Fahrenheit 451 Exam Review PDF

Fahrenheit 451 Exam Review Woot!  Fahrenheit 451 Written by Ray Bradbury Published in 1953 Genre: science fiction, dystopian fiction Title comes from “temperature at which book pages burn” Bradbury said he wrote in response to threat of book burning in the US ○...

Fahrenheit 451 Exam Review Woot!  Fahrenheit 451 Written by Ray Bradbury Published in 1953 Genre: science fiction, dystopian fiction Title comes from “temperature at which book pages burn” Bradbury said he wrote in response to threat of book burning in the US ○ Later states that it is commentary on how mass media decreases interest in reading literature  Ray Bradbury Lived August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012 American author and screenwriter Covered many genres including science fiction, horror, fantasy, and mystery Wrote all types of literature: plays, screenplays, short stories, novels, non-fiction, essays, etc. Science Fiction? Science Fiction Content is imaginative but based in science. Relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plot-lines, setting it apart from fantasy Often about science and technology of the future Often set in future, space, different world, or different universe/dimension Utopia vs. Dystopia Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopian Literature Offers vision of future Explores the dangerous effects of political and social structures on humanity’s future Makes a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system through an exaggerated worst-case scenario Dystopian Topics Government control Environmental destruction Technological control Survival Loss of individualism Close Reading What is it? Interaction with the text to better comprehend it Tool to help you focus on your reading Close Reading Annotations: Why are they helpful? Makes reading focused and meaningful – physical, dynamic interaction with text Allows reader to see writer’s decisions Resource for later – easily find sections since you’re looking at your own thinking (helpful for Socratics!) Close Reading What makes annotation productive? Annotating with PURPOSE ○ If you’re looking for specific aspects of the text, the annotations become more meaningful Labeling your underlines/highlights ○ If you’re underlining/highlighting something, label it. Escapism habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine What comes to mind when you think of fire? Controlled Burning As you watch the video, add the concepts from the video to your word web using a new pen color. Destructive Burning vs. Regenerative Burning What’s the difference (in method, outcome, etc.)? Opinions about both? Literary Devices Why are they important? Why do we identify them? Helps us see more than just plot Makes reading/writing more advanced Allows us to understand author’s choice Imagery What is it? Words and phrases used to create “mental images” for the reader. What does it do? Helps the reader to visualize more realistically the author’s writings through the 5 senses Conformity behavior that follows the usual standards that are expected by a group or society Yes Maybe No The government should decide which information the public is or is not exposed to (ex. through media, music, literature, etc.). Yes Maybe No Some books have inappropriate content and should be destroyed. Yes Maybe No If it is against the law, you should not do it under any circumstances. Yes Maybe No People who follow society’s rules and laws are better than those who break them. Yes Maybe No If people were not allowed to read what they want to read, society would be in danger. Censorship “the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security” How does Montag think about burning books before vs. after meeting Clarisse and the burning lady? Before meeting After meeting Clarisse and the Cause Clarisse and the Burning Lady Burning Lady Benjamin Franklin Allusion a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar Martyr a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle Characterization Direct or explicit characterization Direct approach towards building the character Uses another character, narrator, or the protagonist himself to tell the readers or audience about the subject Characterization Indirect or implicit characterization More subtle way of introducing the character to the audience Audience has to deduce for themselves the characteristics of the character by observing his/her thought process, behavior, speech, way of talking, appearance, and manner of communication with other characters, as well as by discerning the response of other characters. Tech How does technology affect our lives? Tech How does technology affect our characters? Does technology aid or inhibit critical thinking? Beatty vs. Faber Discuss the answers to the following questions: What is Beatty’s argument about why books need to be banned in Part I? What is Faber’s argument for books in Part II? Why are books no longer read? Why do people no longer read books? Beatty’s reasonings: 1. We now have new forms of media to take up our attention. 2. Books cause controversy. 3. They’re fiction, about nonexistent people. 4. If they’re not fiction, they’re full of contrasting opinions which make people lost. Why are books important? Why do people read books? Faber’s reasonings: 1. “Quality of information" 2. “Leisure to digest it” Conclusion? 3. “Right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two” Dover Beach Background Why This Poem? Why is it relevant to this book? Why do you think this poem was selected specifically? What do you think this poem adds to this specific moment? Why does Mrs. Phelps cry? Why does Montag believe that he has made the women unhappy? Guy Montag Out of all the characters, has Montag change the most? Why or why not? Is Part II where he has changed the most? In what way? Mildred What is Mildred’s role in the novel? What does her character add to the meaning/focus of the novel? Faber Is he brave? Why or why not? Book Club Ladies: (Mrs. Phelps & Bowles) Are they catalysts for action? Or are they more filler characters for the plot? Beatty Is he a bad guy/villain? How or why/why not? The Widening Circle me, friends and family, society, nature, future generations Thoughts Is reality tv less than reality? OJ Simpson and Fahrenheit 451 We will watch two videos. First video: Just watch. Second video: Make note on the handout of instances that remind you of scenes from Fahrenheit 451. OJ Simpson Chase Group Share What connections did you see between the OJ Simpson chase scene and Fahrenheit 451? Is reality tv really reality? How does reality tv connect to dystopia? Deep Reading of Quote “The sun burnt every day. It burnt Time. The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him. So if he burnt things with the firemen and the sun burnt Time, that meant that everything burnt. One of them had to stop burning. The sun wouldn’t, certainly. So it looked as if it had to be Montag and the people he had worked with until a few short hours ago. Somewhere the saving and putting away had to begin again and someone had to do the saving and keeping, one way or another, in books, in records, in people’s heads, any way at all so long as it was safe, free from moths, silverfish, rust and dry-rot, and men with matches. The world was full of burning of all types and sizes. Now the guild of the asbestos weaver must open shop very soon.”(134) Read and annotate with a partner. Human Book Jacket Activity In a 2009 introduction to a graphic novel representation of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury concluded with the following suggestion: "Finally, may I suggest that anyone reading this introduction should take the time to name the one book that he or she would most want to memorize and protect from any censors or "firemen." And not only name the book, but give the reasons why they would wish to memorize it and why it would be a valuable asset to be recited and remembered in the future." Allusions Research Research the famous figure or text that you are assigned. If you have been assigned a famous figure, include the following information: Occupation Time period and country that this person lived in Short description of what they were famous for If you have been assigned a famous text, include the following information: Writer Publication date and country Short summary of the text Human Book Jacket 1. Why is your person/text’s ideas/legacy important to remember? 2. Answer the question above with another person/text you learned about. Scapegoat A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others Phoenix "There was a silly damn bird called a Phoenix back before Christ: every few hundred years he built a pyre and burned himself up. He must have been first cousin to Man. But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again. And it looks like we're doing the same thing, over and over, but we've got one damn thing the Phoenix never had. We know the damn silly thing we just did. We know all the damn silly things we've done for a thousand years, and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it, some day we'll stop making the funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them. We pick up a few more people that remember, every generation." Structure of Exam MCQ and SAQ: closed book ○ definitions of terms and application of terms to novel Paragraph writing: open book ○ one of the discussion questions/writing prompts covered in class Paragraph Writing Rubric Materials to Review in Addition to PPT Fahrenheit 451 Allusions research “Dover Beach” Technology writing Technology ID