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Authors
Soft Rains
Sound of Thunder
Harrison Bergeron
Dial vs.
Digital
100
A prisoner of war during WW II.
Who was Kurt Vonnegut?
100
"The house was an alter with ten thousand attendants..." What figure of speech is this?
What is a metaphor?
100
Eckels strays off the path because of this.
What is fear?
100
Hazel is crying at the end of the story. Why
What is "her son has just been shot".
100
Two terms that Asimov fears might disappear is we switch to digital.
What is a. clockwise b. counterclockwise c. o"clock ?
200
I am called the Great Explainer.
Who is Isaac Asimov?
200
The setting is Allendale, California 2016.
What is "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
200
Because Eckels stepped on a butterfly, he caused a change in the future. What is it?
What is Deutscher wins the election instead of Keith?
200
Author of Harrison Bergeron.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
200
Called the "Great Explainer", Asimov was good at explaining this.
What is science?
300
I grew up in Russia.
Who is Isaac Asimov?
300
"The dog, once huge and and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores....." This passage applies to what sense?
What is the sense of sight?
300
Ray Bradbury was a master at this as shown in "A Sound of Thunder".
What is imagery?
300
The dangers of making everyone equal demonstrates what?
What is theme?
300
This can be explained or stated another way by using your hands.
What is clockwise and counterclockwise?
400
I wrote Fahrenheit 451 and "A Sound of Thunder."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
400
"The nursery walls glowed. Animals took shape; yellow giraffes, blue lions, ........" This passage appeals to the sense of....
What is the sense of sight?
400
Vocabulary: To move in waves or smooth wavelike motion.
What is undulate?
400
People in Harrison Bergeron are required to wear these.
What are handicaps.
400
This is measured from 1 to 60.
What is time?
500
I use a lot of figurative language in my works.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
500
The only house left standing is finally destroyed by what?
What is fire?
500
Vocabulary: To destroy completely.
What is annihilate?
500
Vocabulary: To flinch or shrink away.
What is wince?
500
Something that has been lost when shifting from typing/writing to technology.
Variety of answers.