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Literary Devices
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Fahrenheit 451
Vocabulary/Literary Devices
Fahrenheit 451
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4. "That was the easiest question in the world." is an example of a/an
What is an example of hyperbole
100
become involved in an argument or go through the motions of fighting
What is the definition of spar?
100
1. Montag takes great pleasure in burning Mildred's cosmetic chest because it likely reminds him of her
artificiality
100
Careful with money
What is frugal
100
This is the man that leads the group that Montag joins up with at the end of the novel?
What is Granger?
200
A "victim of Cupid's arrow"
What is an example of a mythological allusion?
200
excessive confidence
What is the definition of cocksure?
200
He thinks books are worthless but he is well-read
Why is Beatty a contradiction?
200
highly injurious or destructive
What is pernicious?
200
This is where literature is being preserved
In scholars' minds
300
If you said "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of "The Lord is a loving shepherd."
What is an example of a spoonerism?
300
witty
What is the word that is definition as being clever in a humorous way?
300
Montag preserved this literature
What is the Book of Ecclesiastes?
300
succumb
What is to give up or give in or give up; fail to resist
300
Dark and ironic is the word you would use to describe this attitude of the author toward's his subject matter
What is his tone?
400
6. "When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave."
What is an example of alliteration?
400
Amoral
What is the word that is defined by the definition "lacking the ability to tell right from wrong" ?
400
Some deaths are necessary to spark action for the sake of freethinking.
What is the meaning of the quote the old women spoke as she was burned with her books?
400
enraptured
What is to give intense pleasure or joy to
400
This is an event that happens at the end of the novel that implys media coverage of live events is not always accurate
Montag's "death"
500
"The light of the fire is a sight"
What is an example of assonance?
500
aspersions
What is the word that is defined by the definition "an attack on someone's reputation or integrity" ?
500
A struggle to understand knowledge and individuality
What is Montag's internal conflict?
500
Geometry is pointless is this literary device
What is a pun?
500
This is why Beatty reacts unusually to the alarm during the poker game
He knows the alarm is about Montag so there is no reason to rush