Persuasive Techniques
A Sound of Thunder
The Maze Runner
The Giver
Trivia
100

This technique repeats a word or phrase to make an idea stand out.

What is repetition?

100

This character travels back in time on a dinosaur hunt and accidentally changes the future.

Who is Eckels?

100

This is the name of the main character who arrives in the Glade with no memories.

Who is Thomas?

100

This is the role Jonas receives at the Ceremony of Twelve.

What is the Receiver of Memory?

100

The third planet from the sun 

What is Earth?

200

This technique uses strong emotional words to influence the audience’s feelings.

What is emotive language?

200

Eckels is warned not to do this because it could change history.

What is stepping off the path?

200

This is the place where the boys live and try to survive.

What is the Glade?

200

Jonas lives in a community that values this idea where everyone is the same.

What is Sameness?

200

This famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.

What is the Titanic?

300

A question asked to make the audience think rather than answer is called this.

What is a rhetorical question?

300

The story shows the idea that small actions can create huge changes. This is called this.

What is the butterfly effect?

300

The Maze changes each night, showing that the Gladers are being this.

What is controlled/tested?

300

Jonas begins to question his community after discovering this truth

What is the release?

300

The Romans built this famous structure for gladiator battles.

What is the Colosseum?

400

This technique uses words like “everyone,” “always,” or “never” to make an idea seem true.

What is a generalisation?

400

The story is set in this year, showing a future where time travel exists

What is 2055?

400

The Gladers enter the Maze looking for this.

What is an escape route?

400

This community removes this emotion from people to create sameness.

What is love?

400

The capital city of Australia is this.

What is Canberra?

500

This technique creates a sense of urgency to make the audience act.

What is a call to action?
500

The author of A Sound of Thunder is this famous science-fiction writer.

Who is Ray Bradbury?

500

This character helps Thomas and works in the medical area of the Glade.

Who is Newt?

500

The Giver gives Jonas memories of this event to show the true pain.

What is war?  

500

What is the largest mammal in the world? 

What is the blue whale?