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Workshop 3
Term | Definition |
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dystopia | a fictional place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad |
genre | a category or type of art, music, or literature that shares a particular style of subject |
human nature | the sum of qualitites and traits shared by all humans |
society | a group of people who share the same laws, ways of doing things, religions, etc. |
traditions | a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time |
civic | relating to a community of people who live there |
generations | period of time in which a group of people are born and live |
liberty | the quality of being free to act or speak as you choose |
lottery | system in which something is selected in a way that is by chance |
official | person who is in charge and makes sure people follow the rules |
ritual | custom that is always done in the same way |
perfect | to be without flaws or defects |
imaginary | something that is not real |
setting | where and when the story takes place |
characters | the people or animals in the story |
plot | the sequence of evens that make up the beginning, middle, and end of a story |
theme | an important message about life or meaing that the author wants the reader to understand |
tend | to do something regularly and in a particular way |
select | to choose an item froma group of things |
conduct | to organize or carry out an event or process |
precede | to come before something else |
reach | to arrive somewhere, or attain something |
necessary | needed to complete something |
raise | to lift something to a higher level |
apart | divided by something |
quit | to stop doing something |
gravely | behaving in a sad or somber way |
precisely | done in an exact way |
chance | a possibility that someting will happen |
concerned | involved in something of affected by it |
remove | to take something away |
general | relating to a whole of something rather that part of it |
force | to use power to move something |
Prefix: civ- | citizen |
Prefix: liber- | free |
disturb | to cause someone to feel upset |
current | happening now or in the present tense |
participate | to join others in an activity |
podium | raised area that people stand on so they can be seen and heard in a crowd |
rebellion | an attempt to take control of a government through the use of protest |
sacrifice | to give up something you want so that you can get or achieve something more important |
base (on) | to create something using an existing idea |
currrent | happening now or in the present time |
remain | to be left over after other parts are used or destroyed |
require | to make it mandatory for some one to do something |
distressed | very concerned or upset |
allow | to make it possible for someone to do |