Q1 and Q2 Vocabulary Words
The violent overthrow of the government, e.g. in Nigeria, in Purple Hibiscus
What is a coup?
Imagery that appeals to one's sense of touch
What is tactile imagery?
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious.
What is direct characterization or characterization?
The P in PEAL
What is the Point?
The corrupt leader of Animal Farm
Who is Napoleon?
The way the old man's eye makes the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" feel, a word that rhymes with a word for putting a curse on someone.
What is vexed?
The term for how an author describes a character, either directly, or indirectly, through their speech, thoughts, etc.
the ebony clock, the raven, and the love sip
What is symbolism?
OELI
What is observation about a literary technique, effect on meaning, and larger implication?
The city in Nigeria where Kambili's family lives for most of the year
What is Enugu?
What the speaker of "The Raven" seeks from his grief
What is respite?
When the reader is aware of something that the character is not
What is dramatic irony?
True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them
What is unreliable narration?
The use of page numbers after the quote
What is in-text citation?
Where Annabel Lee is buried in the poem, a type of tomb.
What is a sepulcher
Fortunato, when it comes to wine.
What is a connoisseur?
Imagery that describes feelings and emotions
What is organic imagery?
Then she started to laugh so hard that she staggered, her tall body bending like a whistling pine tree on a windy day.
What are visual and/or auditory imagery, indirect characterization, and simile?
This is the longest part of a PEAL paragraph and should use key words from the quote.
What is the analysis?
The name of the narrator's cat in "The Black Cat"
What is Pluto?
What Papa accuses Kambili of doing to the Eucharist fast when she eats cornflakes before mass
What is desecrate?
In analysis of _____ (the author's choice of words), the __________ is the idea or feeling a word evokes, in addition to its literal, dictionary meaning.
What is diction and connotation?
These quotes highlight Orwell's intention to comment on corrupt governments with egalitarian ideals, using this literary device.
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others"
"Four legs good, two legs bad."
What is an allegory?
Adichie illustrates Papa's abuse, demonstrating the necessity of questioning systems of power.
What is the observation about a literary technique or multiple techniques?
The closing image of Purple Hibiscus
What is rain?