The Color of Water
The Handmaid's Tale
Othello
Identity Vocab
Literary Terms
100

 What type of writing is The Color of Water?

What is a memoir?

100

What religion is Gilead’s society based on? 

What is Christianity?

100

What does Emilia believe is morally acceptable?  

What is cheating at night in the dark?

100

A concept used to describe a group of people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color and facial features.

What is race?

100

A figure of speech involving an indirect comparison of one thing with another unlike thing. It most commonly utilizes “like."

What is a simile?

200

James McBride grew up with a large family; how many siblings did he have? 

What is 11?

200

How are the Handmaid's identities taken away from them through their names?

What is renaming them after their commanders?

200

In Venice, they are deceitful and secretive.   

What is Iago’s stereotype of women's identity?

200

A form of unintentional bias that occurs automatically and affects judgments and behaviors.

What is implicit bias?

200

A phrase that combines two words that are opposites of each other.

What is an oxymoron?

300

What is The Color of Water based on? 

What is James McBride’s childhood?

300

What determines where women in The Handmaid's Tale are placed in Gilead’s society?

What are their reproductive abilities?

300

Who are the two men who claim to be deceived by Desdemona? 

Who are Brabantio and Othello?

300

A fear of strangers or foreigners.

What is xenophobia?

300

The purging of emotions that leads to renewal.

What is catharsis?

400

What separated Ruth McBride from her children?

What is her race?

400

What are the unhealthy babies identified as?

What is an unbaby?

400

What did Othello mistake for love? 

What is a woman's infatuation with him?

400

The dual self-perception experienced by subordinated groups.

What is double consciousness?

400

A device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

What is anaphora?

500

What does James find out about his mother?

What is her Jewish heritage?  

500

What is one aspect of Offred's physical Appearance?

What are 33, brown hair, and five-seven without shoes? (any work)

500

Why was Desdemona ignored when she told the truth? 

What is the inequality between women and men?

500

A hostility towards or prejudice towards Jewish people.

What is antisemitism?

500

A sudden, unexpected turn of events or reversal.

What is peripeteia?