Fahrenheit 451-1
What event in part 1 is considered an “inciting incident” in the progression of the plot in this novel?
When Clarisse asks Montag, "Are you happy?"
An object that stands for another object, person, or idea.
Symbol
Simile
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What type of figurative language is being used in the italicized text below:
Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it.
Metaphor
What two observations does Clarisse make about the way that Montag speaks?
That he doesn’t think before he answers and laughs when nothing is funny.
What animal is Montag afraid of?
The mechanical hound
An indirect reference to a figure, historical event, the Bible, or other literature.
Allusion
Tone
The attitude the author takes toward the subject they are writing about.
What type of figurative language is present in the italicized words below?
Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn them to ashes, then burn the ashes
Allusion
Name one of things that the McClellans do to be classified as “peculiar"?
Talk to each other, leave the lights on in their house, or walk around.
What room in Guy and Mildred’s house does this quote describe?
“It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon has set.”
Their bedroom
A non-human object is given human characteristics
Personification
Motif
An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.
What type of figurative language is being used in the italicized words below?
Montag felt his heart jump and jump.
personification
Which of the following characters was hit by a car during Part 1?
Clarisse
What was Ray Bradbury’s main purpose for writing Fahrenheit 451?
To warn people about a future without books and humans being completely reliant on technology
Sound words
Onomatopoeia
Mood
The feeling a reader gets or the general atmosphere of a literary work.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following: “How like a mirror too, her face.”
Simile
At the end of the first time they met, Clarisse asked Montag a question that made him start rethinking his life. What was that question?
Are you happy?
Who does the following quote describe?
“Above all, their laughter was relaxed and hearty and not forced in any way, coming from the house that was so brightly lit this late at night while all the other houses were kept to themselves in darkness.”
The McClellans
Exaggerating to make a particular point
Hyperbole
Sensory Imagery
Imagery that appeals to the five senses
What type of figurative language is being used in the following italicized words: “Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything BANG, BOFF, and WOW!”
Onomatopoeia
True or false: Clarisse causes Montag to recall a childhood memory in which his house had lost power, and he sat in the dark with his mom by the light of one candle.