General Knowledge
This first-person genre covers a specific event or period in someone's life.
Memoir
What are the small radio devices that many individuals in Montag’s society, including Mildred, wear in their ears?
Seashells
This character is Montag's wife; she overdoses on sleeping pills early on in the novel.
Mildred
___________________ is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
"Are you happy?" (7).
Clarisse
__________ is the use of persuasive language. It is prevalent in MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Rhetoric
What does Mildred want Montag to purchase for $2,000?
A fourth TV wall
This character is the leader of the fire brigade and Montag’s boss at the fire station
Captain Beatty
What literary device is found in the following quote? “It’s fine work. Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn em’ to ashes” (6).
Alliteration
"We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had the special machines built" (13).
The Operator
Our English essays should always begin with a...
Hook
What is Clarisse doing when Montag sees her outside?
Catching raindrops in her mouth
What makes Clarisse different from those in her society?
She is curious; she cares about nature; she asks "why" instead of "how"
Define Cacophony
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
“It’s fine work. Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn em’ to ashes, then burn the ashes. That’s our official slogan” (6).
Captain Beatty
In MLA, short stories should always be in ___________, while novels and long-form texts should always be ___________
Quotations; italicized
How does Clarisse reportedly die?
She is hit by a car
What is unique about the woman who burns with her books?
She started the fire herself
Stolid means
(of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
“They write the script with one part missing. It’s a new idea. The homemaker, that’s me, is the missing part” (17).
Mildred
False. You should try to avoid using words like "I," "you," "us," and "we."
How many days pass before Mildred tells Montag of Clarisse's death?
Four
Which character received a ticket for being a pedestrian?
Clarisse's Uncle
What device is used in the following example: “The last few nights he had the most uncertain feelings about the sidewalk just around the corner here, moving in the starlight toward his house”? (A) Simile; (B) Irony; (C) Suspense; (D) Characterization
(D) Suspense
"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house" (48).
Montag