Elements
Authors/Directors
Misc.
Story Parts
Name that Film
100
The type of setting that a science fiction piece must have.
What is unknown (exotic, never-before-seen, futuristic)?
100
Often considered the mother of Science Fiction
Who is Mary Shelley?
100
Name 5 of the Parts of Speech
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction, Adverb, Interjection, Article.
100
The person who the story revolves around
Who is the protagonist (or main character)?
100
Disney/Pixar's most recent Sci-fi endeavor.
What is Lightyear?
200
One of the major components of sci-fi, used to help explore the possibilities of a future world
What is technology?
200
Created movies like Memento, Inception, Interstellar, and Tenet
Who is Christopher Nolan?
200
Identify which part of the MEL-Con Paragraph the following is:
Science Fiction is the best genre because it involves space or time travel, futuristic elements, and advancements in technology.
What is the Main Idea?
200
The structure that a story typically follows (beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
What is plot?
200
Starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, rumored to be part of the Star Wars universe
What is Dune?
300
Name the two types of travel most often explored in the sci-fi genre
What is Time and Space?
300
Creator of the Star Wars universe, Indiana Jones, and other popular movies of the 80s and 90s
Who is George Lucas?
300
Match the following:
1. They ____ really supportive.
2. There is a storm ______ in.
3. Where ____ my dog?
A) is
B) are
C) coming
1. B
2. A
3. C
300
The part of a story where the problem or main conflict happens
What is the climax?
300
Based off a popular YA Novel
What is Ready, Player One?
400
Name three of the five characteristics that a character should have in a sci-fi.
Often larger than life, unlike characters in other genres, explore themes of humanity, explore alien life, or suffer the consequences of technological advances.
400
Creator of The Machine That Won the War, The Feeling of Power, and Nightfall
Who is Isaac Asimov?
400
Identify what is wrong with the following (3 things):
"What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!" (58).
Missing a transition, context, and the authors last name in the parenthetical citation.
400
A character who is extremely typical and doesn't stray far from societal norms (ex. the villain, the bad boy, the jock)
What are stereotypes?
400
With 3 installments, this movie franchise follows a teenage Michael J Fox and a significantly younger Christopher Lloyd throughout time.
What is Back to the Future?
500
Define speculative fiction.
A type of fiction that uses science and technology to explore themes and stories that are beyond the realm of current understanding.
500
The author of The Time Machine
Who is H.G. Wells?
500
Name the part of speech that the following fall under:
About, Against, By, For, In, Of, Since, Toward, Up, Versus
What are Prepositions?
500
When a story ends in a place that leaves the reader questioning or wondering
What is a cliffhanger?
500
A film series where the first 5 were made in the 60s and 70s, and then a reboot was done in the 2010s.
What is Planet of the Apes?