Burnin Up
Wrote F451
Who is Ray Bradbury?
The opposition of two or more forces
What is conflict?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
To spread or scatter freely or widely
What is to diffuse?
My teacher told me I could improve my report by removing _________ material.
What is superfluous?
Is unique and likes conversations
Who is Clarisse?
Occurs between a character and his own thoughts, emotions, or beliefs
What is internal conflict?
The use of an obvious over-exaggeration to emphasize a point or to be humorous
What is hyperbole?
To triumph over
What is to surmount?
The researchers found that constant fighting and ______ conduct was common among bull seals as they defend their territory against danger.
What is pugnacious?
Mildred wears these in her ears
What are seashells?
The recurring idea about the world that is found in a piece of literature
What is the theme?
The use of a word whose sound limits or suggests its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
A break, breach, or split
What is a rift?
I have been ________ of that tabloid newspaper ever since I read an article insisting that green men had just landed from Mars and taken over the government of the world.
What is skeptical?
Clarisse asks Montag a question that will make him think
What is, "Are you happy?"
The reader must infer character traits from the information shown by the author
What is indirect characterization?
Comparing two unlike things without using the connective words like, as, than, or resembles
What is a metaphor?
To seize and hold position by force or without the right
What is to usurp?
In the movie The African Queen, Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn find themselves trying to pull their boat out of a thick _______ that harbors not only mud but leeches.
What is mire?
451 represents
What is the temperature at which paper burns?
Literature that is written to persuade the reader to expouse the author's position on a significant issue of his or her time
What is propaganda?
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
What is personification?
When something is hard to do or requires much effort
What is arduous?
In his essay, "A Modest Proposal", Jonathan Swift uses irony, sarcasm, and mocking exaggeration to present a(n) portrait of the plight of the Irish people in the 1720s.
What is sardonic?