DUE THR, 2/8 Descriptive Writing Assignment

DUE THR, 2/8 Descriptive Writing Assignment

1. Find a scene in Fahrenheit 451 that had characters who were afraid. It can be any scene, like the one where Montag and the other firemen burned the old lady’s books (like you did for yesterday’s assignment.

2. Take one of the characters in the scene and rewrite it (or something similar) from that person’s perspective. For example, if you go with the old lady I mentioned above you could start with something like, “I heard the wail of the fire engines and the screeching of the tires. My heart stopped like a dead weight because it could only mean one thing: They arrived! My books will be destroyed …..”

3. I’m not so concerned about how closely you stick to the book. If you want to create a scene that was not in the book, but which could have happened at some point you can. For example, Faber hiding books from the authorities before he met Montag.

4. What I am concerned about is seeing you use descriptive language and creating a mood/feeling.

• Remember descriptive language uses effective adjectives and verbs (also adverbs and nouns but we have not focused on those this time).

• It also uses metaphors, similes, and personification.

5. We will revise this in class and post the best sentences from each student on the wall.

6. This is meant to cap our short unit on describing fear, so take your time and be thoughtful. Show the world what you can do !