Literary Vocabulary
This term describes an extreme exaggeration, such as, "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole?
The name of the elderly woman who tends to the marigolds in the story.
Who is Miss Lottie?
This is the rhyme scheme of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
What is AABA in each stanza, with the final stanza using AAAA?
This Cyclops traps Odysseus and his men in a cave and is later blinded by them.
Who is Polyphemus?
This is the name of the antagonist who hunts humans for sport.
Who is General Zaroff?
The repetition of the same beginning sound in closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
This is the central theme of the story, as Lizabeth reflects on the loss of this during her childhood.
What is innocence?
The mood of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" can be described as this.
What is peaceful or contemplative?
Circe is known for turning Odysseus’ men into this.
What are pigs (or swine)?
The title The Most Dangerous Game refers to this double meaning of the word "game."
What is both the hunted prey and the act of playing a game?
The part of a story where characters, setting, and the initial situation are introduced.
What is exposition?
What action does Lizabeth take that represents her inner turmoil and marks the turning point in the story?
What is destroying Miss Lottie’s marigolds?
This literary device is used in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening to describe the horse as asking if there is "some mistake."
What is personification?
Odysseus uses this to stop his men from hearing the Sirens.
What is beeswax in their ears?
General Zaroff hunt humans instead of animals because of this quality.
What is because he believes humans are more intelligent and therefore more challenging to hunt?
A rhetorical appeal to logic or reason, often supported by facts or statistics.
What is logos?
By the end of the story, Lizabeth gains a new understanding of Miss Lottie and the marigolds. What lesson does she learn?
What is empathy, or the importance of understanding others' struggles and the need for beauty and hope in life?
This is the central theme of The Journey.
What is self-discovery or breaking free to follow your own path?
Odysseus’ men suffer this fate after they eat the cattle of Helios.
What is Zeus destroys their ship with a lightning bolt, killing all but Odysseus?
This is the method Rainsford uses to outsmart General Zaroff in the final confrontation.
What is sneaking into Zaroff’s bedroom and killing him?
A term for deliberate understatement or minimizing for effect, such as calling a catastrophic storm "a bit of bad weather."
What is meiosis?
What do the marigolds symbolize in the story?
What is beauty and hope amidst hardship?
In 12 from Gitanjali, the speaker yearns for this type of connection.
What is divine or spiritual connection?
Odysseus survives Charybdis alone by doing this.
What is clinging to a fig tree until Charybdis spits his raft back out?
This is the central theme of "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is the blurred line between hunter and hunted, or the ethics of violence?