Oedipus
Jocasta
School Rules
Literary Devices
Teen Angst
100
Oedipus committed this horrible crime against nature.
What is killed his father and married his mother?
100
Oedipus had this color hair.
What is red?
100
These are not pants.
What are leggings?
100
This is a comparison between two unlike things which uses "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
This word means "a feeling of anxiety about the world in general."
What is angst?
200
These were Oedipus's biological parents.
Who are Jocasta and Laius?
200
Jocasta was happiest when she was married to this person.
Who is Oedipus?
200
This garment must be at least as long as your fingertips when your arms are at your side.
What is a skirt or shorts?
200
This is a reference to something else that the reader is supposed to understand without it being explained.
What is an allusion?
200
This musician had everything - fame, fortune, Courtney Love - but he committed suicide.
Who is Kurt Cobain?
300
These were Oedipus's adoptive parents.
Who are Polybus and Merope?
300
Jocasta did this at the end of the story.
What is hanged herself?
300
If you don't return your library books, you won't be able to do this.
What is get a diploma?
300
This is when two or more words start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
300
The idea of suffering is __________, because it can be found in any culture, race, creed, or generation.
What is universal?
400
Oedipus saved the city of Thebes from a monster by doing this.
What is answering the Sphinx's riddle?
400
Jocasta was constantly breaking up fights between her husband Oedipus, and her brother, named this.
Who is Creon?
400
If you have textbooks to return, this is the man to give them to.
Who is Mr. Flowers?
400
This is when words have the same internal vowel sound, like in "puppy" and "duck."
What is assonance?
400
Oedipus chose to do this rather than kill himself, because he felt it was a worse punishment.
What is blind himself and become an outcast?
500
This is the city where Oedipus's adoptive parents lived.
What is Corinth?
500
Jocasta didn't believe in oracles for this reason.
What is a propecy about her didn't come true?
500
No student is allowed to do this early - everyone has to do it at the same time.
What is take a final exam?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
A part represents a whole, as in, "He asked for her hand in marriage."
500
One of Oedipus's four children had this name.
Who are Antigone, Ismene, Polynices, and Eteocles.
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