Fahrenheit 451 Test Flashcards
Perpetual
Continuous, ongoing
Aesthetic
Something that is pleasing to the eye
Anesthetized
Put to sleep, numb
Plummeting
Declining, falling
Quarry
Pit, mine
Objectively
Without personal feelings
Stationary
Not moving
Ricochet
To bounce off
Gingerly
Carefully, delicately, easily
Converge
Meet, join, unite
Simultaneously
Happening at the same time
Incriminate
To blame someone
Resolve
Determination
Convoluted
Complicated
Incessantly
Never stopping
What is a utopia?
A perfect society that has no problems
What is a dystopia?
A society in which it seems perfect on the outside but there are serious underlying problems
Metaphor
States something is another thing
Ex: she is a flower blowing in the wind
Simile
A comparison using like or as
Ex: he runs as fast as a cheetah
Personification
When an inanimate object is given human attributes
Ex: the wind howled
Onomatopeia
A word that imitates a sound
Ex: beep, ring ring ring, ding
Alliteration
When words that have the same first consonant sound are close together in a sentence
Ex: but a better butter makes a batter better
Allusion
A reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of significance
Ex: this place is like the garden of Eden
Oxymoron
When two opposites are joined
Ex: living death, cruel kindness
Hyperbole
An exaggeration
Ex: I’m dying of hunger
Idiom
An expression with a double meaning
Ex: she froze, get off my back, you hit the nail on the head, etc
Paradox
A contradiction
Ex: your enemy’s friend is your enemy, wise fool, this is the beginning of the end
What is a motif?
Reoccurring structures and literary devices that help develop the texts major themes
What are some motifs found on F421?
Paradoxes, animal and nature imagery, and religion
What does blood symbolize in the book?
Human being’s repressed soul or primal, instinctive self
What does the hearth and the salamander symbolize?
The hearth: a home
Salamander: the firemen
The hearth contains fire that heats a home and the salamander because of ancient beliefs that it is unaffected by flames
What does the sieve and the sand represent?
The sand is a symbol of the knowledge montage is trying to seek and the sieve is his mind; this metaphor is saying it’s impossible to grasp this knowledge
What does the Phoenix represent
The cyclical nature of history and montage spiritual resurrection
What do mirrors symbolize ?
Self understanding and seeing oneself clearly
What does denhams centrifuge symbolize?
Television entertainment and advertisements take away the intelligent and independent thoughts in a persons mind as if they were impurities, like denhams dental detergent takes away impurities on teeth
