Utopia/Dystopia TWR Practice

Directions: Identify whether the following is a run-on sentence. If it is, select the best revision.

1. Fact: In George Orwell’s 1984, citizens live under constant surveillance they cannot escape the watchful eye of Big Brother.

• Correct as written

• Add a semicolon between “surveillance” and “they”

• Add a period between “surveillance” and “they”

• Add a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) after “surveillance”

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Directions: Identify whether the following is a run-on sentence. If it is, select the best revision.

Fact: Lois Lowry’s The Giver describes a community without war or pain it is also a society without choice or individuality.

• Correct as written

• Insert a comma and “because”

• Separate into two sentences

• Insert a semicolon

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Directions: Identify whether the following is a run-on sentence. If it is, select the best revision.

Fact: Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the first works to describe an ideal society it critiques the problems of 16th-century Europe.

• Correct as written

• Add “while” after “society”

• Insert a period after “society”

• Both B and C are correct revisions

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Aldous Huxley, (a)   ​ , warned of a world where people are controlled through pleasure rather than fear.

• the reluctant heroine of The Hunger Games
• the author of Brave New World
• a visionary American writer

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Katniss Everdeen,​​ (a)   , becomes a symbol of resistance.

• the reluctant heroine of The Hunger Games
• the author of Brave New World
• a visionary American writer

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Ray Bradbury, ​ (a)   , used dystopian fiction like Fahrenheit 451 to critique censorship.

• a visionary American writer
• the reluctant heroine of The Hunger Games
• the author of Brave New World

Directions: Match the subordinating conjunction to the sentence where it best fits.

• although

• The community in The Giver removes pain and suffering, ________ it also eliminates individuality.

• since

• Brave New World depicts a society obsessed with technology, ________ Huxley worried about its growing influence.

• because

• Dystopian societies often appear perfect at first glance, ________ they usually hide deep oppression.

• while

• Many utopian novels were written during the Renaissance, ________ thinkers imagined how society might be improved.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Directions: Read each topic sentence and choose the best answer that explains whether it is effective or not.

Topic Sentence: A dystopia, a society marked by suffering and oppression, often warns readers about the dangers of unchecked power.

• Good – It includes an appositive and clearly introduces the main idea.

• Poor – It is too vague and does not relate to dystopian literature.

• Poor – It uses informal language.

• Poor – It is a fragment and not a complete sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Directions: Read each topic sentence and choose the best answer that explains whether it is effective or not.

Topic Sentence: Utopias are cool and stuff and I think they have some good ideas that people should follow.

• Good – It has a strong tone and captures attention.

• Poor – It is too casual and does not present a clear, academic idea.

• Poor – It contains an appositive used incorrectly.

• Good – It uses “I think,” which makes it formal.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Directions: Read each topic sentence and choose the best answer that explains whether it is effective or not.

Topic Sentence: Although utopias seem perfect, authors often use them to reveal hidden flaws in human nature.

• Good – It begins with a subordinating conjunction and sets up a clear, arguable point.

• Poor – It repeats the same idea without adding new information.

• Poor – It is a run-on sentence.

• Poor – It does not mention utopias.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2