Othello so far
Literary Term Definitions
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100
The setting of Act I of Othello.
What is Venice?
100
The central problem of the story.
What is conflict?
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
100
"Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you are going to get."
What is simile?
100
"Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room."
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The word that characters use to describe Othello's origin as a Muslim from North Africa.
What is Moor?
200
The turning point of the story?
What is climax?
200
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
"A big bully beats a baby boy."
What is alliteration?
200
"Between the lower east side tenements the sky is a snotty handkerchief."
What is metaphor?
300
The man who claims to be Othello's best friend but secretly wants him dead.
Who is Iago?
300
A phrase that is not meant to be taken seriously.
What is idiom? or What is figurative language?
300
Repeating the first sound of a word.
What is alliteration?
300
"The flowers danced in the gentle breeze."
What is personification?
300
“It is a bit cold today,” when the temperature is 5 degrees below freezing.
What is understatement?
400
The woman whom Othello loves.
Who is Desdemona?
400
Word choice.
What is diction?
400
A play on words.
What is pun?
400
"Yo mama's so old, when she was a child, rainbows were black and white."
What is hyperbole?
400
“Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Dost thou not laugh?” - Romeo and Juliet
What is oxymoron?
500
The man Othello chooses as his lieutenant instead of Iago.
Who is Michael Cassio?
500
The repetition of the vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
500
A type of figurative language in which the speaker makes a reference or a connection to something outside of the text.
What is allusion?
500
“Hey! Guess who the new Einstein of our school is?”
What is allusion?
500
"If you play your cards right, you will do well on the EOC."
What is idiom?
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