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Science Fiction Writing
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Intolerable; unbearably arrogant or conceited. "They're _________-- let's admit it."
emanations
neurotic
manifested
insufferable
2
Write the word that completes an element of Sci-Fi writing.-- Story gives a _____ or warning.
illusion
detail
prediction
victim
3
In the story
The Veldt
, Mr. Hadley found his bloody and torn wallet. This is an example of...
irony
symbolism
simile
forshadowing
4
Unaware. "The mechanical house was ______________ of the events in the world outside."
oblivious
persecuted
solvent
veldt
5
Majestic; Grand. "The ____________ poetry was recited until the very end."
sublime
sheathing
tremulous
bemused
6
In
There Will Come Soft Rains
, the following image is evidence of what Sci-Fi story element?
Stetting Specific to the Plot
Insistence upon the truth
Unsuspecting Victim
Story based on Science
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"...Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly;..."
This element is
setting is specific to the plot
a prediction or warning
vivid detail
unsuspecting victim
8
Fill in the word to list the elements of Sci-Fi writing.-"The _______ is specific to the plot."
detail
setting
fact
truth
9
Why does the author call the Hadley's house "Happy-life Home?"
Example of alliteration
Example of a metaphor
Example of Situational Irony
Example of onomataopoeia
10
Wild and uncontrollable emotion. "The two children were in __________"
pips
bemused
spoors
hysterics
11
Mental Disorder that causes people to feel unreasonable distrust and suspicion.
paranoia
emanations
solvent
maniac
12
Write the missing word to list the elements of Sci-Fi writing. --"Shocking or twisted _______"
ending
begining
detail
truth
13
Fill in the word for "Elements of Sci-Fi writing-- "Story is based on _______"
science
plot
characters
setting
14
Name the figurative language device: "...the tables folded like great butterflies..."
metaphor
simile
alliteration
symbol
15
Name the figurative language device: "The nursery walls glowed. Animals took shape..."
symbol
metaphor
similie
imagery
16
Name the figurative language device used: ""A shadow flickered on George Hadley's ... face."
similie
metaphor
forshadowing
alliteration
17
Trembling. "The __________ dog waited at the door step in the cold night air.
Tremulous
bemused
neurotic
persecuted
18
Name the figurative Language Device: "this house that ... fed and rocked them to sleep..."
alliteration
forshadowing
irony
personification
19
Time order- what happens first, next, and last.
warrens
chronology
automaticity
okapi
20
Name the figurative language device used:"The house was an altar with 10,000 attendants..."
simile
alliteration
metaphor
symbol
21
Write the missing word to list the elements of Sci-Fi writing. -"Insistence upon the ______"
truth
detail
victim
story
22
Write the missing word to complete the element of science fiction. -"Unique ____ or situation."
detail
setting
plot
character
23
In the story,
The Veldt
, the sun symbolized what?
hatred
love
knowledge
The nursery's eye
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Leaping about.
oblivious
engrossed
emanations
cavorting