Fahrenheit 451-Study Guide

the audience or reader knows something the character doesn't

an event in a story that doesn't happen the way the audience or reader expects it to

a sequential, time order of past events

a literary work that is not true

a genre of literature that deals with the combination of scientific knowledge and imagination

a one-dimensional character who lacks diversity and complexity; either all good or all bad and never changes

a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm

inconsistency, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by its context

has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, represents an abstraction

Dystopian

Utopian

the struggle that moves the action forward in a work of literature

the use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate

central or dominant idea behind the story; the most important aspect that emerges from how the book treats its subject