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Why is dystopia so appealing to young adults?
By: Moira Young

(1) A love of dystopian fiction has been kicked off by the jaw-dropping success of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy, set in a post-apocalyptic North America. (2) What is it that attracts teenage readers to dystopian fiction.

(3) Teenagers like to read dystopian fiction while it's exciting. (4) It all comes down to the story. (5) The story comes first. (6) The setting, extraordinary though it may be, is of secondary importance.

(7) These are basically heroes' journeys. (8) They just happen to be set in an imagined future world. (9) The hero is just as likely to be female as male. (10) Something happens – an event, or a messenger arrives bearing news. (11) The teenage hero is thrown out of their normal life into the unknown. (12) They go into a world of darkness and danger, of allies and enemies, and begin a journey towards their own destiny that will change their world. (13) They will be tested, often to the very edge of death. (14) The stakes are high. (15) The adults are the bad guys; the children are the saviors. (16) Its far removed from the routine of everyday life.

(17) The outer journey of the characters is matched by an inner emotional journey. (18) These are no cartoon superheroes. (19) Like their teen readers, they have to deal with familiar concerns and problems, including friendship, family, betrayal, loss, love, and death.

(20) A new wave of dystopian fiction at this particular time shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. (21) Adults write books for teenagers. (22) There are adults who are worried about the way societys changing, and they are writing dystopian books.

(23) We create unforgiving and violent worlds. (24) These are gloomy stories but they are not hopeless. (25) Those of us who write for young people are reluctant to leave our readers without hope. (26) It wouldn't be right. (27) We always leave a candle burning in the darkness, and we write good stories. (28) That's why teenagers read them.

Question 1 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 2?

Question 1 options:

Change attracts to attract

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Change readers to reader's

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Question 2 (2 points)
The word while does not appropriately connect the two clauses in sentence 3. Which word should replace the word while?

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because

after

until

although

Question 3 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 16?

Question 3 options:

Change everyday to every day

Change Its to It's

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Make no change

Question 4 (2 points)
What change is needed in sentence 22?

Question 4 options:

Change society to society's

Delete the comma after changing

Change There to Their

Change adults to adult's

Question 5 (2 points)
What change, is any, is needed in sentence 24?

Question 5 options:

Insert a comma after stories

Change stories to story's

Change are to our

Make no change