower, she never wanted but the story also showed promise because though untold by author margot will be brought back to the earth that she so longed to see again.
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setting All summer in a Day was set in venus, which,because of it’s thick atmosphere, was filled with rain all the time. Seldom did the sun appear – once every seven years and when it did the rocket men only had one or two hours to enjoy it
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character Protogonist = Margot Margot is a little, sicky girl who used to live in Ohio, she is the only child on Venus who can remember how the Earth and the sun looked like. A very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost. In the rain for years Margot was the subject of bullying among her classmates. They stuffed Margot inside the closet so she could not see the sun after aprediction came that it would appear.
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character Antogonist = William William is one of Margot’s classmate. He hates Margot because he thought she was weird and different from them. That is why on the day that sun was about to shine. He led the class in stuffing Margot inside the closet.
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conflict Margot was sick for absence of the sun and want came back Earth and when the rain stopped the other children forget about Margo t
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climax When the rain stopped and the sun came out and children faced up to the sky and feeling the sun
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irony Margot is a symbol of a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost and a sad person William is a symbol of jealous person and traitor
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proverb What is done can not be undone اب رفته به جوی باز نمیگردد
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conclusion annoy people is easy but is not good
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