Literary Devices
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
One of the conflict types that seems best suited for science fiction is this type.
What is person versus technology?
This is usually defined by time and place.
What is setting?
This man wrote "The Veldt."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This Star Wars film is also known as Episode V.
What is the Empire Strikes Back?
An over-exaggeration used for humour or dramatic effect.
What is hyperbole?
A cybernetic organism is also known as?
What is a cyborg?
The main character in the story whose tale the audience follows; they may be, but are not always, the 'hero'.
What is the protagonist?
These two may look innocent, but their behaviour suggests that there is more than meets the eye going on with them.
Who are Peter and Wendy?
The number of children that Mr. Anderson has.
What is three?
What is this an example of?
"His wife [...] watched the stove busy humming to itself, making supper for four."
What is personification?
A fashion style influenced by science fiction as it might have appeared in the Victorian era.
What is steampunk?
What is the inciting incident?
This individual says, "You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father..."
Who is David McClean?
One of the main ingredients in household dust.
What are dead skin cells?
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words in close proximity to one another.
What is an alliteration?
An imagined world where things may appear perfect but are, on some fundamental level, terrible and flawed.
What is a dystopia?
The best term to use for the part of the plot graph where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
What is a vulture?
This country consists of 7,641 islands.
What is the Philippines?
"Click," "buzz" and "moo" are all examples of this literary device.
What is onomatopoeia?
Who is Isaac Asimov?
The author's message about the human condition, often centered around an important topic to which the audience can, on some level, relate.
What is theme?
These two items are found by the Hadleys, suggesting that they are in fact the intended victims when inside the nursery.
What are a scarf and a bloody wallet?
What is a beefalo?