Short Stories
It serves to introduce the story, characters, setting (and sometimes conflict).
What is exposition?
This leads to a fall.
What is hamartia?
A text written in the form of letters from different perspectives.
What is an epistolary text?
It is most commonly used to cite sources within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines.
What is MLA?
This author's death is shrouded in mystery.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This story serves as a parody of the myth structure itself.
What is Kafka's "Prometheus"?
When the weather reflects the atmosphere/tone of a scene.
What is pathetic fallacy?
Walton’s impression of him: he is silent and ignorant, which makes him needless of sympathy or praise
Who is Walton's Lieutenant?
The argument in a paper.
What is a thesis?
A period in time where revenge was socially acceptable.
What is the Elizabethan era?
Provide an example of anaphora from Chekhov's "The Bet."
"You have lost you reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events..." (16)
"I have climbed to the peaks... I have seen the sun rise ... I have watched from there the lightning flashing ... I have seen green forests..." (15)
Hamlet's self-defined madness.
What is an antic disposition?
After Elizabeth’s death, he seeks to kill the Creature.
What is Victor's plan?
Used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought; essentially, it is a period—but not as definitive.
What is a semi-colon?
The place where Shakespeare's plays were showcased.
What is the Globe Theatre?
A rejection of social constraints, ethics and limiting beliefs and ideas.
What is gothic literature?
Provide three examples of Disease Imagery from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Provide three examples of gothic devices in Shelley's Frankenstein?
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It is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner.
What is an expository essay?
Came up with the idea of Gothicism: haunted castles, ghosts, monsters, supernatural, darkness, weather, nature in conflict with man.
Who is Lord Byron?
It is symbolic of obsession.
List each of Ophelia's flowers and describe their meaning.
Who says the following quote? Provide an analysis.
“But it is so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”
The Creature. Once again, the creature compares himself to Satan, but worse. Once again, he emphasizes his loneliness.
Define the three-step process of writing and define each term.
•Semantic -- meaning
•Syntactic -- phrases (that make sense)
•Pragmatic -- enticing a reaction
Worked in England and wrote for money, but was shunned by most conventional writing circles.
Who is Mary Shelley?