Farenhiet Test 1 Flashcards

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Inculcate

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Implant by repeated statement or reprimand/punishment

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Dissident

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Someone who goes against the government or those in power

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Surveillance

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Monitoring of actions or behaviors

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Panopticon

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An area where everything is visible or able to be monitored

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Heresy

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Belief or opinion contrary to the accepted policy

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Allusion

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Reference to another literary work, film art etc.

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Epiphany

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A sudden realization

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Foil

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A character who is opposite of another character in at least one way

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Empathy

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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

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Introspection

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The examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes

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Critical thinking

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A way of analyzing a claim to decide wether it is true or partially true

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Liberal arts college

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A collage with an emphasis on non-professional non technical non vocational disciplines in which students were exposed to a wide range of academic subjects

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Confidante

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A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat to others

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Stream of consciousness

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A narrative that features the thoughts as they play out and flow continuously in a characters head

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Mentor

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An experienced and trusted advisor

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Scapegoat

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A person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done

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Omnipotence

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State of being all powerful

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Omnipresence

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State of being everywhere at once

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Omniscience

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State of being all-knowing

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Genre

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The type of book something is

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Science fiction

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A type of book that is unrealistic, made up

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First amendment

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Government shall make no law
1Declaring official religion
  Can't prohibit practice of religion
2Freedom of speech 
3Freedom of press publishing
4Freedom to protest and assemble
5Freedom to argue laws/seek change from government
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Intellectual freedom

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The right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction

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Censorship

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Removing altering or destroying various forms of expression or removing limiting access to them

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Constitutive

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An alternative does not even occur to us; we do things the way we’ve been brought up to do them

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Regulative

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We were told not to say/think/do certain things; laws keep us in line

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Market

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Products/companies that aren’t popular die out

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Self censorship

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We control/stop ourselves from/saying/thinking/doing

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Tag name

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Symbolic name
Montag = stationary company
Faber = pencil company