Take a Guess
An imagined place where everything is unpleasant and corrupt is the opposite of this.
What is a utopia?
Plot (the pattern of action in the story) has 5 elements. Draw the Plot graph on the board and correctly place and identify three of the five elements of plot.
Answers will vary but should follow the plot graph in this order: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
______ is a struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
The Pedestrian is a short story written by what author?
Who is Ray Bradbury?
At the beginning of the novel, this character is described as a fireman who loves his job.
Who is Guy Montag?
"What are you, a rocket scientist!?" is an example of ____.
What is hyperbole?
In 1516, this author wrote a book titled, Utopia, in which he outlined what he believed to be a perfectly functioning society. A wave of “utopian societies” were created after this as people became obsessed with the idea of perfect living however, most if not all of these societies, were not successful.
Who is Sir Thomas Moore?
Point of View!
Pick a story, poem, or novel you have read in an English class. Share the title and the point of view from which the text is told.
Answers will vary but should be one of the following:
First Person
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited
In literature there are two major categories of conflict, internal and external. Give an example (Person vs. ____) of each type of conflict.
Internal: Person vs. Self
External: Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Fate/Supernatural
Person vs. Technology
When asked for the denotation of a word, you are looking for what?
What is the literal or primary (dictionary definition) meaning of the word?
This is the significance of the title of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel.
"My yard was covered in a blanket of snow" is an example of _____.
What is metaphor?
Despite the term for a perfect society existing the term for its opposite did not exist until the 1800s, following the collapse of the attempted utopias inspired by Sir Thomas Moore's book. This opposite is called ____.
What is dystopia?
A protagonist is the character who keeps the action moving forward in the story. An antagonist is a character or force that moves against the protagonist. Give an example of each and be ready to explain your choice!
Answers will vary, students should be able to explain why they chose each example to earn points.
This is the atmosphere of the story - how the reader/audience feels.
What is mood?
When asked for the connotation of a word, you are looking for what?
What is the "idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning"?
Mildred escapes into the telescreen, fast cars, her "friendships", and her sleeping pills. What is she escaping from? Do these methods actually help her?
Mildred is escaping from uncomfortable and negative feelings. Though these methods may help momentarily, they do not address the underlying issues causing the feelings to arise again eventually.
"Zack the zoo-keeper read his zodiac zealously" is an example of _______.
What is alliteration?
This is a genre of futuristic novels that features undesirable places and societies. This genre has many characteristics including warning readers of future consequences of present day affairs.
What is dystopian literature?
When the author directly tells the reader what a character is like, his or her personality or character traits it is called ______ ______.
What is direct characterization?
This is the author's attitude or feelings toward the subject matter.
What is tone?
The dystopian short story, The Pedestrian, is told from what point of view?
What is first person?
Montag's relationship with this character is the initial push that Montag needs to start asking questions and reading the books he has stashed away in his home.
Who is Clarisse?
"Do a quick headcount and see who's missing" is an example of ______.
What is synecdoche?
Name one classic dystopian novel to win this question. Earn 200 bonus points by also naming a current dystopian novel.
Answers will vary.
When the author reveals the personality of a character though his or her speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, or looks, this is called ______ _______.
What is indirect characterization?
This is the statement the author is trying to make, not just a topic of the writing, but what the author is trying to say about it.
To earn bonus points: identify a ___ of something you have recently read.
What is theme?
Example: Not just “innocence,” but, “Innocence can be destroyed in a moment.”
This may be an appropriate theme for The Pedestrian.
What is: Technology and our involvement with it has caused us to disconnect from nature and our own thoughts.
According to Faber, _____ is missing from most people's lives.
What is quality?
Pick a type of figurative language not already used in this category, define the figurative language and give an example.
Answers vary.