The Alchemist
Santiago trusts these more than any being
What are sheep?
The first gift Othello gave to Desdemona
What is a hankerchief?
Author's choice of words
What is diction?
What is a metaphor?
The act of giving humans qualities to non-human object, emotion, or entity
What is personfication?
Santiago's parents want him to be
What is a priest?
The genre of Shakespeare's Othello
What is a tragedy?
Arrangement of words in a line of poetry or in a sentence
What is syntax?
Use of extravagent exaggeration for figurative effect
What is hyperbole?
Sensory images contained in or evoked by a text. It can be figurative or directly described.
What is imagery?
The meaning of the Arabic word "Maktub"
What is "It is written."
Brabantio’s reasoning for Desdemona’s love for Othello
What is witchcraft?
Latin for "in the midst of things." A narration that starts in the middle of the plot as opposed to its exposition.
What is in medias res?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in ajacent words
What is alliteration?
Poetry that sticks to predictable patters or structures
What is closed form poetry
The story begins with this myth
What is the myth of Narcissus?
When Iago speaks his thoughts aloud when by himself or regardless of any hearers
What is a soliloquoy?
The act of contrasting two objects or images side by side for the purpose of studying the effects of this contrast
What is juxtaposition?
When the reader or audience member knows something that a character does not
What is dramatic irony?
Occurs when line of poetry continues onto the next without any punctuation
What is enjambment?
Who is the character who tells Santiago about Personal Legends, The Soul of the World, and Beginner's Luck?
Who is King Melchizedek?
The group of people at war against the Venetians
Who are the Turks?
Statement that contradicts itself or that must be both true and untrue at the same time
What is a paradox?
A reference to something outside a text. This can be reference to any event or person from history, mythology, pop culture, or something else.
What is allusion?
A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation
What is caesura?