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Workshop 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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