imaginary place where people are oppressed and do not have freedom
What is DYSTOPIA?
System in which something is selected in a way that is by chance.
What is LOTTERY?
Person who is in charge and makes sure people follow rules.
What is an OFFICIAL?
To do something regularly and in a particular way.
What is TEND?
Needed to complete something.
What is NECESSARY?
A belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed a long time.
What is the TRADITION?
Relating to a community or people who live there.
What is CIVIC?
Custom that is always done in the same way
What is a RITUAL?
To choose an item from a group of things.
What is SELECT?
To give all of one's time or attention to a cause or activity
What is DEVOTE?
The sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans.
What is HUMAN NATURE?
Period of time in which a group of people are born and live.
What is GENERATION?
To be without flaws or defects.
What is PERFECT?
In large amounts, abundantly.
What is PROFUSELY?
To lift something to a higher level.
What is RAISE?
A group of people who share the same laws, ways of doing things, religions, etc.
What is a SOCIETY?
The quality of being free to act or speak as you choose.
What is LIBERTY?
Something that is not real.
What is IMAGINARY?
Noisy, lacking discipline, rowdy.
What is BOISTEROUSLY?
What is NERVOUSLY?
A category or type of art, music, or literature that shares a particular style or subject
Give two examples.
What is Genre?
Two examples are...
When a group of people does the same thing or follows the same rule.
Give two examples.
What is CONFORMITY?
Two examples of conformity are...
According to Jennifer Johnson in Worlds Gone Wrong, what are two reasons dystopian literature is popular among teens.
1.Young people are rebellious and they like to read about people fighting the system.
2. It helps them escape their own problems.
Can you paint a picture of the the town in 'The Lottery"? What imagery does Shirley Jackson use to help us imagine what it looks like.
Describe the weather and the people, cite text.
FOR EXAMPLE:
It is a nice summer day. On page 134 it states "clear and sunny", "flowers were blossoming, "grass was richly green".
The people are farmers, housewives, children. On page 135 it states "speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes..the women wearing faded house dresses".
Who draws from the black box?
Who is HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD?