Vocabulary
If someone continues talking while everyone else is laughing and doesn’t notice anything unusual, that person is this.
What is oblivious?
This is Science fiction.
What type of writing presents possible futures using scientific ideas and imagination?
Science fiction stories are often set here.
What is in the future, on distant planets, or in alternate realities?
A being capable of feeling and thinking.
What is sentient?
Ray Bradbury’s stories most often comment on this.
What are the effects of technology on people and society?
This is why the streets are empty.
What is everyone is inside watching television?
“Like stream beds in a dry season” is an example of this.
What is a simile?
This is what happened to the people.
What is none survived?
This is situational irony.
What is expecting one thing but another happens.
If a speaker’s voice begins to shake slightly while giving a speech, his voice begins to do this.
What is quiver?
Many science fiction stories are written to do this.
What is comment on or reflect on problems in present-day society?
This is an example of speculative technology often found in science fiction.
What are artificial intelligence or advanced robots?
A perfect, ideal society.
What is utopia?
This is where Bradbury often got ideas.
What is his imagination and observations about life?
This is why the police car says Leonard has no profession.
What is because no one reads anymore?
This is what surprises Leonard most.
What is he has never met another walker?
This is what the dog died of.
What is radiation poisoning?
This is dramatic irony.
What is it called when the audience knows more than characters?
If a teacher suddenly decides to cancel homework for no particular reason, she acted on this.
What is a whim?
This is a key difference between science fiction and fantasy is that science fiction.
What is based on events that could possibly happen according to science?
This theme is commonly explored in science fiction stories.
What are ethical or social problems caused by technology?
A flying object that cannot be identified.
What is an UFO?
Bradbury often began writing stories by doing this.
What is writing quickly from an idea or image?
This is why the sidewalks are buckling.
What is they are neglected because no one walks?
Bradbury suggests future society relies too heavily on this.
What is television?
The house is best described as this.
What is cheerful?
This is verbal irony.
What is it called when what is said contrasts with meaning?
If children are running and jumping playfully around a playground, they are doing this.
What is covorting?
Fantasy differs from science fiction because fantasy focuses on this.
What may include impossible events without concern for scientific laws?
This is a common element in science fiction stories.
What is interstellar travel and exploration of new worlds?
A device used to travel through time.
What is a time machine?
Bradbury believed this was very important in life.
What are imagination and curiosity?
This is the amount of police cars that patrol the city.
What is one?
The poem reading is an example of this.
What is irony?
If a traveler stands silently, overwhelmed by the grand beauty of the Grand Canyon, the view could best be described as this.
What is sublime?
In science fiction, writers often explore how characters respond to this.
What are the consequences of changes in technology or society?
A creature from outside Earth.
What is an extraterrestrial?
This is the reason there is very little crime.
What is people are at home watching television?
This is the message about technology that the story suggests.
What is technology can be both a blessing and a curse.