Below the bridge was a dull grey mass of water. On the bridge itself, there marched guards in break-step. Inside the factory, men and women slaved away, feeding hungry furnaces. Out of the towering chimneys, columns of smoke spiral into the sky.

The building, towering above the pedestrians was perturbing.

Clauses: The street was empty, The street was littered, The buildings are big, The sidewalk is narrow.

The man walks slowly, The man is dressed formally, The man is looking to the right, The man is NOT wearing a hat.

The street which is completely empty, is littered with rubbish

The sidewalk which was narrow,

The man, that was dressed formally, walked slowly.

The man, who was looking to the right, is NOT wearing a hat.

Relative Clauses: A swarm of helicopters cast a million shadows on the modern fortress.

A deluge of dregs, (which) sputtered from the castle’s base out of it’s many sewage outlets, left the water below grey and rotting.

The river was run dry

Big ben was discouloured but still structurely sound.

The sky was stormy

After the sky was stormy, big ben was discoloured but still structurely sound.

before the sky was stormy, the river was dry

Dystopia writing:

1. Grammar Effects
2. Be decisive about viewpoint
3. Use known language effects

• Pathetic Fallacy
• Neologism
• Semantic Field – Diction
• Port Manteau

4. Foreshadowing

5. Anti Hero

6. Symbolism

7. Prevalence of Technology