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Questions regarding "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury #thepedestrian #raybradbury
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Imagery
2
What/Who is the "metallic voice"?
A voice in his head
A night moth
A cop car
A robot
3
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: The tombs where people sat like the dead
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Personification
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THEME: What lesson is Ray Bradbury trying to teach the reader?
We shouldn't spend so much time in front of technology.
Nobody will appreciate nature anymore because of TV.
Too much technology makes the world a lonely place.
People will stop becoming social if they watch TV too much.
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Why isn't writing considered a profession in his society?
Nobody reads anymore because everyone watches TV.
It is a job, and the police car is just joking with him.
It's not a job in the future because it's not a job now.
He doesn't get paid for it.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: He came to a cloverleaf intersection which stood silent
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
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SETTING: In what year does the story take place?
2052
2016
Unknown
1951
8
What was the first question that Mr. Mead was asked?
"Your name?"
"Your hands up! Or we'll Shoot!"
"Business or profession?"
"Stand still! Stay where you are! Don't move!"
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Who/What used to bother Mr. Mead before he switched to sneakers?
Shoes with hard heels
Sore feet
Dogs barking
The graveyard
10
What does he "whisper to every house?"
"Hello, in there."
"Stand still! Stay where you are!"
"Hello, house."
Nothing.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: "with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk"
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
12
What is the most likely reason for why crime had been ebbing in the city?
All the bad guys are in jail.
Nobody was out to do crimes because they're all watching TV
There's no explanation for it in the story.
There are a lot of police to keep order in the city
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PRACTICE: Who is the author of "The Pedestrian"?
Ray Bradbury
Isaac Asimov
Dr. Seuss
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
14
Which of these sentences is evidence to support why writing isn't a profession anymore?
"Magazines and books didn't sell anymore."
"He hadn't written in years."
"'No profession,' said the police car."
"Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now"
15
Where was Mr. Mead taken?
The police station
His home
The Psychiatric Center for Research
The hospital
16
Why was Mr. Mead "arrested" by the police?
He's not watching TV like everyone else.
He seems suspicious.
He's the only one in the whole city walking around.
He's breaking the law.
17
Through all of his years of walking, what had he never encountered?
A car
A dog
A person
A penny on the ground
