MYTH UNDERSTOOD
Who is Athena?
In Educated, Tara Westover experiences this typical Bildungsroman stage when she leaves for college
What is separation from the parents?
This type of wordiness should be eliminated because it repeats the same idea unnecessarily
When a speaker asks a question to make a point, he is using this technique
What is a rhetorical question?
This is a speech given by one character to others on stage
What is a monologue?
He built the Labyrinth and crafted wings for himself and his son
Who is Daedelus?
In Night, Eliezer's initial belief that the world would never tolerate such crimes reveals this character trait of Bildungsroman protagonists
What is naivety?
In this error, a descriptive phrase is not placed next to the word it is supposed to be describing
What is a misplaced mofifier?
In Brutus's funeral speech, he uses what appeal when he says "believe me for mine honor"
What is ethos?
This unrhymed iambic pentameter is often used by noble characters in Shakespearean plays
What is blank verse?
He fell in love with his own reflection
Who is Narcissus?
For Tara, these character building Bildungsroman experiences include working in the scrapyard, surviving a car wreck, and feeling alienated from other kids
What are trials?
When the ACT asks about sequencing sentences or paragraphs, they are mostly concerned with this attribute that deals with reason
What is logic?
This device involves addressing someone who is not there or something that cannot respond like "O Death, where is they sting?"
What is an apostrophe?
This poetic device occurs when a sentence runs off of one line of poetry and onto another without pausing punctuation
What is enjambment?
Her face "launched a 1,000 ships, as she was so beautiful the Trojan War was fought to get her back
Who is Helen?
For Tara, this is Tyler; for Pi, this is the Kumars; and for Eliezer, this is Moishe the Beadle
What is a mentor?
What is subject - verb agreement?
When Brutus reminds the plebeians of their patriotic duty as Romans, he is using this Greek rhetorical appeal
What is pathos?
This type of speech reveals the inner thoughts of a character who is alone on stage
What is a soliloquy?
He was vulnerable in his heel where his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Sphinx
Who is Achilles?
Tara realizes her father has bipolar disorder, and Pi realizes he must keep Richard Parker alive in this kind of sudden understanding
What is an epiphany?
The sentence "She enjoys painting, TO SING, and biking" contains an error in this
What is parallel structure?
"Give me liberty or give me death" is an example of this contrast through parallel structure
What is antithesis?
This kind of meter is comprised of two syllables that are stressed then unstressed
What is trochaic?