This is from Truffaut's movie of Fahrenheit 451. The scene is the woman who decided to burn with her books in Part I.

Bradbury Slams are due on Wednesday. On Thursday we will do an in-class essay. You will be able to bring an outline that you will prepare the night before to class.

For Wednesday, write your Bradbury Slam.

Ray Bradbury’s Style

Think of the elements of Ray Bradbury’s style in Fahrenheit 451:
• Lots of metaphors and similes
• Paradoxes
• And…And…And…And…And…
• Sentence Fragments
• Run-Ons
• Symbols and Symbolic Names
• Repetitions
• Counting
• The vocabulary: lozenge, proboscis, dictum, trajectory, centrifuge, ballistics, gullet, cacophony, tamped, luminescent, stolid, dentifrice, saccharine, phosphorescent, perfunctory, liquefaction, juggernaut….
• Made-up words (Use yours?)
• Allusions: The many references to literature, to the words of poets and playwrights, essayists and novelists

With all of this in mind, imagine a scene in a grocery store, on the train, in a bookstore, in the cafeteria, in a classroom, on the soccer field, in your bedroom, in your kitchen, with your family, on another planet, in a virtual world, on a roller coaster, with friends, with strangers, with pets…

…and write a story (minimum of three paragraphs) describing the scene, the event, the story using Ray Bradbury’s style.

Exaggerate, play, push, mock, experiment, contrast, take risks with your words and images.

Three invented words are due on Monday:
1. Define the parts of the word
2. Define the entire word
3. Identify the part of speech
4. Use in a sentence
5. Create an illustration which demonstrates the meaning of the word

Finish Part III for Thursday (Afternoon class)/ Friday (Morning class).

Finish Part II for Monday.
Your next draft of your personal narrative is due no later than Tuesday, Dec. 8th. If you get your draft to me by Friday of this week (tomorrow) I will have it back to you on Monday.

Finish reading Part I of Fahrenheit 451 for Thursday.