Year 9 Speculative Fiction Quizz

Which of these are conventions of the dystopian genre?

• People live in a state of poverty or struggle

• Occurring after a catastrophic event

• Citizen's live in a dehumanised state

• conflicts centres around a desire to survive

What is the overarching genre that dystopian and post-apocalyptic sit under?

• Hypothetical fiction

• Supernatural fiction

• Science Fiction

• Speculative fiction

Which of these is common across both the dystopian and post apocalyptic genres?

• Abandonment of nature

• An antagonist that seeks to control society for a particular purpose

• Deep mistrust in others

• Constant surveillance

"The 5th Wave" displays post apocalyptic generic conventions

• False

• True

Which post apocalytpic conventions were explored in "The 5th Wave" extract studied in class?

• The protagonist is a survivor of a catastrophic event

• The protagonist feels trapped by their situation

• The setting is a destroyed appropriation of our world

• There is the perception of constant surveillance

Is the following a dystopian or post-apocalyptic generic convention?

Lack of individualty and uniform rules

• Post-apocalyptic

• Dystopian

Is the following a dystopian or post-apocalyptic generic convention?

Sense of lawlessness

• Dystopian

• Post-apocalytpic

What are the 5 elements of an extended TEEET paragraph

• thesis

  elaboration

  evidence

  explanation

  tie-back

• topic sentence

  elaboration

  evidence

  explanation

  tie-back

• topic sentence

  evidence

  explanation

  elaboration

  tie-back

• topic sentence

  evidence

  elaboration

  tie-back

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What should a topic sentence include?

• Name of the text

  Genre

  Author

  Focus of paragraph

• Name of the text

  Author

  Focus of paragraph

• Name of the text

  Genre

  Focus of paragraph

• Name and summary of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How well do you know the generic conventions of the dystopian and post-apocalyptic genres?

• 100% confident

• Pretty confident

• Need some revision

• Please help