Vocabulary
You hear the jingle of the ice cream truck every day at 3PM. Is this a “motive” or a “motif” in your life?
motif
What does STEAL stand for as it applies to indirect characterization?
Speech
Thoughts
Effect on others
Actions
Looks
True or False: Antigone, Fahrenheit 451, & We Are Not Free all portray an individual’s conflict with their society.
True
What creature symbolizes the evils of technology in F451?
The Hound
What is "WLA"?
word level analysis
Define “pungent”
Stinging, biting; especially strong
“The smell of the river was cool and like a solid rain.”
Metaphor or Simile?
Simile
Which character takes the boldest stand against their society? Argue your choice!
Antigone
Montag
Frankie
Arguments for Antigone or Montag would be accepted..depending on strength!
What are three symbols in We Are Not Free?
Any combination of the following: blonde wig, Silvertone radio, origami cranes, butterfly knife, American flag, piano, etc.
At the end of Fahrenheit 451, what does the phoenix symbolize?
Re-birth, the opportunity for their society to start fresh
Tiresias is best described as a ___ character.
A) Concise
B) Pungent
C) Incisive
C) Incisive
Explain using specific pieces of imagery, how Mildred OR Clarisse are described.
Answers will vary...
In what ways are Montag and Minnow outsiders?
Answers will vary
Name the three characters who have died by the end of Antigone.
Haemon, Antigone, Eurydice
Which three rhetorical appeals did we study in connection to Antigone?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
What is an antonym for “provincial”?
Sophisticated
“Miss Jenkins is sobbing as we walk back to the curb. It’s fully dark now, the sky a sort of mulberry purple” is an example of what literary device?
Pathetic fallacy
The characters in Antigone make appeals to ethos, pathos, & logos. Provide one example of a character in F451 or WANF who makes an appeal to ethos, pathos, OR logos.
Answers will vary
Which character experiences a racist encounter with an ice cream clerk after their softball game?
Yuki
Use the word “impetuous” in a sentence to describe the character of your choice.
Answers will vary...
Example: Antigone acts impetuously throughout Antigone.
Example: Montag acts impetuously when he kills Beatty.
What is a synonym for “obviate”?
Prevent
Name a character foil to Antigone, and which trait that character brings out in her.
Ismene - rebelliousness, heroism, conforming to gender norms
Identify a theme that connects Antigone, F451, and WANF. Explain!
Answers will vary
What metaphor does Haemon use in an attempt to coerce his father, Creon, to lighten Antigone’s punishment?
A ship (sailboat) at sea or a tree in a storm
Name one allusion in We Are Not Free.