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Worksheets for Fahrenheit 451
In your notebooks, identify the following characters(pg. 4-40)Write two to
three complete sentences, in your own words, for each character.
1. Montag:
2. Clarisse:
3. Mildred:
4. Beatty:
5. Stoneman:
6. Black:
Define the following words in context:
7.
"How like a mirror, too, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know who refracted your own light to you?"(11)
8.
"The object he had sent tumbling with his foot now glinted under the edge of his own bed.'' (13)
9.
A simile is a comparison between two seemingly unrelated things using the words like or as. For example: "He wore his happiness like a mask...(12). His happiness is being compared to a mask, as if it were hiding his real feelings. Locate other similes on the following pages:
11, 13, 37.
10. A metaphor is a more direct way of comparing two seemingly unrelated things without using like or as. For example, when Stevie Wonder sings," You are the sunshine of my life",
he is directly comparing the importance of someone in his life with the warmth and brightness of the sun. Locate other metaphors on the following pages:
7, 13
11. What is the significance of the
references to the ventilator grille on pages 10, 27, and 34?
12. Irony is used in writing to show the opposite of what the speaker really means, or to illustrate a situation that seems strange or
unexpected. Locate examples of the use of Irony on the following pages:
8, 9(2 examples)
Worksheet 3
Fahrenheit 451, pgs. 111-179
In groups, use your books and help each other answer the
following. Write your responses in your notebooks.
1. Name or identify as many characters as you can. Write two to three complete sentences about each character.
2.
In order, list the events in the book as they are revealed to you. Include the page numbers as you locate them.
3. What is the "real beauty" about fire according to Beatty?
4. What are the "seven veils of unreality" on page 142.
5. What is the "Phoenix" Granger referred to?
6. Where did Montag remember meeting Mildred?
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