These are some questions about "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. 1) What is the moral of the story? Come up with at least 5.
2) Write a list of things where Wendy and Peter's parents went wrong.
3) Write a business complaint letter to the creator of the nursery from the grandparents (who now are the legal guardians of the kids) perspective.

Read the excerpt from pat mora’s essay "the leader in the mirror." i hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. the confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 a.m., found a summer internship. sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads. what is the author’s purpose in using confetti as a symbol? the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to encourage her audience to celebrate success. the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to teach the students how to plan a celebration party. the confetti is a symbol of college graduation. the author uses the symbol to reward college graduates. the confetti is a symbol of summer internships. the author uses the symbol to encourage signing up for summer internships.

Follow the direct characterization she was the kindest girl he had ever met she was the kindest girl he had ever met follow the direct characterization

Read the excerpt and answer the question. then i lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such what type of figurative language is used in the excerpt? idiom hyperbole metaphor alliteration