BELLRINGER
Prepare for your Timed Reading by:
1. Having a red pen
2. Having a colored pencil
3. Having a Timed Reading
4. Putting your proper heading on your Timed
Reading
You have 1 minute after the bell has rung to be
completely ready with YOUR DESK CLEAR.
READING STRATEGY MINI-LESSON #1
FINDING THE MAIN IDEA
The main idea of a text is what the story/passage is
mainly about. It is the BIG PICTURE of what happens in
the story.
We are going to be reading short passages and you
are going to help me discover what the MAIN IDEA is.
MAIN IDEA PASSAGES
• People often refer to taxes in terms of their being
much too high. In reality, they are probably even
higher than you think, because in addition to the
federal income tax we are now studying, there are
many other Federal, State, and local taxes,
including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state
income taxes, personal property taxes, real estate
taxes, and others. These are just some of the most
obvious ones.
MAIN IDEA PASSAGES
• The fact that electronic computers are now used for data
processing has led the general public to believe that it is
a mysterious, complicated science and that the
computers are giant brains. Both of these ideas are false.
A computer is basically just a high-speed adding
machine that performs the functions it is told to. If the
input data are varied even a little, the computer is
unable to operate until it is programmed to accept the
variations. The business operations it performs are
impressive only because of the extremely high speed of
manipulation, but most of these operations have been
used for decades. Unlike man, the computer performs
repetitive calculations without getting tired or bored.
MAIN IDEA PASSAGES
• The Louisiana Purchase proved to be one of the
shrewdest business pacts in the entire history of the
United States. The purchase doubled in the area of the
country and provided territory from which fourteen new
states were created either wholly or in part. It also gave
us control over the mouth of the Mississippi River and
opened up the way to foreign trade. Prior to the
purchase, the waterway had been blocked by the
Spanish, probably with the approval of Napoleon. The
land that was bought was rich in timber, minerals, and
natural resources of many kinds. Finally, the cost of the
transaction was unbelievably low; the total of $15 million
amounted to about four cents an acre.
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MOTIFS IN FAHRENHEIT 451
• Remember, a motif is a recurring structure, device,
or contrast that guides us towards deeper meaning,
or theme.
MOTIF #1: PARADOXES
• 1. Mildred being “alive” but not “alive”
• 2. Hound/ “Snake” being described in paradoxical ways
• 3. School not allowing independent thought
• 4. Clarisse being considered “antisocial”
• Leading us to the idea that: there is physically living and
spiritually dead. This society has everything flipped upside
down! Insubstantial and unreal vs. what is real and substantial
MOTIF #2: NATURE
• 1. Seashells are “bees humming” in Mildred’s ears
• 2. Machine that pumps Mildred’s stomach is a snake
• 3. The Hound isn’t a hound at all…it’s a vicious killing
machine!
Leading us to the idea that: the perversion of nature is
upsetting the natural order of life- everything is backwards!
Only destruction not construction in this society- which
obviously isn’t the way things are supposed to be!
A MORE CAREFUL READ OF PAGE 34…
• “We haven’t any books.”
“But if we did have some.”
“You got some?”
Beatty blinked slowly.
“No.” Montag gazed beyond them to the wall with the
typed lists of a million forbidden books. The names leapt in
the fire, burning down the years under his ax and his hose
which sprayed not water but kerosene. “No.” But in his
mind, a cool wind started up and blew out of the
ventillator grille at home…
Once upon a time…
FAHRENHEIT 451 LITERARY DEVICE
TRACKER
Page #
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Device
Hyperbole
Paradox
Simile
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Meaning
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1. Bradbury notes
2. Part 1 Reading Guide
3. Fahrenheit 451 Literary Devices Tracker
4. Study Guide Part 1
5. Part 1 Quiz
6. Part 2 Reading Guide (except 3rd period)
7. Study Guide Part 2
8. Part 2 Quiz
9. Part 3 Reading Guide