Vocabulary Words
taken as true based on accepted principles or propositions; self-evident
What is axiomatic?
a hypothetical or imaginary society marked by oppression, rebellion, revolution, overpopulation, and/or war
What is dystopian?
hints at a plot event or action that has not yet happened
what is foreshadowing
an educated guess about something not explicitly stated in a text, based on explicit and implicit information combined with prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
"Life is a rollercoaster" is an example of what in everyday life
What is symbolism?
seeming incapable of wearing out; tireless
What is indefatigable?
Someone who is controlled through propaganda, and are not provided with all information
What is a dystopian citizen?
manipulate and interrupt the normal sequence of actions and events of the story, taking readers back in time.
A reader can support an interpretation or position by...
What is citing specific details in a text?
It was a feeble joke, not meriting the laughter it aroused from the dozen officers on the bridge. Ever since rendezvous, there had been a subtle change in the crew’s morale, with unpredictable swings between gloom and juvenile humor. The ship’s physician had already prescribed tranquilizers for one mild case of manic-depressive symptoms. It would grow worse in the long weeks ahead, when there would be little to do but wait. This text is an example of......
What is foreshadowing?
violent and momentous event that causes widespread destruction
Society is controlled by an incompetent government. Citizens must follow numerous regulations and must endure numerous unnecessary actions—red tape—to get anything done. An example of a novel (and the movie based on it) that depicts bureaucratic control is 1984 by George Orwell.
What is bureaucratic dystopian control?
use different narrative techniques so that they either disrupt the chronology of the text—backward or forward movement in time of the plot’s related events—or order the events to add context or substance to the main plot
What is narrative structure?
evidence directly connects to a reader’s interpretations
What is strong?
“I don’t rejoice in insects at all,” Alice explained, “because I’m rather afraid of them—at least the large kinds. But I can tell you the names of some of them.” Name the writing skill used here.
What is word choice?
tending to diminish or disappear swiftly
What is evanescent?
understood despite not being clearly stated
What is implicit?
specifics from the text are examples of
What is textual evidence?
What do the books in Brave New World symbolize?
Knowledge.
“She’s grown a good deal!” was her first remark. She had indeed: when Alice first found her in the ashes, she had been only three inches high—and here she was, half a head taller than Alice herself!
Name the writing skill used here.
What is understatement?
in a way that is impossible to stop or change
What is inexorably?
clearly stated
author’s selection of specific words and phrases that can help the reader hone in on a specific perspective in the narrative text.
What is word choice?
In Brave New World, the roses symbolize what?
Nature
Alice wondered a little at this, but she was too much in awe of the Queen to disbelieve it. Alice expresses her view of the queen...
Explicitly