Literary Terms
Oedipus
Things Fall Apart
Night
Nectar in a Sieve
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as" (Ex: Her skin is like porcelain.)
What is a simile?
100
The name of Oedipus' biological mother who eventually hanged herself
What is Jocasta?
100
The name of the boy Okonkwo adopted and later killed
What is Ikemefuna?
100
The name of the concentration camp where Elie and his family were taken
What is Auschwitz?
100
A type of jewelry that Ira was wearing when Rukmani started fighting her (got broken)
What are bangles?
200
Giving an object human-like qualities (Ex: The stars smiled down at us.)
What is personification?
200
The town in which Oedipus lived while he was adopted
What is Corinth?
200
The traditional religion practiced by Okonkwo's people before the missionaries came
What is polytheism?
200
Two major themes of Night...
What are loss of faith and dehumanization?
200
In India, the money that a woman's family must pay to a man's family so that she can marry him
What is a dowry?
300
A description that paints a picture in your mind
What is imagery?
300
The name of the monster that Oedipus killed (which ended up making him the king)
What is the sphinx?
300
The name of the undefeated wrestler that Okonkwo famously beat
What is Amalinze the Cat?
300
The name of Elie's religious teacher at the beginning of the book
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
300
A son of Nathan and Rukmani who was killed because he stole from the tannery
Who is Raja?
400
Something that stands for (represents) something else (Ex: Red rose = romance)
What is a symbol?
400
The name of the blind prophet that Oedipus refused to listen to
What is Tiresias?
400
This object was described by the local Igbo people as an "iron horse"
What is a bicycle?
400
The famous doctor, called the "Angel of Death," who often directed the selections at a famous concentration camp
Who is Joseph Mengele?
400
The disease that Puli suffers from
What is leprosy?
500
Sentence length and structure; how sentences work together
What is syntax?
500
The meaning of the name "Oedipus" in Ancient Greek...
What is "swollen feet"?
500
The number of years Okonkwo was exiled from his village for accidentally killing a boy
What is seven years?
500
The name of the town where Elie and his family were from
What is Sighet?
500
The name of Ira's baby boy
What is Sacrabani?
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