Harrison Bergeron
This is the year in which the story “Harrison Bergeron” takes place.
What is 2081?
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
A person or group that has complete control over others, often in a cruel or unfair way.
What is a tyrant (or tyranny)?
This planet is known as the Red Planet because of its iron-rich soil.
What is Mars?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This anime follows a young ninja who dreams of becoming the leader of his village.
Who is Naruto?
This government position enforces equality by making sure no one is smarter, stronger, or more talented than anyone else.
Who is the Handicapper General?
In the sentence “Harrison ran quickly,” this word is an adverb.
What is “quickly”?
“The ballerinas were burdened with weights and masks.” This word most nearly means weighed down or held back.
What is burdened?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
“The classroom was a zoo.” This sentence is an example of this figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
This global soccer star is known for the phrase “Siuuu” and massive social media fame.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
Harrison is forced to wear these because of his exceptional intelligence and strength.
What are handicaps (such as weights, ear radios, and glasses)?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
To weaken or reduce something, especially power or ability.
What is diminish?
This is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas is called this.
What is personification?
This legendary troop is a skeleton that throws bombs and deals splash damage.
Who is the Skeleton King?
This theme is developed through the government’s use of handicaps and the control of individual abilities.
What is the danger of forced equality? (or government control, loss of individuality, fear of competition/individuality)
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses when combined with a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma?
“George’s thoughts were interrupted by a sharp noise in his ear radio.” From the context, this word means broken or stopped suddenly.
What is interrupted?
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This 1775 battle is considered the first military conflict of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” The figurative language used here helps create this effect.
What is is personification (also acceptable: Alliteration or imagery).
This character is known for having telekinetic powers and often goes by a number instead of a name.
Who is Eleven?
This literary device is used when the government claims to create “equality,” but actually produces suffering and unfairness.
What is irony?
This grammatical error occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
A law or rule that is enforced by a government or authority.
What is a regulation?
This event occurred in 1773 when colonists protested British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This figurative language exaggerates for emphasis or effect and is not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
Fortnite: In Battle Royale, this shrinking force pushes players closer together as the match goes on.
What is the Storm?