Common Literary Terms
Vocabulary Words
Gilgamesh
Siddhartha
Inherit the Wind
100

A hint to the reader, which may or may not be obvious during a first reading, about the general direction of the plot. 

What is Foreshadowing?

100

To feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.


What is Repent?

100

The wise, old immortal who tells the flood tale and tests Gilgamesh

Who is Utnapishtim?

100

Siddhartha's father who allows him to leave home to seek.

Who is the Brahmin?

100

The infamous criminal-defense attorney who arrives in Hillsboro vilified as an atheist but leaves, after losing the trial, as a hero.

Who is Henry Drummond?

200

The use of descriptive language to appeal to one of the reader's senses (sound, touch, smell, sight). 

What is Imagery?

200

A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.


What is a Pagan?
200

The demon guardian of the Cedar Forest who gets killed

Who is Huwawa?

200

The buddha, who has attained enlightenment; teaches the Eightfold Path

Who is Gotama?

200

A quite, unassuming 24-year-old, who suffers emotionally as a result of the townspeople's treatment of him.

Who is Bertram Cates?

300

The expression of a certain idea by saying or showing just the opposite. 

What is Irony?

300

Lasting for a very short time.

What is Ephemeral?

300

What is the greatest lesson Gilgamesh learns?

What is, Death is an inevitable and inescapable fact of human life?

300

The reason Siddhartha leaves home

What is the Search for spiritual enlightenment?

300

Two characters who experience a struggle against mainstream society (Theme of man. vs. society)

Who are Cates & Drummond?

400

An indirect reference to something outside the literary work. It could be in reference to a myth, historical event, another literary work, a person, etc.

What is Allusion?

400

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.


What is Beseeching?

400

Two motifs in Gilgamesh

What are Journeys and Baptism?

400

A symbol that represents life, time, and the path to enlightenment

What is the river?

400

The conflict that exists beneath the surface of the trial

What is Fundamentalism vs. Freedom of Thought?

500
A story in which characters represent abstract qualities or ideas.

What is Allegory?

500

In a manner that shows tenacity and grim persistence.

What is Doggedly?

500

A symbol that consistently appears in Gilgamesh, representing choices. 

What are Doorways?

500

The concept signifying unity and the perfection of the universe

What is Om?
500
List one theme from Inherit the Wind and describe the way it is developed throughout the play.
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