Diagramming Questions
The Giver - Themes
Hubris and Fate
Xenia (Hospitality)
Literary Devices
100

What determines the number of t-charts in a diagram

subjects and their verbs

100

The four types of dystopian control are all present in the Giver, from technological control to corporate control, from philosophical control to this...

Bureaucratic control

100

Theseus left her behind, a dishonorable act that resulted in the death of his father.

Ariadne

100

Theseus not only helped Hercules in his depression, but he also welcomed in this shunned character of society to the city of Athens.

Oedipus

100

Bottom's Dream and Puck's final monologue are examples of this, noting they are alone on stage or only heard by the audience.

soliloquies 

200

The type of sentence with at least one subordinate clause and one independent clause.

Complex sentence

200
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the ______ of it."

Loneliness

200

This hero held the fate of Zeus hostage, keeping him held hostage in turn.

Prometheus

200

Hercules' ninth labor identifies her hospitality, but she wasn't rewarded for it.

Hippolyta

200

"Now to scape the serpent's tongue" is not just the use of alliteration, but it is also comparing the fairies to that of a snake without using like or as....which is...

metaphor

300

The B's of AAAWWUUBBIS (The subordinating conjunctions)

Before and Because

300

"Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be ______. And __________."

colors and grandparents

300

His hubris against women, particularly that of Aphrodite and love, eventually got him killed.

Hippolytus

300

She exchanged her life for the life of her husband, Admetus, who later hosted Hercules' arrival in a time of mourning.

Alcestis

300

Hippolyta and Theseus are known and familiar characters, reference in another work, an example of...

allusions

400

In diagramming, it's the egyptian, noting a verbal that functions as a noun ending in "ing"

Gerund Phrase

400

"His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness-and promised answers-he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: ____  ____ _____"

Do you lie?

400

This original owner of the golden fleece, did not show any hubris, but his descendant, Jason, did.

Phrixus

400

This sorceress, instead of welcoming a stranger, almost poisoned Theseus as he introduced himself to his kingly father for the first time. She didn't get a happy ending.

Medea

400

In Bottom's Dream monologue, the audience knows the reality of what happened to Bottom, but Bottom doesn't. This is called...

dramatic irony

500

The five questions that determine if a word or group of words functions as an adverb.

When, where, how, to what extent, why

500

"Perhaps it was an _____"

echo
500
Father to Danae, he was fated to die by the hand of his grandchild. It came true in the end - by an accidental discus throw.

King Acrisius

500

Perseus had to honor his role as a guest in the giving of a wedding gift to his host...who was...?

King Polydectes

500
Shakespeare wrote his wealthier characters as speaking in this rhythm - also known as the heartbeat rhythm.

Iambic Pentameter