A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. The usual rhyme scheme is end-rhymed a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
100
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is figurative langauge
100
A leave of absence
What is furlough
100
The author of the book.
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
200
Vladek dated her for three or four years after she basically stalked him.
Who is Lucia Greenberg
200
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
200
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
What is tone?
200
Prudent or shrewdly tactful
What is politic?
200
The setting of the story.
What is a small Colombian coastal town during the 1950's?
300
A letter saying that Vladek is a womanizer and all he wants is her money.
What is what Anja gets from Lucia?
300
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a metaphor?
300
I could smell his cologne ten miles away.
What is hyperbole?
300
difficult to manipulate or govern
What is intractable?
300
He gives in when Bayardo hands him bags full of gold.
Who is the widower Xius?
400
The family turns them in to the authorities in order to keep the rest of the family free.
Who are Anja's grandparents?
400
e. Long story told in elevated language (usually poetry), which relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
What is n epic?
400
buzz, chomp, screech, bam, whoop
What is onomatopoeia?
400
sarcastic in mode, tone or temper; harsh
What is acerbic?
400
He spends most of the night after the wedding trying to figure out exactly how much it cost.
Who is Cristo Bedoya?
500
She gives Richieu, her niece and her child poison and then ingests some herself.
Who is Anja's older sister, Tosha?
500
Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology,, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is an allusion?
500
The main message a writer is trying to convey.
What is theme?
500
a job that provides income but requires little or no work
What is sinecure?
500
They serenade the wedding couple in the wee hours of the morning.
Who are Santiago Nasar, Cristo Bedoya, the narrator and Luis Enrique.