Irony
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Where actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected or what is intended.

What is situational irony?

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Has a word count of 1,000 - 20,000.

What are short stories?

100

A critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text.

What is an annotation?

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Academic discussions of the Jewish laws.

What is talmud?

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The Open Window antagonist

What is adulthood?

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Where someone says the opposite of what they really mean or intend.

What is verbal irony?

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A recurring element in a story or literature.

What is a motif?

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This gets highlighted in yellow or underlined.

What are characters?

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The intermediary between God and man, according to a specific branch of Judaism.

What is a tzaddik?

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In The Chosen where Danny met and began his friendship with Mr. Malter's son.

Where is the hospital?

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Occurs when the audience or reader of a text knows something that the characters do not.

What is dramatic irony?

300

Author of The Open Window

Who is Saki?

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This gets circled or highlighted in blue.

What are new words?

300

A skeptic

What is Apikorsim?

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In the book Metamorphosis, what kind of job does the lead character have at the beginning of the story?

What is a traveling salesman?

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The child ran from the person throwing the water balloon at them and fell into a swimming pool.

What is situational irony?

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Masque of Red Death setting/time

When is the 14th century?

400

This gets boxed or highlighted in purple.

What are main ideas?

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The head of a congregation, or a leader

Who is a Rabbi?

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Updating your sibling's essay and turning it in is an example of this. 

What is plagiarism?

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In the Lion King, Scar says "long live the king," right before he lets Mufasa fall to his death. 

What is verbal irony?

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The Open Window was written during this year.

When was 1914?

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This gets a # or highlighted in green.

What are important or interesting details?

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Small boxes that hold pieces of the Torah, are worn by Jews.

What is Tefillin?

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This gets highlighted in orange or has a cloud drawn around it.

What are comments on things happening?

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