Definitions
Examples
Examples
Everything
Everything 2
100
Define "genocide"
deliberate killing of a large group of people
100
Give an example of "personification"
example: a talking toilet - this toilet has feelings and emotions
100
Give an example of an allegory. Why is it an allegory?
Terrible Things - story with two meanings, one literal (rabbit and terrible things) and one hidden meaning (Holocaust)
100
Give an example of a metaphor.
Her arms were the spindly legs of chairs.
100
Offer a simile.
Her heart was as broken as the desk shattered by Ms. Shapiro this semester.
200
Define "Holocaust" (in context of this class)
the mass killing of millions of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and political opponents by the Nazis from 1933-1945
200
Offer a theme from a text we have read this semester.
example: humans are animals who ultimately care only about their most basic needs (and will do anything to get these needs)
200
What is one unreliable narrator from this semester? Why is this narrator unreliable?
example: Bruno in The Boy in the Striped PJs (he is too young to understand what is really happening)
200
Give an example of direct characterization. Then, change it to indirect characterization.
Shapiro smells. (direct) When Shapiro walks in the room, people cover their noses. (indirect - effect on others)
200
"I hate you," the girl says as she kisses her brother on the cheek. What literary term is this an example of?
verbal irony
300
Define "static character"
a character who remains the same (does not change) over the course of a text
300
What is a "dynamic character?" Give an example of a dynamic character from a text this semester.
dynamic character: a character who changes over the course of a text example: Oskar Schindler
300
Give an example of how Nazis used propaganda.
example: film - The Eternal Jew - showed Jews as evil
300
Offer four reasons a narrator might be unreliable.
age, mental stability, bias/prejudice, intelligence
300
What is STEAL?
-speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks -indirect characterization through one of these methods
400
Define "bystander"
a person who is at an event but does not take part in it; an observer; a spectator
400
What is an example of "situational irony?"
example: a water vendor dies of thirst
400
Give an example of "dramatic irony."
example: in Mean Girls, the audience knows Regina is eating candy bars that will make her gain weight, but she does not know this
400
Give an example of a dynamic character from a text this semester. Offer a character trait in the beginning and a character trait at the end of the text. What made this character change?
Schindler -- greedy at beginning; sees clearing of Warsaw Ghetto and Girl in the Red Coat and is horrified; generous at the end
400
Name a theme from this semester. Offer three examples from texts this semester that support this theme.
Example: humans are animals who ultimately care only about their most basic needs (and will do anything to get these needs) 1. father and son in Night fighting over bread, son kills father 2. Elie, in Night, does not help his father when he is being beaten because he is afraid for his own survival 3. man in Night crawls (snakelike) to get soup despite the risk of being shot
500
Define "tone"
the speaker's/writer's attitude
500
How are Kitty Genovese and The Bystander Effect related?
Kitty Genovese was stabbed at three different times; she called for help because she was in a city; people heard her but did nothing because they thought someone else would take care of it
500
What theme might the ring in Schindler's List symbolize? Why?
No amount of money is greater than the value of a human life - the ring says "he who saves one life, saves the world entire," and it has been made out of a crown from someone's tooth.
500
List the ten stages of genocide.
classification, symbolization, discrimination, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, persecution, extermination, denial
500
What factors lead to bystander intervention? In other words, why do some people become bystanders and some help? List four factors.
situational uncertainty, perceived cost, diffusion of responsibility, similarity, mood, gender, social norms, perceived cause of need
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