Dystopia topic / short stories
What is the opposite of a "Dystopia"?
Utopia
What must NOT be done in an outline?
Quoting
What does it mean when you "coax someone"?
You persuade someone to do something, usually by using a guilt trip
What stylistic device is this?
Archilles fought like a lion.
comparison
What does the narrator order in the cafeteria in "The Quiet World"?
Chicken noodle soup
How many people are there in the graphic novel (not including the panel with the police and the crowd)
3
What are the main aims of an online article (2)?
To inform and convince
unnecessarily complicated
convoluted
What stylistic device is shown on the last panel in our graphic novel (with the police and demonstrators)?
A juxtaposition / stark contrast
What does it mean when something skyrockets?
it increases a lot all of a sudden
What is the name of the person that becomes dictator after the travel company changed the past in "A Sound of Thunder"?
Deutscher
With which words do you always start a letter to the editor?
Sir/Madam
make something happen faster (not to accelerate)
to expedite
"Tokyo never sleeps."
personification
What is the Technological Singularity? (2 facts)
The moment when AI becomes more intelligent than us and can improve itself in an uncontrolled manner.
How many words are you allowed to speak in "The Quiet World" within 24 hours?
167
When you write a diary entry, what three aspects always have to be covered?
1. Feelings/Thoughts
2. Reference to what happened before
3. Plans for the future
What is a "nadir"?
the lowest point of something (figuratively speaking)
What is the name of the Alien species / the special forces guy that is being interrogated and tortured by an evil machine?
R'ha
What are the three laws of robotics according to Asimov?
1. Robots may not harm humans (also not through inaction)
2. Robots must obey humans unless law one is in conflict
3. Robots must defend themselves unless the first or second law is conflicted
another word for suffocating somebody (literally and figuratively)
to smother
What is the name of the robot that drew the late Queen and is an influencer?
AI-da