feed Flashcards

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1
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finish the quote; “You don’t have the feed! You are the…

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…feed! You’re being eaten! You’re raised for food”

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finish the quote; “School™ is run by corporations…

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…it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds … they care about America’s future”

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finish the quote; “we went to the moon to have fun…

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but the moon turned out to completely suck”

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finish the quote; “her whole skin was cut up with these artificial lesions…

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…the cuts were like eyes”

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distinctive quality that allows Anderson’s voice to be heard (especially through Violet)

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authorial intrusion

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distinctive quality that shows the characters have a lack of strong vocabulary

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colloquial language

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distinctive quality; two different tones Anderson uses to depict his attitude throughout the novel

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dual tones - satirical and sombre

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distinctive quality that shows the characters cannot hold focus and often are interrupted by the feed

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short chapters

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distinctive quality; the characters are disrupted by the feed when in the middle of thoughts, conversations, etc.

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technological intrusion

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distinctive quality; slanted writing often depicting the words of the feed

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italics

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distinctive quality that shows the novel is set in later years

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futuristic setting

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distinctive quality; Titus narrates the book

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first-person narration

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distinctive quality; examples include; “your face is not an organ” and “the moon is in the house of boring”

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nonsensical chapter titles

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distinctive quality that shows Violet is slowly dying

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percentage chapter titles

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techniques of; “Marty got a Nike speech tattoo, it was pretty brag”

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allusion to corporations in the modern world and the world of feed and satirical tone

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technique of; “Stonewall Clogs” and “Watts Riot top”

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historical allusion

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techniques of; “You don’t have the feed! You are feed! You’re being eaten! You’re raised for food.”

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double entendre of the word feed and authorial intrusion

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techniques of; “I tore at my pants … I was naked. Completely naked.”

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metaphor and sombre tone

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technique of; “My mom had lost so much skin you could see her teeth even when her mouth was closed.”

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visual imagery

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techniques of; “School™ is run by corporations … it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds … they care about America’s future.”

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satirical tone and oxymoron