Prominent Characters
Firefighter, longing for a life apart from his everyday technological and rather fire-fueled life
Who is Guy Montag?
An expression or exaggeration, or to make a bigger deal out of something or someone i.e She was the best most sensational person in the world!
What is Hyperbole?
To Search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
What is rummaging?
‘A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.'”
Who is Captain Beatty, Fahrenheit 451?
What is the Cold War?
Taxi driver, desperate to make money enough for himself and his family to take a step up
Who is Walter?
the overall feeling a poem or book creates in a reader
What is mood?
A word meaning earnest and industrious effort, especially when sustained over a period of time.
What is an Endeavor?
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
A time from 1915-1919 when families of the post-antebellum south left for greener pastures, better jobs, and therefore fuller wallets in the north.
What is the Great Migration?
This man fought the law and he won, braving beatings and torture to reach freedom and became an advocate for his fellow oppressed man and woman
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Using an object to represent an idea
What is symbolism?
A word meaning to make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features
What is embellishing?
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.
Who is Elie Wiesel,Night?
This person was a British icon in literature, publishing famous plays from Romeo and Juliet to a Midsummer Night's Dream.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This man survived one of the most devastating events in world history, in which his father and 6 million others perished. However, through sheer will he survived to tell the tale we read a few months ago.
Who is Ellie Wiesel?
Two words that sound alike in a poem
What is a rhyme?
To possess a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture
What is sophisticated?
I don’t understand why you people are reacting this way. What do you think you are going to gain by moving into a neighborhood where you just aren’t wanted and where some elements – well – people can get awful worked up when they feel that their whole way of life and everything they’ve ever worked for is threatened.
Who is Mr.Linder, Raisin in the Sun?
Wrote Fahrenheit 451 and one of the finest Science Fiction writers of his time.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
These three characters were important in the time of the American revolution. One of them was "helpless" one was a rival turned friend turned killer, and one was the father of an army and a country. Who were all three?
The use of any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to create new meaning. There are two types of this concept:One means comparing something using like or as while the other drops the two words when comparing and uses symbolism instead.
What is figurative language and what are similie and metaphor?
A word meaning a close similarity, connection, or equivalence, also could refer to communication between two people.
What is a correspondence?
Dying is easy, living is harder
Who is George Washington, Hamilton?
A time in American History of injustice and slavery, this conflict lasted four years and would lead to the end of such abuse but the creation of Jim Crow.
What is the Civil War?