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Stories and Authors
Vocabulary
Elements of
Science Fiction
GOOD Science Fiction
Miscellaneous
100
This author wrote The Illustrated Man, "The Veldt" and "Zero Hour."
What is Ray Bradbury?
100
Feelings of guilt
What is remorse?
100
This can be either in the future or in a parallel world.
What is the setting?
100
This is when there is a human problem with a human solution.
What is GOOD science fiction.
100
In literature circles, the role that usually ends up guiding the discussion.
What is the Questioner.
200
Science fiction's "close cousin."
What is fantasy.
200
Pointless
What is futile?
200
In a science fiction story, this is who/what characters might interact with.
What is technology, biology, or aliens.
200
An example of good science fiction when a man is covered in tattoos and wants to seek revenge on the witch that put them there.
What is The Illustrated Man.
200
In a literature circle, the person who highlights important sections of the text.
What is the Literary Luminary.
300
A story about a dystopian society that warns people about the government having ultimate control.
What is The Giver.
300
Unconcerned
What is blithe?
300
In a science fiction story, what we call the "theme" or "lesson."
What is the comment on society?
300
This is the human solution in "The Veldt."
What is the technology needs to be taken away; the children need more parental guidance; limits on technology; counseling for the children...
300
Politics and current events, limited amounts of time, and attempts at adding action into the plot are reasons for this.
What is making changes from a novel to a film.
400
He wrote "Collecting Team"
Who is Robert Silverberg.
400
Able to be felt.
What is palpable?
400
In a science fiction story, these can be real or made-up and add to the believe-ability (and scientific nature) of the story.
What is scientific terms or words?
400
This is the human problem in "Zero Hour."
What is the parents don't monitor their children/spend enough time with their children/believe their children which ultimately causes their downfall.
400
This is a piece of recurring imagery seen in The Giver.
What is the color red.
500
Bramm Stoker's Dracula is/isn't a science fiction novel because _________ (support with reason).
What is NOT a science fiction novel because it uses fantastic ideas and characters; it can't be backed up with science; among others...
500
Mistakes
What is transgression?
500
This is the comment on society that is made in "Collecting Team."
What is humans shouldn't push past our limits when it comes to exploration OR know your limitations.
500
This is the name of the good science fiction in which a woman seeks to have her face altered in order to make her "beautiful" by societal standards.
What is Eye of the Beholder.
500
This is considered the highest level of thinking.
What is Evaluation.