Dystopia vs. Utopia

Dystopia is defined as

• Freedom to do as you like

• No government involvement in your daily life

• Government controls everything you do

• People make their own choices

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

Utopia is defined as

• Controlling government

• Freedom, Paradise, happiness

• You are being watched at all times

• Strict rules and regulations on your life

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

Some would define dystopia as

• perfectly fine

• A nightmarish reality

• acceptable living

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dystopias are usually set in the...

• past
• present
• future
• myth

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CCSS.RL.7.3

A synonym for "Utopia"

• Planet
• Corporation
• Wasteland
• Paradise

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

In a dystopian society, the government seeks to _______ its citizens.

• control
• help
• punish
• reward

uniformity

• a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses
• readers, listeners, or observers
• the quality or state of being the same

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The struggle between two or more forces

• plot
• theme
• conflict
• setting

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A dictator's government

• democracy
• totalitarian
• monarchy
• parliamentary

Provides a background and introduction to the story

• climax
• resolution
• exposition
• theme

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9