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character quotes
figurative language defined
figurative language examples
symbols/
representations
About RB
100
"If we had a fourth wll, why it'd be just like this room wasn't ours at all, but all kinds of exotic people's rooms"
Who is Mildred
100
define metaphor
What is comparison between two dissimilar things (without using like or as)
100
"The train radio vomited upon Montag"
What is personification
100
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What is the temperature at which paper burns
100
Books are of what importance to society (and therefore why they should not be burned) according to Bradbury?
What is learn from history, keep from making same mistakes
200
"We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal"
Who is Beatty
200
define symbol
What is an object or idea that stands for or represents something else
200
"She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock"
What is simile
200
phoenix
What is rebirth
200
one of the problems with overpopulation is symbolized in which event in the book (occurs early)?
What is Mildred's suicide
300
"I can sit comfortably home, warming my frightened bones, and hear and analyze the firemen's world, find its weaknesses, without danger"
Who is Faber
300
concrete sensory details
What is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses
300
"But Montag did not move and only stood thinking of the ventilator grille in the hall at home and what lay hidden behind the grille"
what is foreshadowing
300
representative of typical person in society
What is Mildred
300
Mildred represents what problem(s) with the overuse of technology?
What is passivity--doesn't use her brain anymore (plus dependence; inauthentic experiences and emotions;
400
"We're book burners too. We read the books and burnt them, afraid they'd be found"
Who is Granger
400
define personification
What is giving human attributes to non-living things
400
"He imagined thousand on thousand of faces peering into yards, into alleys, and into sky, faces hid by curtains, pale, night-frightened faces, faces with gray colorless eyes, gray tongues, and gray thoughts looking out through numb flesh of the face"
What is sense imagery
400
define foil
What is secondary character used primarily to highlight protagonist's character; often provokes or challenges character in order to reveal self/contrast
400
When Bradbury says "there is more than one way to burn a book, and the world is full of people...with matches) he means what?
What is censorship is like a lit match; not reading is like a lit match
500
"I don't want to change sides and just be told what to do. There's no reason to change if I do that"
Who is Montag
500
define foreshadowing
What is the use of clues or hints to indicate things that will happen later
500
"His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb" (2)
What is simile and foreshadowing
500
Granger wants to build what first and why?
What is a mirror factory why: ( )
500
There are at least two parts of the book where Bradbury is clearly lecturing to the reader. What are they and what does each part say?
What is Beatty's speech: Bradbury's criticisms of censorship; illiteracy; dependence on media; political correctness Faber's explanation of what's gone wrong and what's needed in society (quality, time, rights)