Usage
Literary Terms
The Count of Monte Cristo (Quotes IDs)
Oedipus the King
The Odyssey
100
The chemo (effected/affected) a surprising improvement in the cancer.
What is effected?
100
Our soldiers are as brave as lions
What is simile?
100
"He was unable to write sir. But that reminds me that I must ask you for a two week's leave." Speaker and Audience.
(Speaker) Who is Edmond Dantes? (Audience) Who is Morrel?
100
Laertes' son.
Who is Oedipus?
100
20 years.
How long is Odysseus away from home?
200
I need to call my gardner because the (number/amount) of grass on my lawn is overwhelming.
What is amount?
200
He looked at the roaring sky with amazement.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
"That depends on how you mean the question, sir. If you're asking me if i was satisfied with him as a comrade, the answer is no... You'll be quite satisfied with the way he's done his work." Speaker, Audience, Who is the speaker talking about?
(Speaker) Who is Edmond Dantes? (Audience) Who is Monsieur Morrel? Who is Danglars?
200
Thebes is in a state of turmoil, as the people have just experienced a plague.
What is the situation of Thebes as the play begins?
200
The term that means hospitality, as shown throughout the epic.
What is Xenia?
300
I need to (farther/further) process the news you just told me.
What is further?
300
I am incredibly busy today because i have a thousand things to do today!
What is hyperbole?
300
"Within a week, I'll know who Monsieur de Monte Cristo is, where he comes from, where he's going and why he speaks to us of children buried in his garden." Speaker and Audience.
(Speaker) Who is Monsieur de Villefort? (Audience) Who is Madame de Villefort?
300
Oedipus does this to escape reality and avoid the stares of Thebans. Also, he feels that he does not deserve to see and accepts his fate to suffer.
What is the symbolic function of Oedipus' self blinding?
300
The symbol of Odysseus and Penelope's unbreakable love.
What is their bed that cannot be moved?
400
There is (less/fewer) snowfall this year.
What is less?
400
The assignment was a breeze.
What is a metaphor?
400
"The Count was as erect and triumphant as the avenging angel." Context.
(Context) What is the Count's reaction after the execution of a man? (The Count is with Albert and Franz)
400
Who tells Oedipus that he is the murderer he hunts, and that he is the plague on the city of Thebes?
Who is Tiresias?
400
"O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art farther: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hall on Ithaca."
(Speaker) Who is Polyphemus? (Audience) Who is Poseidon?
500
Did you (lie/lay) down on the dirty parking lot floor?
What is lay?
500
This place with all its beautiful flowers is like the Garden of Eden.
What is allusion?
500
"I have two friends who are always with me in my heart: one is the an who gave me life, the other is the man who me intelligence." Speaker, Audience, Who are the two men?
(Speaker) Who is Edmond Dantes? (Audience) Who is Max Morrel? Who are God and Abbe Faria?
500
A theme in the novel pertaining to vision.
What is "vision pertains more to inner sight than merely the use of the naked eye"?
500
In the Cyclops cave, what does Odysseus's actions to escape Polyphemus symbolize?
What is knowledge over strength or brains over brawns?
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