Propaganda Types
Attaching a negative label to a person or thing.
What is Name Calling?
The parallel between Oedipus and Tiresias?
What is Tiresias is blind but can see the truth, and Oedipus can see but is blind to the truth?
This is a major change for Elie, who initially was a very religious child
What is loss of faith?
This is the central message of a work
What is theme?
The mood of this passage is what:
"It was a midnight dreary, and raining heavily onto the empty street. Nobody was around and I was alone to face the icy wind. I wished the others would show up, but I knew they wouldn't. So I sat next to the old, burnt farmhouse, hoping the rain wouldn't stain by gnatted old shirt."
What is melancholy/sad/upset/dark/ect?
What is Transfer?
Jocasta's views on prophecy and fate
What is negative/distrustful/uncertain?
This person died playing violin in their last moments
Who is Juliek?
How to describe something shiny or glittering
What is lusterous
For the next 4 questions, use this cold read to answer the questions.
"We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and
which to the crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father. Our procession continued slowly
to move forward.
Another inmate came over to us:
“Satisfied?”
“Yes,” someone answered.
“Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.”
When they mention left to right, what occurrence are they referring to?
What is selection?
When key words or unfavorable stats are omitted in an ad or commercial.
What is Card Stacking?
These are the people Oedipus claims are trying to commit treason (two of them)
Who are Creon and Tiresias
This is the final image Elie sees at the end of the memoir
What is himself in the mirror
This is to burn in great amounts, or large swathes.
What is conflagration
We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and
which to the crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father. Our procession continued slowly
to move forward.
Another inmate came over to us:
“Satisfied?”
“Yes,” someone answered.
“Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.”
Why is the man saying they're unfortunate for going to the crematorium?
They would be killed there
What is Plain Folks?
What is the chain of baby Oedipus being handed off?
What is Jocasta -> Shepherd -> Messenger -> Polybus
Who does Elie never see again after they are separated in the beginning of the memoir?
Who is his mother and little sister, Tzipora?
These containers are sealed air tight, therefore, they are sealed...
What is hermetically?
We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and
which to the crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father. Our procession continued slowly
to move forward.
Another inmate came over to us:
“Satisfied?”
“Yes,” someone answered.
“Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.”
Does Elie know what's going to happen to him?
What is no?
This technique shows two things that aren't similar as similar
What is false analogy?
A major theme of Oedipus that revolves around the truth
What is Blindness and Sight
What is trampled?
Using logic and reasoning to find an answer--it's popular amongst detectives
What is deduce
We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and
which to the crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father. Our procession continued slowly
to move forward.
Another inmate came over to us:
“Satisfied?”
“Yes,” someone answered.
“Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium.”
Why is Elie happy despite being told they're going to the crematorium?
What is being near his father?