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1. bellringer Please take the part 5 quiz. When you are done, please get out a piece of lined paper and put your proper heading on it. Here’s what it should look like: Your Name Ms. Sullivan 3rd Lit 10/21/13 Literary Device Test Review

2. Part 5 quiz answers • Why does Montag want to switch out the book he found at the old lady’s house? • He believes it to be the only copy of the Bible in existence. • He believes it holds the key to his happiness. • Faber explains how important this book, Moby Dick, is to society. • Why does Montag cause such a scene on the train? • He hates toothpaste and its commercials. • He wants to draw attention to himself. • The evils in the book he has motivate him to act insanely. • The toothpaste commercial playing distracts him from memorizing.

3. True or False? Faber tells Montag that books are the key to his happiness. • True. He claims that Montag needs only to read them to be happy. • True. He says that learning from books is essential to life. • False. Books aren’t what he wants, rather it is the truths they contain. • False. Books suck. • Faber compares their society to flowers that live on ___________ instead of dirt. • mud • air • other flowers • rocks

4. How does Montag plan to discredit the profession of firemen? • by planting books in their homes • by tricking them into burning down the wrong homes • by forcing them to read all the books they have burned • by filming them burning others alive • According to Faber, why aren’t firemen necessary in the first place? • The books are just a trick, which the firemen use to frame people. • They don’t need to burn books, just get people to stop reading them. • Books are useless in a society without television. • All of the above • Faber uses the wealth he has accumulated through investing to . . . • buy materials to build inventions and gadgets. • buy weapons. • print books. • find elaborate ways of hiding his books.

5. Test Review • Please have out a separate sheet of paper where you can write the correct answers to this test. • Make sure you are asking any questions that you need to- this is your time

6. The clouds threatened rain and more personal tempests as Mandy trudged the last mile to school. Like the obedient and loyal dog her parents seemed to wish her to be, she consistently arrived at first period a few minutes early. Despite the Lewis and Clarke-style expedition their broken car had forced on her, Señor Chang’s Spanish class never went without her punctuality. She couldn’t figure it. On the one hand, her parent’s texted her constantly, checking on her every move; on the other, they were perfectly happy letting her risk her life walking the run-down streets of her neighborhood, left to her own devices against the local crazies and creeps. The trees themselves whispered to her – “Danger! Walk faster.” Today, a new predator had appeared in her nature show – a herd of seventh graders had ridden by on fancy new bikes, displaying their species’ distinct red-dot acne and scowling faces. The alpha of the group, to whom she’d given the title Pimples McStinkeye, did one of those fake laughs as they pedaled past. Apparently, Pimples wanted to display her dominance to the herd. “It must take you forever to get to school without a bike. What are your parents poor or something?” she asked Mandy, chuckling to her friends. “Zits a very nice bike,” retorted Mandy.

7. The text references the historical journey of Lewis and Clarke to explore America, which covered thousands of miles and took over two years. Two devices are at play here. For one, the reference to a historical event is _______________________ and the comparison of Mandy’s walk to school to this epic journey is _______________________ • The text describes Mandy’s parents as “text[ing] her constantly, checking on her every move” but also “perfectly happy letting her risk her life walking the run-down streets of her neighborhood, left to her own devices against the local crazies and creeps.” This contradictory attitude is best described as _______________________. • Mandy doesn’t just walk to school, she “trudges.” Such word-choice is an example of _______________________.

8. As if the writer wants us to understand that Mandy sees her life as a kind of epic struggle, in which everything is out to get her, there are many references to a “nature show,” “predator[s],” a “herd,” “species,” “dominance,” and an “alpha.” Mandy is continually framed as the prey in a world of predators, even though she is just walking to school. This set of literary devices working together toward a theme constitute a _______________________. • The clouds threatening rain in the first line intend to put a picture in our minds of dark, ominous clouds that will surely deliver rain. Similarly, Pimples’s “red-dot acne and scowling face” attempt to paint a picture for us. Such attempts are examples of _______________________.

9. Device flashcards • Simile: • Metaphor: • Personification:

10. Simile, Metaphor, Personification worksheets

11. homework • Practice Literary Devices with flashcards • Similes, Metaphors, Personification handout • R.U. Book Review (due Wednesday/Thursday)