Literary Terms
The teacher was as angry as a bear.
simile
The word used to describe the "air" around the Son of Simon Arevalo.
SINISTER
ISOLATION
Multi-vac
Who was the protagonist of the story?
The house.
a figure of speech that gives human traits, emotions, actions, or voice to non-human things like objects, animals, or ideas
personification
DIRTY WORK
HALLUCINATE
Who was the prime murder suspect that Ali Othman did not want to tell Gulliman about?
Multivac!
What caused the silhouette on the West side of the house?
The nuclear bomb blast wave.
a contrast between expectation and reality, where something is very different from what you expect.
irony
A whip.
FAUST
Why did multivac 'want to die'?
It was tired (of all of humanity's problems).
What does "Spring" represent in Sara Teasdale's poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
Nature
A specific type of irony when the audience knows a secret that the characters do not know.
dramatic irony
Something that the government and police tell the shopkeepers NOT TO SELL to Juan.
THE OIL
AMBITION
What did Bernard Gulliman want to keep safe?
His reputation/career/job/election.
Which evil god does the author compare the incinerator to? (The incinerator burns things up.)
Baal
a recurring element, idea, design, or pattern that appears repeatedly within a work of art, literature, or music to reinforce a central theme
a motif
The word to describe the contest or debate between two groups who want control or power in a city, country or province.
POLITICS
When Alex thought his colleagues "looked suspiciously at him", he is being ____________.
PARANOID
Which department of the government did Ali Othman and Bernard Gulliman work in?
Department of Corrections
What causes the "glow" of the city?
Radioactivity