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What is the most used adjective in the English language?
Good
Who said, "My only love sprung from my only hate! // Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"
Juliet
These are hints or clues used by a writer to tell you what will happen in the future part of a story.
Foreshadowing
What does the Latin Root "auto" mean?
Self, By yourself, individual
What is a Brahmin?
A member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.
Can you name the word in the English language with the most definitions?
Set -- "set" has over 400 definitions
The first time Romeo and Juliet meet, their words form a specific type of poem that Shakespeare often used. What is the name of this type of poem?
Sonnet or Shakespearean Sonnet
A direct or indirect comparison between two unlike things is known as what figure of speech?
Metaphor or Simile
What does the Latin root "lingua" mean?
Language
What is samsara
What is the most used verb in the English language?
Be
When looking at a flower, we first meet Friar Lawrence and he says: "Within the infant rind of this small flower // Poison hath residence and medicine power."
What is the paradox?
It can be a medicine to help you (in small quantities) and it can be poisonous (if you take too much).
The use of words and phrases that imitate the sound they describe is called what?
Onomatopoeia
What does the Latin root "post" mean?
After or Later
What were the two main questions Siddhartha was asking himself at the beginning of the book?
1) Who am I? What is my true-self?
2) What can give us lasting happiness?
Can you name the most used noun in the English language?
Time
What literary device is being used here when Mercutio talks to Romeo about his recent found love of Rosaline: "Dreamers often lie."
double / triple Entendre, or a word/phrase that has more than one meaning.
What literary term means a word that has a similar meaning to another word?
Synonym
What does the Latin Root "therm" mean?
Heat or Hot
What is Atman?
The true eternal, never changing self, inside us all.
What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?
E
Who says, "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,"
The Chorus
What is the literary term that involves using exaggerated words or claims, not meant to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
What does the Latin root "psyco" mean?
Soul or Spirit
As we learn in the beginning of the book, who was Siddhartha's closest friend?
Govinda