1. Please make sure you can define each of the following terms and use them in a sentence when appropriate.
Tone:
Imagery:
Diction:
Syntax:
Voice:
Simile:
Metaphor:
Personification:
Hyperbole:
Onomatopoeia:
Symbol:
Character:
Protagonist:
Antagonist:
Plot (Structure):
Exposition:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Internal Conflict
External Conflict
Falling Action:
Resolution:
Denouement:
Dialogue:
Monologue:
Flashback:
Foreshadowing:
Hypocrisy:
Setting:
Stream Of Consciousness:
Unreliable Narrator:
Narrator (1 st , 3 rd , omniscient)
Haiku:
Science Fiction:
Dystopia:
Utopia:
Foil:
Censorship:
Alienation:
Oppression:

2. You should be able to identify and use each of the following parts of speech in a sentence:
Noun: Preposition:
Adjective:
Verb:
Article:
Conjunction:
Adverb: Interjection:
3. You should know the difference between the following words: a. your / you’re e. were / where b. to / too / two f. than / then c. their / there / they’re g. weather / whether d. its / it’s h. through / threw
4. Types of Analysis: a.
Stylistic b.
Thematic c.
Argumentative
Make sure you can apply these three types of analysis to a text and clearly understand the difference between them.
5. Close Reading and Marking Up
Make sure you know how to do a close reading of a short story or novel and explain what you found significant about the passage you were reading.
6. You should be comfortable constructing a thesis in the X = Y because of A,
B, C, format, and have one prepared for your in class essay.

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 Consider the symbolism of fire in the novel. Explore passages where fire significantly factors into the story. How does Montag’s understanding of fire (and/or burning) change throughout the novel? At the end of the novel Granger looks at the fire and says, “phoenix.” (p. 163) How does fire capture both destruction and renewal?
 Mildred’s leisure makes her suicidal. Faber argues for the leisure of digesting information.
Beatty mocks how people “superorganize super-super sports.” (p. 57). What is wrong with the concept of leisure in Montag’s world? Does Bradbury succeed in establishing a new idea of leisure by the end of the novel? Why or why not?
 Does Montag kill Beatty out of self-defense or to preserve something lost? Has Montag avenged the deaths of Mrs. Hudson and Clarisse? Can Montag justify murder in defense of books? Finally, do the extreme circumstances of Montag’s world justify lawless behavior to preserve the freedom to read?
 As noted in the reader’s guide, Bradbury has suggested the story turns on the input from a teenager, Clarisse. Explore Clarisse’s character in detail, explaining her motivations and the values she represents. Why must Clarisse be killed or silenced?
 Near the novel’s end, Granger tells Montag “the most important single thing we had to pound into ourselves is that we were not important.” (p. 153) What does he mean? How does Granger’s statement reflect a major theme of the novel?
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Discuss the role of family in the characters’ lives, particularly in relation to the TV parlor
“families” and their nature and function.
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How does Faber define the value of books? Does his definition of “quality” apply to media other than printed books? Do you think his definitions are accurate or not? Explain.
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Describe Clarisse’s effect on Montag and her function in the novel. How and why does she change him? Why does she vanish from the novel?