________________ is the repetition of vowel sounds, normally in poetry.
What is Assonance
100
What was the name of the town that Eliezer is originally from?
What is Sighet
100
What is wrong with Thebes when Oedipus originally shows up?
What is The Sphinx
100
a person in a piece of literature. It is revealed by what a person says, does, thinks, and what others say about him/her.
What is Character.
100
the term for words that imitates the sound it represents
What is Onomatopoeia
200
When you write a ___________ statement, you are telling the reader what you are writing your essay about. It is very important and is found in the first paragraph of an essay.
What is Thesis/Topic Statement
200
Eliezer recruits Moche the Beadle to teach him _________
What is the Cabbala
200
What is the name of the crowd of people always hanging around in the background of the scenes. Hint: they speak in unison
What is the chorus
200
the turning point that is reached by the main characters when tension is at its greatest and when choices must be made, after which the tension will decline as a result of the decision(s) taken
What is Climax
200
the term for giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or ideas
What is personification
300
___________ follows the climax and leads to the conclusion.
What is Falling Action
300
What is Eliezer's oldest sister's name?
Who is Hilda
300
Who is Creon?
Who is Jocasta's brother (Oedipus's brother in law)
300
the term meaning choice of words
What is Diction
300
the term meaning to use part of the thing to signify the whole thing Ex: All Hands on Deck
What is Synecdoche
400
______________ is the curiosity aroused in a reader as to what will happen next
What is Suspense
400
Who is the infamous doctor looking over the Auschwitz arrivals?
Who is Dr. Mengele
400
Who first tells Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother?
Who is the blind prophet Tiresias
400
a device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration.
What is Flashback
400
the term for anything that stands for or represents something other than itself
What is Symbolism
500
_________ is the act of placing items side by side for comparison/contrast.
What is Juxtaposition.
500
In January 1945, what sort of infection does Eliezer contract?
What is Foot Infection
500
With what object does Oedipus stab out his eyes with?
What is Jocasta's brooches.
500
the term for tragic flaw
What is Hamartia
500
the term for a form of verbal irony in which apparent praise is actually harshly or bitterly cruel.