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Questions regarding "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: "with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk"
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
2
What do you think is causing the "firefly light," "flickers," and "phantoms" on inner room walls"?
A fire in the house
Ghosts
Actual Fireflies
The light from TV sets
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: The tombs where people sat like the dead
Imagery
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
4
Who or what used to bother Mr. Mead before he switched to walking in sneakers?
Shoes with hard heels
The graveyard
Roving packs of dogs
Sore feet
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THEME: What lesson is Ray Bradbury trying to teach the reader?
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.
We shouldn't spend so much time in front of technology.
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Which of these sentences is evidence to support why writing isn't a profession anymore?
"Everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now"
"He hadn't written in years."
"Magazines and books didn't sell anymore."
"'No profession,' said the police car."
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic.
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
Personification
8
Where was Mr. Mead taken by the police car?
The Psychiatric Center for Research
The police station
The hospital
His home
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PRACTICE: Who is the author of "The Pedestrian"?
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Dr. Seuss
10
What/Who is the "metallic voice"?
A voice in his head
A cop car
A night moth
A robot
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Why isn't writing considered a profession in his society?
It's not a job in the future because it's not a job now.
It is a job, and the police car is just joking with him.
He doesn't get paid for it.
Nobody reads anymore because everyone watches TV.
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Through all of his years of walking, what had he never encountered?
A dog
A car
A penny on the ground
A person
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: He came to a cloverleaf intersection which stood silent
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Simile
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SETTING: In what year does the story take place?
2016
Unknown
1951
2053
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What is the most likely reason for why crime had been ebbing in the city?
All the bad guys are in jail.
There are a lot of police to keep order in the city
There's no explanation for it in the story.
Nobody was out to do crimes because they're all watching TV
