Survival &
The Pianist
The Pianist
The sequence of events in a work of fiction
What is the plot?
They give their name as Nohbdy
Who is Odysseus?
This is when the hero learns to fight, make friends, and learn about the bad guy in The Hero's Journey
What is Tests, Allies, and Enemies?
The setting of Romeo and Juliet
Where is Verona?
The name for the shape that uses Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
What is the rhetorical triangle?
An interruption in the narrative to recount something that happened before the beginning of the story
What is a Flashback?
You plug your ears with this when approaching the Sirens
What is Beeswax?
This is the where the hero loses everything in The Hero's Journey
What is the Ordeal/Crisis?
What is the Prologue?
The term for what is going on when a speech is being read.
What is context?
The central idea about life or human nature that the writer wants the reader to understand
What is Theme?
This character is cursed to never eat or drink again
Who is Tantalus?
This is the "First step into the Unknown" in The Hero's Journey
What is Crossing the Threshold?
The nicknames Romeo gives the couple at their first meeting
What is a pilgrim and a saint?
This person said in his famous speech “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy/JFK?
The setting of "The Pianist"
Where is Poland?
This is Chiron's father
Who is Kronos?
This is the "hero hesitating to leave home" in The Hero's Journey
What is the Refusal to the Call?
Juliet says this word over and over again because she feels despair of Romeo's fate.
What is Banished?
The word choices a speaker uses
What is diction?
The main character of "The Pianist"
Who is Wladyslaw Szpilman?
This character rides under the belly of a sheep to ESCAPE Polyphemus's cave
Who is Odysseus?
This is the "rededication to the journey" in The Hero's Journey
What is the Chase/Seizing of the Sword?
"Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir; / My daughter he hath wedded.” Is an example of this figure of speech.
What is personification?
A literary device that uses conjunctions back to back for emphasis
What is a polysyndeton?