Annotations
A question or comment that is written/typed directly on the text
What is annotation?
Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
What is a simile?
A major unit in a dramatic work, there are usually 2-5
What is an act?
The main challenge in "The Gift of the Magi" that Jim and Della face that causes them to sell items for each other.
What is poverty?
The play's first scene that illustrate the "ancient grudge" between the two households.
What is a quarrel?
One or more lines of poetry; similar to a paragraph
What is a stanza?
When an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human-like qualities
What is personification?
A preface or introduction to a literary work
What is prologue?
In "Catch the Moon," Luis wants to find the perfect hubcap match for this person as a gift.
What is wait two more years?
A closed form of poetry that has fourteen lines
What is a sonnet?
A tangible object, person, or concept that represents an abstract idea or a deeper meaning
What is symbol?
A speech in a play in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud (usually they are alone on stage)
What is soliloquy?
"Love in a Headscarf" is about a young Muslim girl who is being paired romantically with someone else, also known as this.
What is a suitor?
In Juliet's line, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” she is actually saying this.
What is "Why must you be a Montague?"
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative?
Dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
An uninterrupted speech made by a character to other characters on stage
What is monologue?
Line from "Sonnet 116" that supports the idea that "true love between two minds is eternal and withstands adversity"
What is "Love is an ever-fixed mark"
Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet; however he has suspicions if Romeo is the same way as he was with this person.
Who is Rosaline?
A poem with musical qualities
What is a lyric poem?
Recurring element, such as an image, symbol, idea, word, phrase or situation
What is motif?
When a character speaks out loud to the crowd but others on stage don't hear it
What is aside?
The repeated word/phrase in Poe's "The Raven."
What is nevermore?
The Capulets believe Juliet is crying because of this reason.
What is Tybalt's death?