The Odyssey
This is Odysseus's home, where he is trying to return after the Trojan War.
What is Ithaca?
This word means "biased information used to influence people's opinions."
What is propaganda?
Romeo and Juliet takes place in this city and country.
What is Verona, Italy?
At the beginning of the novel, this is Montag's job.
What is a fireman?
This root means "water."
What is aqua?
Odysseus blinds the Cyclops instead of killing him because he needs the Cyclops to do this.
What is move the stone blocking the cave?
This word means "the ability to read, understand, and communicate ideas through different kids of texts."
What is literacy?
Juliet belongs to this family.
Who are the Capulets?
This character makes Montag begin to question whether he is actually happy.
Who is Clarisse?
This root means "plant."
What is botan?
This character flaw causes Odysseus major trouble after he escapes the Cyclops.
What is hubris?
This word means "principles that guide decisions about right and wrong."
What is ethics?
Juliet feels this way toward the Nurse after the Nurse suggests she should marry Paris.
What is betrayed / resentful / angry?
This mechanical creature is used to track and attack people.
This prefix means "false."
What is pseudo-?
What is the name of the Cyclops?
This word means "a typical example or model of a character or story pattern."
What is archetype?
Romeo does not receive Friar Lawrence's letter because the messenger is delayed by this.
What is a plague quarentine?
Montag goes to this former English professor for help understanding books.
This suffix means "action or process."
What is -age?
What is the name of the witch Odysseus encounters?
Who is Circe?
This word means "something out of place in time" or "historically inaccurate."
What is anachronism?
In Juliet’s “What’s in a name?” speech, she says that a rose would “smell as sweet” even if it had a different name. This comparison helps develop the idea that a person’s true identity is separate from this.
What is their name / family label / social identity?
At the end of the novel, this symbol is used to represent destruction and rebirth.
What is the phoenix?
This suffix means "a person who receives or is affected by an action."
What is "-ee"?