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What does it mean to be convivial?
To be social or talkative
What does it mean to be idle?
To be unproductive and still
What does it mean to be forlorn?
To be sad and lonely
What does recede mean?
to move back from
What is a pendulum?
Something that swings back and forth from a fixed point
What does it mean to muse?
To think thoughtfully about something
Why do the Bitterings move to Mars?
Because of an impending war on Earth
Name four things that changed once they were on Mars
What is mood?
The feeling the reader gets from the text
What is tone?
The attitude the author has towards the topic
Name three things we would expect to find in Science Fiction
1. Futuristic 2. Aliens 3. Different Planets etc.
Come up with a sentence about living on Mars that has a "pleasant" mood
Will vary
Come up with an example of an author referring to Mars with a "fearful" tone
Will vary
Why did Harry decide to pause building his rocket?
They were going up to the hills for summer
Who landed on Mars 5 years later?
Americans who won the war that came to rescue to the earth people
At the end of the story, what is ironic about the men who land on Mars and their plan for creating a settlement?
They begin to do the same thing by renaming all of the mountains and rivers.
