The Lorax
The character that speaks for the trees and warns of environmental destruction.
Who is the Lorax?
The children's nursery continues to transforms into this, concerning their parents.
What is a veldt?
What is an African grassland?
The purpose of the examination that the main character, young Dickie, must take
What is to measure his intelligence?
The definition of a utopia.
What is an ideal society that is perfect for everyone?
The most intense, dramatic moment of the story, where the conflict comes to a head.
What is the climax?
The product created by the Once-ler out of the Truffula trees.
What is a Thneed?
The story ends with this happening to George and Lydia.
What is being locked within the nursery and killed by Peter and Wendy?
The result of Dickie's examination at the end of the story.
What is He is determined to be too intelligent, leading the government to terminate him?
The definition of a dystopia.
What is a declining future fictional society that is harmful, oppressive, and miserable for its members?
The single event where the main conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
This item is given to Ted by the Once-ler and serves as a symbol of hope for the future.
What is a Truffula tree seed?
The Veldt contains this dystopian characteristic. Provide an example.
Advanced technology- answers may vary.
Other- answers may vary.
Evidence within the text that characterizes Dickie as being an intelligent/quizzical individual.
What is asking questions about how the world works?
Answers may vary.
The purpose of dystopian stories.
What is to warn readers about the flaws of current society that could be dangerous in the future?
The introduction or beginning of the story that reveals background information.
What is the exposition?
A common dystopian characteristic that appears within the Lorax. Explain.
What is answers will vary?
The main theme/central idea of the Veldt.
What is the dangers of technology and losing human connections?
A common dystopian characteristic that appears within Examination Day. Explain.
Answers will vary.
The seven common characteristics of the dystopian genre.
What is:
1. Advanced Technology
2. Ruined Environment
3. Uprisings & Rebellions
4. Social Inequality
5. Economic Inequality
6. Oppressive Government
7. Lack of Individual Freedom
The events leading towards the climax, becoming increasingly intense.
What is rising action?
The purpose/warning of "The Lorax."
What is the negative impact corporate greed and exploitation of natural resources can have on the environment?
The main conflict within the Veldt.
What is Character v.s. Character?
The purpose/warning of Examination Day.
What is to warn the audience about the importance of individuality and intelligence, which oppressive governments will try to take away in order to make society easier to control?
An example of each of the seven common characteristics of the dystopian genre.
What is:
1. Advanced Technology- answers will vary
2. Ruined Environment- answers will vary
3. Uprisings & Rebellions- answers will vary
4. Social Inequality- answers will vary
5. Economic Inequality- answers will vary
6. Oppressive Government- answers will vary
7. Lack of Individual Freedom- answers will vary
The single event that starts the story’s conflict and sets the main character on a new path.
What is the inciting force?