Target Words
"Zero Hour"
"War of the Worlds"
Figurative Language
Misc.
100
To call up or produce.
What is "evoke?"
100
The world created in "Zero Hour" is filled with neat little houses and lawns. The setting is meant to evoke feelings of....
What is "peace and happiness; perfection"?
100
Churtsey.
What is the name of the town that is attacked?
100
When an author hints at what might happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
"Ruddy-brown fluid" spurting out of the machine.
What is the stuff that came out of the Martian when it was hit.
200
Looked down upon; disrespected; thought oneself too good for.
What is "disdained"?
200
The future.
What is the time in which "Zero Hour" is taking place.
200
The place where the narrator yells at others to get to.
What is the water?
200
"Hurry Mom! This is a matter of life and death!" This is an example of....
What is hyperbole?
200
5:00.
What is the time of Zero Hour.
300
Very powerful and frightening.
What is "formidable"?
300
The leader of the kids.
Who is Mink?
300
Chaos; tumultuous and rushing about.
What is the reaction of the people to the Martian?
300
"They couldn't figure a way to attack. Drill says in order to make a good fight you got to have a new way of surprising people. And they couldn't figure a way to surprise Earth." This is an example of....
What is foreshadowing?
300
What almost boiled the narrator.
What is the river water?
400
Full of activity, confusion, or violence.
What is "tumultuous"?
400
Pete Britz and Dale Jerrick.
Who are the older kids that Mink hates and wants to kill first?
400
The narrator's given name for the weapon.
What is "Heat Ray"?
400
"Peekaboo." This is an example of....
What is irony?
400
"Simply formidable human beings."
What is the first thought that the people viewed the Martians as?
500
Triumph; joy about a success or victory.
What is "exultation"?
500
The yo-yo.
What is the object that disappears and scares Mary Morris?
500
It causes the narrator to scream, "HIT!"
What is the gunfire/shell burst?
500
"At sight of these strange, swift, and terrible creatures the crowd near the water's edge seemed to me to be for a moment horror-struck...Then, a hoarse murmur of feet--a splashing from the water. A man, too frightened to drop the portmanteau he carried on his shoulder, swung round and sent me staggering with the blow from the corner of his burden. A woman thrust at me with her hand and rushed past me. I turned with the rush of the people, but I was too terrified for thought." This is an example of...
What is mood?
500
The effect that the repetition of "heavy footsteps, heavy, heavy footsteps" several times on page 260 gives a mood of...
What is horror and suspense?
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