Vocabulary
put a lot of effort into something
striving
In fashion OR the last name of someone in 1 Direction
style / Styles
This Dystopia is made of 12 districts in which children from each district are elected to kill each other for the televised entertainment of the upper class.
The hunger games
Come into view
emerge from
What does the word cleft mean?
To separate into two.
excessive; doing more than what is considered reasonable
extravagant
You do this to a telephone number OR turn this on a radio
dial
This book is a dystopian novella by George Orwell published in 1949, which follows the life of Winston Smith, who is frustrated by the omnipresent eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler "Big Brother"
1984
disappear slowly or become weaker
fade away
Change the sentence:
"Joanne ate the hot dog that was on the table"
into a cleft sentence that emphasizes Joanne?
It was Joanne who ate the hot dog that was on the table.
poor; having very little
impoverished
You walk down these at a grocery store OR at a wedding
aisle
Who created the word Utopia?
(Sir) Thomas More
Make someone give a definite answer or make a definite promise
pin down
Surgeon General
modest OR of low status
humble
Takes a long"ish" time OR the coyote who chases the roadrunner
while / Wile
Utopia comes from the Greek words Oi and Topos. What does the word Topos mean?
place.
oi (not) + topos (place) = nowhere
gather all the facts and connect them to make sense of something
piece together
What is the President of the US called between the day of his election and the day he takes office?
President Elect
that which can be controlled
manageable
You keep these in your computer OR use it to reduce the length of your nails
file
This book (and tv show) is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state.
The lowest class of women where red and are just used to make babies. The women who are a above them wear blue and are used to manage the households.
The Handmaid's Tale
fail to get or win something
(3 words)
lose out on
When using cleft sentences, what are the two rules?
1. _________ + clause + __________ + clause
2. It ___________ + the subject + ____________...
1. what, is/was
2. is/was, who/which/that
1. What + clause + is + clause
2. It is + the subject + that/who/which