Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Fahrenheit 451

  1. Ray Bradbury uses " it was a pleasure to burn" in the beginning of the book because he uses forecasting. 
  2. Books are like birds because when you burn a book the ashes look or symbolize birds flying. 
  3. Clarisse is curious how the world used to be and Montag is like it is what it is.
  4. We have the same technology but is named and works differently from there's, they predict the future from ours.
  5. The author introduced Montag at the point of the story because he wanted to set the tone of age and curiosity.
  6. The author introduced Clarisse before Mildred because he wanted to show the readers who Clarrisse was and what was her role was in the story.
  7. All the houses were fire proof in the society because they burn books and start wildfires. 
  8. Mildred requires emergency service because she tries to kill herself.
  9. Mechanical hound is to make for people who overdose on drugs.
  10. The society considers Clarisse a antisocial because she is always curious and is asking questions.
  11. The women lights the match when her home gets raided because she is going to burn down everything.
  12. The relationship between Montag and Mildred is they love each other a lot because Montag saved Mildred 
  13. The purposes of Betty's visit was to talk to Montag about his position.
  14. Yes, because they are reading level books and they distinguish is your smart or not. 
  15. Montag feels fat because he has a interest in books.  

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Fall Vocab #5

Venomous: ( of animals, especially snakes, or their parts) secreting venom, capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting
Sentence: Snakes are venomous.
Stolid : (of a person) calm, dependable & showing little emotion or animation
Sentence: I would not consider myself to be a stolid person
Hypnotized: produce a state of hypnosis (someone)
Sentence: A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his money.
Suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
Sentence: The teacher suspended a student from school.
Transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in form, appearance, or character of
Sentence: An automobile transformed into a boat
Accuse: charge (someone) with an offense or crime
Sentence: The teacher accused me of something I didn't do.
Anticipate: regard as probable, expect or predict
Sentence: She anticipated scorn on her return to the theater
Fringe: an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twist, used to edge clothing or material
Sentence: The fringe of her jeans got caught in the escalator.
Malancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Sentence: The films tragic ending put us all in a melancholy mood.
Earnest: serious in intention, purpose, or effect, sincerely zealous
Sentence: The priest will always give you a earnest answer.
Dissolve: to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid, pass into solution
Sentence: It will not dissolve in the water.
Aggravate: to make worse or move severe, intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome
Sentence: I left the party early so the noise wouldn't aggravate my headache.
Illuminate: light up
Sentence: If the light build is to dim to illuminate the room, it should be replaced.
Capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arteriols & venules
Sentence: A capillary vessel has burst.
Proboscis: the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long & mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir
Sentence: Peobosics has reached its maximum eversion.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Fall Vocab #4

Intermittent: occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady
Sentence: When the cops arrived, the loud intermittent noise has stopped.
Ebb: (Of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce
Sentence: The water level in the lake will ebb during the drought.
Regress: return to a former or less developed state
Sentence: Rather than regress, you should always strive to move forward.
Tendency: an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior
Sentence: Why do dogs have the tendency to bark at people they don't know?
Antiseptic: of, relating to, denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
Sentence: It acts as an antiseptic, anti fungal, and antibacterial.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

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