English Freshman Year Winter Exam

Synesthesia

"an author's blending of human senses to describe an object.

Hyperbole

"statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.”

Oxymoron

Oxymoron="a ________ in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Stanza

"a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit ..

Personification

"the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form ..

Speaker

"the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction.

Omniscient

narrator allows reader access into more than one characters mind.

central idea

Theme- The lesson or message at the heart of a story.

Imagery

visually descriptive writing.

Paradox

"a seemingly absurd or over the top statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true ..

Conflicts

Often the story centers on a conflict that the major characters experience.

F451 setting

Futuristic Chicago

F451 type of society

self-oppressive/dystopian

F451 locations

* The city 
* Fire station
* The house 
* The river 
* The abandoned railroad

F451 time frame

after 2022- time of past war that’s given

F451 Clarisse

* Asks hard questions→makes the rest of society uncomfy
* clarisse=clear
* Kickstarts Montag’s development
* Asks him if he is happy

F541 Montag

* Fireman= burns books/ starts fires
* Begin→ he struggles/on the fence on what he chooses to believe in
* End > decides to rebuild society and has a love for books

F451 Beatty

* The physical embodiment of the societal norms

F451 Mechanical Hound

* Representation
*  of how twisted world is
* Kills-> no mercy
* Power of fear; Guy scared of hound

F451 Granger and other professors

1. Exhibits to guy how strong a love of books can be 


1. One of many who memorizes chapter/pgs from book
2. Lives in towns with other ppl with the corresponding books within their minds

F541 Mildred

1. Overdoses 
2. Ideal figure in society
3. Absent-minded
4. Obsessed with tv
5. Believes that the people in the TV are her family

F451 Faber

1. Old professor who’s friends with Montag 
2. Goes above and beyond to bring literature back to the world in Louisiana


1. Gives Montag his clothes in order to flee from the hounds olfactory sense   

F451 Elderly Lady

* Dies in Fire
* Pushes Montag even further starts forming his own questions
* Wants to be able to love something more than himself

How did she love something that much

F451 Introduction/Exposition

* He meets Clarisse 
* We see how different the society is 
* Get introduced to firemen 
* Mildred overdoses
* Lives in city    

F451 Complication/Initial Incident

* Guy meets Clarisse
* He opens up to her
* She opens his mind to societal problems

F451 Rising Action

* Sees a women burn w/ her books 
* Steals a book 2 read 
* Gets caught 
* Tries to start a rebellion 
* Has firemen burn his house for his book collection 

F451 Climax

* They find out he’s hiding books 
* Burns house

F451 Falling Action

* Guy runs away
* Is being chased by Mechanical Hound 
* Goes to Faber’s house
* Bomb is dropped on city 
* Runs away into hiding 
* Meets the professors

F451 Conclusion/Resolution

* He remembers verses from the bible 
* They go to rebuild the city

F451 Person vs. Self Conflicts

* Mildred=
* She overdoses to get away reality
* Delusional/ lives in la la land
* Guy= 
* Burns books/ wants to read them
* Wants to learn ab history

F451 Person vs. Person Conflicts

* Guy vs. Beatty
* Guy vs. the Hound 

F451 Person vs. Society

* Wants to be able to read and have full brain functions 
* Guy 
* Clarisse 
* Faber
* Society

F451 Person vs. Nature Conflict

* Guy vs. Fire 

F451 Themes

* Love 
* Fire 
* Hate 
* Water
* Renewal/ restart
* Life 

F451 Point of view

  Third person: “he,” “she,” “it,” “they”

                                                                    1.Limited omniscient– narrator only provides access into one character’s mind

WTEWD Setting

* Berkeley, California
* Topaz, Utah 
* Train

WTEWD Time Frame

spring of 1942- spring of 1946

WTEWD Boy

Boy: starts as naïve → steps into the male figure of the household

WTEWD Girl

Girl: starts out as sweet/helpful → becomes reckless, acts out

WTEWD Mom

* Mom: starts out as put together, traditional → begins losing herself/personality 

WTEWD Dad

* Dad: starts out as normal father figure → disappears and comes back as different, keeps to himself

WTEWD Introduction/Exposition

See’s the sign. Goes to Lundy’s Hardware → buys tools to pack up and kill White Dog, once at the house begins packing bags.

WTEWD *Complication/Initial Incident*

Executive order is put out

WTEWD Rising Action

 when the family is packing their suitcases, the mom kills their dog, they leave their house to go on a train to two different interment camps, then return home.

WTEWD Climax

when the dad returns

WTEWD Falling Action

when the family gets back into society but is being treated differently than before

WTEWD Resolution

when kids on the street begin calling out to them and society is growing closer to slightly accepting them back into their lives 

WTEWD Person vs. Person/Society

Being trapped in an interment camp

WTEWD Person vs. Nature

Living in a dry dessert and living at a horse race track

WTEWD Person vs. Self

Struggling to understand who others see them after coming back from the interment camp and wanting to change themselves to fit in

WTEWD Themes

Fear, war, struggle, love

WTEWD Point of View

   Third person omniscient

WTEWD Symbols

* Colors
* White
* Dust 
* Mustang/Horses
* Bird
* Fence 
* Tulip 
* Rose Bush 
* Absence of water
* Moon

TSLOB Setting

* South Carolina
* House 
* Tiburon, South Carolina 
* Boatwright house 
* Honey House
* Peach orchard 
* At house in South Carolina 

TSLOB Time Period

* South Carolina 1964
* Summer

TSLOB Lily Owens

* Immature thinking 
* Impulsive, acts out
* Other characters are loving towards her
* Narrator describes her as young/innocent

TSLOB T-Ray

* Stubborn, regretful
* Hurt
* Aggressive
* angry

TSLOB August

* Productful, caring thinking
* Acts thoughtfully

TSLOB May

* Feels the hurt/suffering of other
* light-hearted

TSLOB June

* Stubborn
* Heard-headed
* Guard up

TSLOB Rosaleen

* loving 
* strong/perseveres
* Some characters 

TSLOB Zach Taylor

* loving/big heart
* Understanding

TSLOB Introduction/Exposition

Laying in bed seeing the bees at home

TSLOB Initial Conflict

* When Rosaleen gets arrested
* When T Ray says that Lilly’s mother left her \n

TSLOB Rising Action

* When Lilly breaks Roseline out of jail
* Runs away

TSLOB Climax

* When she confronts T Ray
* When August shows the photo of her mom
* Lilly in the honey room

TSLOB Falling Action

* tells T-Ray her fav color is blue
* walking back to the house

TSLOB Resolution

* moms are moons shinning over me.

TSLOB Person vs. Person Conflict

* Lily vs. June
* Lily vs. T-Ray

TSLOB Person vs. Self Conflict

* Lily
* May

TSLOB Person vs. Society Conflict

EVERY CHARACTER!!!

TSLOB Theme

* Rebirth
* Mothers
* Acceptance

TSLOB Point of View

* 1st Person
* Limited omniscient

TSLOB Symbols

* Moon
* River
* Nature
* Water
* Bees
* Motherhood
* Honey
* Colors (Dull vs. Bright)