Alchemist Vocab
A room in a church where a priest prepares for a service and vestments are kept.
What is sacristy?
The country that Paulo Coehlo is from.
What is Brazil?
In "The Old Man with Enormous Wings," this person takes the attention away from the man with wings.
Who is the woman who became a spider/Spider Woman?
When the author implies character traits and the audience must make inferences
What is indirect characterization?
The meaning of the word "moors."
What is a Member of a northwestern African Muslim people of mixed North African and Arab descent?
The owner of a business, property, or commercial establishment.
What is a proprietor?
The author that is most famous for his use of magical realism.
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
The way Santiago helps the crystal merchant significantly increase his business profits.
What is by cleaning all the crystal and serving hot tea in crystal glasses?
The following quote is an example of this: "The absolute silence of the desert night was broken only by the low, rhythmic breathing of the resting camels."
What is auditory (hear) imagery?
Vocab:
The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.
What is apparatus?
The medieval chemical philosophy focused on transmuting base metals into gold and finding universal cures.
What is alchemy?
Reason why Mecca is considered the holiest destination in Islam.
What is it is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad?
The reason why the crystal merchant is hesitant to make his own pilgrimage to Mecca, even though it is his religious duty.
What is he prefers the dream of Mecca over the reality, fearing he will have nothing left to live for once it is accomplished?
The five methods of indirect characterization.
What is
Speech
Thoughts
Effect on Others
Actions
Looks
The name of the concept associated with the short story "A Temporary Matter."
What is impermanence?
A person who does not believe in religion or who adheres to a religion other than one's own.
Each region we studied in class and their predominant religion.
What is Andalusia (Christianity), Morocco (Islam), and Egypt (Islam)?
While at the Al-Fayoum oasis, Santiago has a vision of an upcoming attack after watching two hawks in the sky. This is what will happen if there is no attack and Santiago is wrong.
What is the men will execute Santiago, using one of their weapons for each man killed on his account.
The following quote is an example of this: "Santiago sipped the bitter, dark fluid. It left a sharp, medicinal tang on the back of his tongue, balanced only by the intense sweetness of the honey stirred into the bottom."
What is gustatory (taste) imagery?
The difference between a theme and theme statement.
What is:
A theme isn't just a word like "love" or "war"—that’s a topic. A theme is an argument the author is making about that topic.
Topic: Courage.
Theme: Real courage is found in persistence, even when the odds are stacked against you.
The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
What is divination?
Two key qualities of Magical Realism.
What is the nuance/mundane setting, character's acceptance, purpose: challenges perceptions of reality, metaphysical nature?
The alchemist and Santiago first meet and the alchemist tests Santiago twice. These are the two tests.
What is he tests his courage and his ability to find life in the desert?
The following quote is an example of this and tells us what about Santiago's character: "He carefully counted his sheep one by one, checking their wool and ensuring each had enough water before he even took a sip from his own flask."
What is indirect characterization and that Santiago is deeply caring and responsible?
The main philosophy of "The Alchemist."
What is Pursuing one's Personal Legend is portrayed as a person's only real obligation. When you want something, "all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."