Writing
What is the HOOK?
The person credited with compiling many myths into one in order to create an epic poem.
Who is Homer?
The name of a portion of a poem, similar to what a paragraph is in PROSE writing.
What is a stanza?
The character who envisioned a fire and foretold the future of the Jews.
Who is Mrs./ Madame Schachter?
The opening lines of the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet- meant to draw in the audience and inform them of what is to come.
What is the prologue?
The three letter acronym that helps a writer create an introductory sentence or a thesis claim.
What is TQA?
The reason Odysseus had to leave his wife and young son.
What is The Trojan War?
What is a line?
Character who tried to warn the Jews of Elie's neighborhood to leave immediately.
Who is Moshe the Beadle?
The type of poem used in the play that serves as the prologue.
What is a sonnet?
The place in the paragraph that requires INFERENTIAL and not literal statements.
What is part 4 of the paragraph/ the explanation or analysis?
The words Odysseus used to trick Polyphemus and show his cleverness.
What is "Nobdy, my name is Nobdy."
the bright light gave me a fright
What is assonance?
Name of the small town where the story began.
What is Sighet, Transylvania?
The number of lines in ANY Shakespearean sonnet.
What are 14?
The part of the paragraph that requires LITERAL information, used as part of the writer's evidence.
What is part 2 of the paragraph, the scene reference OR
part 3 of the paragraph, the quoted text evidence?
The name of the head suitor who was disloyal to Odysseus.
Who is Antinoos?
we wandered when the wind was wild
What is alliteration?
The reason Elie did not want to give up his gold tooth.
What is he might need it to buy food or clothes later?
The number of syllables in any line of a sonnet.
What are 10?
The five parts of an analytical paragraph- in order.
What are
Intro sentence (TQA)
Scene reference
Quoted material from the scene
Explanation/analysis of evidence
Conclusion with added insight
The goddess who guided Odysseus through all of his trials and advised him as he traveled home.
Who is Athena?
What is onomatopoeia?
The family items Elie's father tried to give Elie when he thought he wasn't going to live much longer.
What is a knife and spoon?
The name of the three groups of 4 lines in a sonnet?
What are quatrains?