Vocabulary
Dystopian Lit
Survival
True or False
Random
100

Using an image or thing to represent a larger idea or message.

Symbolism

100

A form of government with absolute power and total control over citizens' lives and actions.

Totalitarian/Authoritarian 

100

Name one symptom of survivor's guilt

PTSD

  • Shame

  • Sadness

  • Difficulty sleeping

  • Social withdrawal

100

Fahrenheit 451 was written by Richard Connell

FALSE!! it was Ray Bradbury!

100

What was one of the earliest civilizations in ancient history?

Mesopotamia 

200

Larger ideas conveyed in a text subliminally.

Themes

200

The act of revolting or disagreeing with the established order, often to fight against oppression or initiate change.

Rebellion/Dissent

200

This type focuses on the characters' struggle against external threats to stay alive.

Physical Survival

200

The Most Dangerous game takes place in the Bremuda Triangle

False - ShipTrap Island somewhere near the Amazon

200

What did the duck ask for?

Some grapes

300

An entire story, poem, or work that carries a deeper, symbolic meaning beyond the literal narrative. It often explores moral or political themes through characters and events.

Allegory

300

Surveillance technology, AI, or other scientific means to control, monitor, and manipulate civilizations.

Technological Control

300

Type of survivor's guilt where survivors may feel guilty for simply being alive and experiencing happiness or success when others are suffering, enduring hardships, or have perished.

Existential Survivor's Guilt

300

Using AI as a writer for your work is forbidden in ELA

True - AI is a TOOL not a SHORT CUT

300

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Venus

400

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize flaws, foolishness, or vices in individuals or society.

Satire

400

A government is controlled by a complex and often incompetent bureaucracy, leading to endless regulations and red tape that suppress individual freedom.


Bureaucratic Control






400

This aspect explores how individuals and groups navigate the complexities of social interactions, power dynamics, and the formation or breakdown of communities under pressure.

Social Survival

400

APA citations are accepted when writing about literature, humanities, or history.

False - MLA or Chicago with some exceptions 

400

What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

Vatican City

500

A literary device where there is a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant, or between what is expected and what actually happens.

Irony

500

The Handmaid's Tale is an example of what type of dystopian control?

Philosophical Control

500
What is the name of the theory we are predisposed to being either prey or predator?

The hunter or the hunted.

500

Ally loves teaching 9th grade ELA

TRUE! I <3 my job

500

Riddle: What has an eye but cannot see?

A needle