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Potpourri
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Most dystopia will take place in the future, but another aspect is the time of year. Is it winter or summer?
Time Period
200
How do you know you've "won" the lottery?
There is a black dot on your slip of paper
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This person is generally fighting back against a corrupt government
Protagonist
200
Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
Sarcasm (Verbal Irony)
200
An imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible
Dystopia
400
The total breakdown or destruction of a society is sometimes referred to as an __________meaning the end of the world. Or at least the end of the world we know today.
Apocalypse
400
Who draws first for each household?
The head of the household (usually the man)
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This means to start up, encourage, or provoke. It gets the action started in a story.
Incite
Inciting moment
400
Two people are engaged to be married but the audience knows that the man is planning to run away with another woman.
Dramatic irony
400
True or false: Dystopian novels depict a world where there was an attempt at a utopia, but the attempt ends up going very wrong.
True
600
What is life like for the people in this world? Are they farmers? Do they work in factories? Are students taught by robots? Do they have to act a certain way when government officials are around? When they turn thirteen, are they assigned a job?
Life and daily living
600
What is ironic about the setting of "The Lottery?"
It is a peaceful, sunny day with flowers blooming profusely and children playing.
600
Readers expect the protagonist to evolve as the events of the plot unfold. Perhaps the main character learns something about himself/herself or changes his/her attitude toward the people around him/her. Often the protagonist will have an ___________ or sudden understanding about life or himself/herself.
Epiphany
600
Parody
600
What does conformity mean?
When everyone is the same.
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What are the moral, emotional, or social conditions of the time? You can think of this as the “mood” of the setting.
General environment
800
This person gives the reasons why the lottery should not be dropped. His name is symbolic!
Mr. "Warn"er
800
Which novel did you read? Give four dystopian elements that were found in your novel.
Answers will vary
800
What is the issue being targeted? What satirical tools is being used?
People being obsessed with their phones.
Exaggeration or
Dramatic Irony
800
Dystopian worlds frequently serve as a ________ of our CURRENT society and is intended to be a ________ of the direction where our world may be heading IF ________ is not implemented.
criticism
warning
change
1000
Where on the globe does the story happen and what does that world look like?
Geographic location and topography
1000
Who is the author of "The Lottery?"
Shirley Jackson
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The plot mountain is named after him.
Freytag
1000
Malapropism
1000
This person coined the word "Utopia" back in 1516
Sir Thomas More