Lit skills questions and answers

1. Choose a word from F451 that you didn't know or you found difficult. Discuss a strategy you used to interpret the meaning of the word.

refracted. I used the computer to look up the definintion of the word using dictionary.com, I found the word mean To deflect (light, for example) from a straight path by refraction. 

 

2. Choose two words from F451 made up of roots, prefixes or suffixes. Break down the word and define and discuss its component parts.

word: uncovered-exposed: not covered with clothing

prefix: Un-oposite 

roots: covered-to provide with a covering or cause

 
 

3. Discuss a difficulty you had in comprehending F451 and discuss a strategy you used to overcome that difficulty. How did you trouble shoot?

I had problem with the constant rambling of the author and the tranistions from each section of the pages.

4. Provide examples from F451 of each of the following elements of figurative language. Discuss what they are and how they are used. (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole)

 

5. Provide examples from F451 of each of the following literary devices. Discuss what they are and how they are used. (Foreshadowing, Idiom, Imagery, Alliteration, Monologue, Dialogue, Assonance, Analogy, Onomatopoeia, Mood, Tone)

 

6. How does foreshadowing play a role in the plot of F451? Provide examples.

 

7. Compare a character in F451 with a character from a different novel that you have read. Give specific examples from the text.

 

8. Based on F451, what inferences could you make about Bradbury’s point of view of society? Support your inference with two specific references to the novel.

 

9. Based on the information in F451, what inference could you make about what must have happened before the story began? Include one detail from the story in your answer.

 

10. What are two elements typical of a drama? Discuss whether F451 would be suitable for dramatization.

 

11. Give an example of imagery from F451 that creates a sense of peace and explain how it creates this feeling.

 

12. Give an example of imagery from F451 that creates a sense of fear and explain how it creates this feeling.

 

13. What truths about being human does F451 reveal? Support your answer with specific references to both texts.



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