Guided Timed Essay: F451 Theme

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• Guided Timed Essay F451 Theme
• Copy the thesis statement below on your paper.
• Ray Bradburys classic Fahrenheit 451
  expresses themes that are relevant to our own
  world.

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• Continue the introduction paragraph. Explain
  your thesis statement. Write about the ideas
  expressed in the novel (censorship, materialism,
  technology, artistic expression, freedom,
  individualism, violence, pleasure seeking,
  etc.). Do NOT mention a theme yet. Just write
  about messages or ideas found in the book. You
  have two minutes.
• Take a breath and indent. Look back at
  the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement).
  Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly
  express one theme found in the book. Provide two
  specific examples of this theme from the novel.
  End by analyzing what this theme means in the
  story and how it relates to our world. You have
  five minutes.

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• Take a breath and indent. Look back at
  the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement).
  Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly
  express a second theme found in the book. Provide
  two specific examples of this theme from the
  novel. End by analyzing what this theme means in
  the story and how it relates to our world. You
  have five minutes.

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• Take a breath and indent. Look back at
  the first sentence you wrote (thesis statement).
  Now look at your LITERARY CONCEPT CHART. Briefly
  express a final theme found in the book. Provide
  two specific examples of this theme from the
  novel. End by analyzing what this theme means in
  the story and how it relates to our world. You
  have five minutes.

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• Take a breath and indent to write your
  two-minute conclusion. Skim your introduction for
  ideas. Think about Bradburys many messages in
  the novel. Explain what these themes say about
  the fictional world in the book, the real world,
  and about the human condition in general. You may
  begin with the following phrase
• The many themes expressed in Fahrenheit
  451 are relevant because

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• Debrief
• Was one of the connections or paragraphs more
  difficult to write than the others? Draw a box
  around it.
• Do you think one of the parts of your paper is
  weaker than the others? Circle it.
• What would you need to add to help the paragraphs
  move from one to the next? Draw an arrow where
  it would go.
• Is there a better way to rearrange or organize
  your essay? Number your paragraphs to show it.