Vocab I
If something benefits you by doing it (especially monetarily) it is...
Lucrative
to waste an opportunity or money
squander
to completely destroy
decimate
Who does Montag meet at the beginning of the story? (full name)
Clarisse McClellan
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When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread. After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together. After that, I enjoyed it while watching “Cops” on the TV. I swear, that was the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ever ate.
Sequence / Chronological
When someone brings up something random and off topic to the discussion, it is...
arbitrary
to give an example of...
to be an expert on something
connoisseur
What does the mechanical hound look like, and what does it do?
A. It is actually a large metal truck; it drives the firemen to houses so they can burn them down.
B. It is a spider; it is the pet of everyone at the fire-station. It gives them courage.
C. It is spider-like with a mouth needle; it helps detect disobedience.
D. It is actually a metaphor for materialism and censorship in this story.
C.
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All matter, all things can be changed in two ways: chemically and physically. Both chemical and physical changes affect the state of matter. Physical changes are those that do not change the make-up or identity of the matter. For example, clay will bend or flatten if squeezed, but it will still be clay. Changing the shape of clay is a physical change, and does not change the matter’s identity. Chemical changes turn the matter into a new kind of matter with different properties. For example, when paper is burnt, it becomes ash and will never be paper again. The difference between them is that physical changes are temporary or only last for a little while, and chemical changes are permanent, which means they last forever. Physical and chemical changes both affect the state of matter.
Compare and Contrast
a sickly, yellowish skin color is...
sallow
feeling like you want to turn away from something
aversion
to have a lack of enthusiasm for something
apathetic
What item does Clarisse use to tell if Montag is in love?
A dandelion
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The Cretaceous Period was filled with dangerous predators, but two of the most feared hunters were the tyrannosaurs rex and the velociraptor. The tyrannosaurs rex was one of the largest carnivores to ever walk the Earth. He was 20 feet tall and weighed seven tons. His jaws could crush down with 3,000 lbs. of force, enough to smash the bones of his prey. The velociraptor was very small compared to rex. Raptors only stood three feet tall and were seven feet long, weighing merely 35 pounds. But the velociraptor was fast. Scientists think that raptors could run 24 miles per hour and turn on a dime. Both dinosaurs used their jaws to kill prey, but the raptor had a secret weapon: a retractable toe claw that he pulled out like a knife to slash at his prey. Both dinosaurs had eyes on the front of their heads, which helped them track prey. If these two dinosaurs had fought, it would be difficult to say which would win; however since raptors died over ten million years before the first tyrannosaurs was born, scientists don’t believe such a fight ever occurred.
When someone is empty-minded, he / she is...
vacuous
accost
someone who is aggressively opinionated
obstinate / dogmatic
What is Montag's excuse for not going to work?
He is sick.
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There are many theories about why the dinosaurs vanished from the planet. One theory that many people believe is that a gigantic meteorite smashed into the Earth. Scientists believe that the meteorite was very big and that the impact may have produced a large dust cloud that covered the Earth for many years. The dust cloud may have caused plants to not receive sunlight and the large plant eaters, or herbivores, may have died off, followed by the large meat eaters, or carnivores. This theory may or may not be true, but it is one explanation as to why these giant reptiles no longer inhabit the Earth.
Cause and Effect
When you escape and sneak away
abscond
When something contradicts
paradox
to place something side by side for analysis
juxtapose
"He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back." - What figurative language is used here?
Simile
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It’s important to think critically about the information that you receive, or else you may be led astray. For example, the brontosaurus is a type of dinosaur that never really existed. Many people still believe in the brontosaurus today, but the “brontosaurus” is actually the body of an apatosaurus with the head of a camarasaurus. This concocted creature was made from two mismatched fossils. Had more people thought critically about these findings, analyzing the components that were presented, entire generations of school children may not have been misinformed; therefore, think critically about the information that people tell you, even if it’s information you find on a book or in a worksheet. Keep these problems in mind when conducting your studies.
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