Vocabulary
During this, they "knocked down the flower pot that hung behind the stove." - Little Things
What is the "scuffle"?
This dead language was the dominant language of written text during the period called Old English.
What is Latin?
When opportunity knocks on your door, open it.
What is personification?
He is the epitome of wisdom.
Who is King Solomon?
This class is about THIS first and foremost.
What are our values?
Such hubris! Oedipus says: "You pray to the gods? Let me ______ your prayers."
What is "grant"?
"Easter" and "Yule" are descendants of this period of the evolution of English.
What is Old English?
The garden was a jungle of weeds.
What is metaphor?
Because of their inhumanity, they remain nameless.
Who are the man and woman in "Little Things"?
We set goals because we must. These dictate that we do.
What are our values?
This Latin word gives us our word for "street". But wait! Don't we still use it to mean layers of rocks in the ground?
What is "strata"?
Shakespeare's English falls under this period of English.
What is Early Modern English?
"...Because it was grassy and wanted wear" This auditory rhetorical device!
What is alliteration?
Blind, yet not so blind.
Who is Tiresias?
"Be slow to _________ quick to listen." That is sound advice.
What is speak?
Both Antigone and Oedipus call themselves THIS; it is fitting since they suffer great pain in their lives.
What is "I am agony"?
4 distinct periods of English: Old English, _______, Early Modern English, and Modern English.
What is Middle English?
"Early that day, the weather turned, and the snow was melting into dirty water." Oh boy! Why so dreary?
What is mood?
Steadfast to the end, she can be argued to be the tragic hero. Not him.
Who is Antigone?
If we do it right, we have nothing to fear in college or in life. Things will get done properly.
What is time management?
Oedipus calls Tiresias all kinds of names including this S word that means: acting like you're better and more moral than others.
What is sanctimonious?
We inherited our Roman alphabet from these people. Tiresias was long gone by now.
Who are Christian monks and missionaries?
Oh Haemon, never lose your sense of judgment over a woman," says Oedipus (of all people).
What is verbal irony?
"My mother is a fish," he says—his fish.
Who is Vardaman?
For you control freaks, control THIS and all will be well.
What is yourself?