The Brave Little Toaster
The climax
What is the toaster destroying LOONY GOONY?
The primary literary device used in the poem
What is irony?
The meaning of the prefix bio-
What is relating to life?
Central claim of "The Automation Paradox"
What is automation is creating new jobs even as it is replacing old ones?
A comparison made using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
What is personification?
What is a sonnet?
Prosthetics
What are replacement limbs?
The jobs most likely to be replaced
What are low-skill, low-pay jobs?
The repetition of a letter or sound at the beginning closely connected words (like in a sentence)
What is alliteration?
What are advanced/smart appliances that can talk?
The two types of languages used in the poem
What is technological and romantic?
(According to the story) Current examples of popular bionics
What are cochlear implants/ brain stimulators/ nerve-controlled prosthetics?
The graphic features used
What is a line graph? (extra candy points if you can say what information was shown on the line graph)
What is a bar graph? (extra candy points if you can say what information was shown on the bar graph)
What is personification?
The main conflict for Mr. Toussaint
What is an energy drink causing chaos in his apartment?
The name of the sender
Who is Robert?
The central idea
What is we are in the middle of a bionic revolution/ bionics could evolve and give humans superhuman abilities?
Meaning of "Heads Up" in the title
What is pay attention?
A word that has the same meaning
What is a synonym?
The grocer
Who is Miz Rousseau?
The type of text this story is
What is an informational?
The type of texts these are
What are arguments?
What is an allegory?