Science Fiction Vocabulary
Science Fiction Features
The City of Ember Characters
The City of Ember Plot
The City of Ember Science Fiction Features
100
The name for a perfect world.
What is utopia?
100
Science fiction stories usually give some kind of __________ to humankind.
What is warning?
100
The two main characters of The City of Ember
Who are Lina and Doon?
100
The job Doon originally pulls from the hat.
What is messenger?
100
The setting of Ember.
What is underground in 241?
200
The hero of a story
What is a protagonist?
200
Science fiction stories usually include these futuristic things that haven't been created yet.
What are inventions?
200
Lina's little sister
Who is Poppy?
200
Doon wants to work here so he can figure out how to fix the generator.
What are the pipeworks?
200
One example of technology in The City of Ember.
What is the generator?
300
The villain of a story
What is an antagonist?
300
Science fiction includes this as either the savior or the root of the main problem.
What is science?
300
The neighbor who takes Lina and Poppy in after their grandma's death.
Who is Mrs. Murdo?
300
The person that Lina and Doon find behind the door in the Pipeworks.
Who is the mayor?
300
The protagonist of The City of Ember.
Who is Lina or Doon?
400
This type of story includes things such as magic and mythological creatures.
What is fantasy?
400
One character (besides a human) that might be found in a science fiction story.
What is a robot or alien?
400
Lina's friend who is dating Looper.
Who is Lizzie?
400
What Lina and Doon are wanted for.
What is spreading vicious rumors?
400
The antagonist of The City of Ember.
What is the failure of Ember, the mayor, Looper, or the catastrophe that caused the formation of Ember?
500
When reading fantasy, readers must suspend this in order to enjoy the story.
What is disbelief?
500
An example of a science fiction story (besides The City of Ember).
What is (any science fiction story)
500
The lady who works at the greenhouse.
Who is Clary?
500
What Poppy finds that helps Lina and Doon understand how people got to Ember.
What is the journal?
500
Two familiar items that Lina and Doon did not have any experience with but that helped them escape Ember.
What are candles, boats, or oars?
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