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Dystopian Language Literature Worksheet

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Dystopian Language Literature Worksheet

Dystopian cityscape illustration

📚 Part 1: Language Analysis (15 minutes)

Read this dystopian extract:

"The grey towers stretched endlessly upward, their windows like dead eyes watching the citizens below. Freedom was a word erased from dictionaries long ago."

1. Which literary technique is used in "windows like dead eyes"?

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Personification

2. What effect does the word "grey" create?
3. How does the phrase "Freedom was a word erased" show dystopian control?

🛑 Break Time: Take 2 minutes to stretch and breathe

🎭 Part 2: A Christmas Carol Connection (15 minutes)

Consider how Dickens shows social problems in Victorian London

4. Which aspects of Victorian society does Dickens criticise? (Tick all that apply)

Poverty and inequality

Lack of compassion for the poor

Child labour

Greed and materialism

5. How is Scrooge's London similar to a dystopian society at the start of the novella?
6. Complete this sentence: "The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge a future that is dystopian because ________________"

🛑 Break Time: Take 2 minutes to look away from your work

✍️ Part 3: Creative Dystopian Writing (15 minutes)

Writing Prompt: Create a short dystopian scene (100-150 words) where a character discovers something that gives them hope.

Success Criteria:

• Use at least TWO dystopian language techniques (oppressive imagery, control vocabulary, bleak setting)

• Include a moment of hope or rebellion

• Show, don't tell - use descriptive language

7. Plan your scene: What will your character discover?
8. Write your dystopian scene below:
9. Reflection: Which dystopian language techniques did you use and why?

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