The City Planners Revision

Question 1

Who wrote The City Planners?

Answer 1

Margaret Atwood

Question 2

What are the three main ideas in the Planners?

Answer 2

1. Control
2. Willful ignorance
3. Dystopian view of the future

Question 3

What are two poetic techniques used in The Planners with examples?

Answer 3

Sibilance - “same slant” “smell of spilled oil”
Semantic field - Snake “plastic hose…vicious coil”