Fahrenheit 451
"It was a pleasure to burn." This opening line reveals Montag’s job as what specific type of public official?
Fireman
The story takes place in a small town that is located very far from this governing city
The Capital
"Marcus had a jagged scar running from his left eye to his jaw". Is this an example of direct or indirect characterization?
Direct characterization
Using clues from the text plus your own background experience to make a logical conclusion is called making what?
An inference
What keeps the civilians in check in both Fahrenheit 451 and The Refusal?
The government
What medical emergency does Montag discover when his foot hits an empty crystal bottle on the floor?
Mildred's Overdose
What effect did the destruction, rebuilding, and overthrowing of dynasties in the capital have on the little town?
No effect at all
When an author reveals a character's traits through their speech, actions, or appearance without explicitly stating them, it is called this.
Indirect characterization
In a comparative essay comparing Fahrenheit 451 and Kafka's "The Refusal," what do we call details from the text used to support an argument?
Textual Evidence
In "The Refusal," the townspeople humbly submit to orders from a distant capital. What technology in F451 keeps citizens like Mildred submissive to their government?
Seashell radios
The two men who come to save Mildred are not doctors. What are their actual jobs/titles?
Handymen/machine operators
Even though several soldiers stand guard around the official, the narrator states that this many soldiers would actually be enough due to the villagers' fear.
A single soilder
Is describing the soldiers as "silent, serious, and rigid" an example of direct or indirect characterization?
Direct
Why do readers cite textual evidence when analyzing a story or poem?
Someone else can look back at a specific part of the text and understand their analysis/interpretation
Both texts depict a society where citizens do not ask questions. Who is the character in F451 who breaks this rule by asking "Why?" instead of "How?"
Clarisse McClellan
How does Mildred react the next morning when Montag tries to talk to her about the night before?
She denies it completely / thinks they had a party and she has a hangover
What is the ceremony that happens in the town?
Civilians are able to submit a petition to the tax collector
What trait of the townspeople is revealed by the fact that they never attempt political change over centuries?
Passivity, obedience, submissiveness, or fear
When analyzing fiction, what two elements of a text might a reader interpret using textual evidence?
Character actions, themes, central ideas, or cause-and-effect relationships
The soldiers in Kafka's story speak an "incomprehensible" dialect that creates a wall between them and the citizens. What creates an emotional wall between Montag and Mildred?
Technology, Mildred's denial.
Clarisse asks Montag a jarring 3-word question right before she runs into her house, leaving him alone in the dark. What is the question?
Are you happy?
The tax collector / colonel holds two bamboo poles, what do they represent?
He supports the law, and the law supports him
In story analysis, what term describes the main character that the narrative revolves around?
Protagonist
What essential reading skill involves understanding the literal meaning of a text before citing evidence to analyze it?
Comprehension
Both Kafka’s townspeople and the citizens in F451 seem trapped by routine. What explicit detail from pages 1–18 shows Montag breaking his routine for the first time?
Stopping to talk to a stranger (Clarisse) on his walk home instead of walking straight back