Literary Devices
What is irony?
This compares what is expected vs what actually happens.
When people follow rles and try to fit in.
Conformity
What is a number/code instead of a name?
The way the citizen is identified in the poem.
When everyone acts the same to fit into society.
conformity
The overall feeling of the poem is?
Cold, formal, and detached
What is satire?
This is when an author makes fun of something to criticize it.
A government system with lots of rules, offices, and paperwork.
Bureaucracy
What important thing do we NOT learn about the citizen?
His feelings, thoughts, and personality.
What is loss of individuality?
Losing your personal identity.
What does the unknown citizen represent?
An average person whose identity is controlled by society
This is the author’s word choice.
Diction!
What makes someone you unique, and different from everybody else.
Individuality
Why does society consider him a "perfect citizen"?
He obeyed laws and fit into society
What is consumerism/materialism?
When people are judged by what they own instead of who they are.
Why are the final questions"Was he free? Was he happy?" important?
Discuss as class!
This is when you do do do do do it over and over and over again.
Repetiton
What is Formal Diction?
The style of language used in official reports or formal writing.
What is strange about how the citizen is described?
He is praised, but no one actually knows him as a person.
When institutions or governments control people’s lives...
authority control?
What warning is the poem giving society?
Discuss as class!
This is when two things are placed side by side to show contrast.
HINT:(QB, MLB, OLB, DB)
Juxtaposition
The main lesson or message of a story or poem.
Theme
What do the reports say about the citizen's lives?
He followed rules and lived a "perfect" life.
What is the illusion of perfection?
When something looks perfect on paper but isn’t actually meaningful.
What is the poem criticizing? And what character does this poem remind you of?
A society that values data, rules, and conformity over individuality. Old man Warner in "the lottery"