Dystopia and Utopia Intrigue

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

Utopia is defined as

• Controlling government

• Freedom, Paradise, happiness

• You are being watched at all times

• Strict rules and regulations on your life

Some would define dystopia as

• perfectly fine

• A nightmarish reality

• acceptable living

Dystopias are usually set in the...

• past
• present
• future
• myth

A synonym for "Utopia"

• Planet
• Corporation
• Wasteland
• Paradise

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The struggle between two or more forces

• plot
• theme
• conflict
• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9