Class Stuff
This friendly dinosaur, known for eating enemies, was the Halloween costume of your English teacher.
Who is Yoshi?
This character asks Montag if he is happy.
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
This machine is used to save Mildred after her overdose.
What is the mechanical stomach (or blood-cleaning machine)?
In Fahrenheit 451, the image of the sieve and sand is a metaphor for this struggle.
What is Montag’s inability to retain knowledge?
In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury exaggerates wall-sized televisions and “parlor families” to criticize society’s obsession with mindless entertainment. This literary technique is called what?
What is a satire?
This 90-minute, student-led discussion was meant to build academic conversation skills, even if some students were more engaged than others.
What is a Socratic seminar?
This event shocks Montag and pushes him toward questioning his job.
What is the old woman choosing to burn with her books?
Beatty argues books became dangerous because they made people feel this.
What is inferior (or offended / uncomfortable)?
In Fahrenheit 451, when Montag describes books as “loaded guns in the house next door,” Bradbury is using this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
In Fahrenheit 451, the Mechanical Hound is described as something that “slept but did not sleep.” This seemingly contradictory statement is an example of what literary device?
What is a paradox?
This computer-based test tracks your reading progress and sometimes pulls you from class if you haven’t finished it yet.
What is iReady?
Beatty says firemen are the “custodians” of this.
What is peace of mind?
Montag steals this object during the old woman’s burning.
What is a bible?
The society believes burning books keeps people happy and safe, yet it actually makes them empty and disconnected. This contradiction is an example of what?
What is irony?
The literary device used in the line: “They give you water and tell you it’s wine.”
What is a metaphor?
This trio of texts challenges readers to consider whether conformity, fear, and sacrifice are necessary for social order.
What is The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Lord of the Flies, and Fahrenheit 451?
This object symbolizes Montag’s struggle to retain knowledge.
What is the sieve?
Beatty quotes literature while doing this casual activity.
What is playing cards?
In Fahrenheit 451, the section where we meet Montag, learn that firemen burn books, and see the society he lives in is called what part of the plot?
What is the exposition?
This literary element refers to the central message or big idea about censorship, knowledge, and society that runs throughout Fahrenheit 451.
What is the theme?
When students identify the deeper universal message about conformity, control, and human behavior that connects The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Lord of the Flies, and Fahrenheit 451, they are identifying what?
What is the theme?
This character secretly kept a book of poetry.
Who is Faber?
Clarisse explains that people drive so fast they cannot see short advertisements anymore.
What is the reason billboards were stretched along the highways?
When Montag tries to remember lines from the Bible while escaping the city, Bradbury includes references to real scripture to deepen the theme. This technique is called what?
What is the literary term allusion?
When Montag describes the books falling “like pigeons,” Bradbury is using this figure of speech.
What is a simile?