Vocab
Vocab Continued
Literary Elements
Readings
Readings Continued
100

sector

a part or division of something

100

collaborate

to work together

100

What genre explores ways in which science and technology might affect the future?

Sci-Fi 
100

Interflora is about a poem sent over what form of communication?

E-mail
100

Finish the title: Are Bionic Superhumans on the ________?

Horizon

200

expansive 

broad in size, range, or degree

200

enhancement 

improves or adds to the quality or function of

200

The most intense part of a story is called the ________.

climax

200

What is the name of the energy drink in The Brave Little Toaster?

Looney Gooney

200

What did Mr. Toussaint use to destroy the obnoxious energy drink?

a toaster

300

exotic

unusual and different

300

relevant 

important or related to a topic

300

When a character says one thing but means another

Verbal Irony
300

In Heads Up, Humans, what invention is estimated to take away over 4,000,000 jobs from humans across the U.S?

self-driving cars

300

According to The Automation Paradox, what percent of jobs are at risk of being completely automated?

5%

400

integrity

to follow a strict moral code
400

robustly

in a strong, healthy way

400

Define the strict structure of a sonnet

14 lines, 10 syllables per line, rhyme scheme

400

In what animal did scientists successfully implanted specialized brain chips that could control an arm 7,000 miles away?

monkeys

400

Who is the main character of There Will Come Soft Rains?

The house

500

inert

unable to move or act

500

consternation

a feeling of alarm or fear

500

In poetry, _______ is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 

meter

500

In what year does There Will Come Soft Rains take place?

2026

500

Both The Automation Paradox and Heads Up, Humans are what type of writings?

Arguments

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