Show:
Odyssey
Othello
Film
Grammar
Figurative Language
100
The three phases of the hero's journey
What is separation, initiation, and return?
100
He killed Othello at the end of the play.
Who is Othello?
100
The definition of Anti-Hero
What is a protagonist who doesn't fit the typical mold of a hero?
100
"My TV is an old piece of junk" (Sentence Types)
What is an example of a simple sentence?
100
The definition of Simile
What is "A comparison of two things using like or as?"
200
In media res
What is the storytelling technique of starting in the middle of the action (relates exposition later through dialogue or flashback)?
200
A fault of imperfection that leads to a tragic hero's downfall?
What is a tragic flaw?
200
The effect of a high angle shot
What is minimizes the size and importance of the subject?
200
"Although cats shed..." (Clauses)
What is an example of a subordinate clause?
200
The definition of personification
What is "Giving human qualities to something non-human?"
300
The stage in which the hero experiences his final separation from his ordinary world--usually dark, unknown, and frightening
What is the Belly of the Whale?
300
The language Shakespeare wrote in
What is Early Modern English
300
The four different aspects a film might focus around
What are plot, character, style or structure, and ideas?
300
"The bird fell into the plane's propeller, it caused a lot of damage." (Sentence Errors)
What is an example of a Comma Splice?
300
"It will only take a second." (Types of figurative language)
What is an example of understatement?
400
Correct the dialogue formatting in this sentence. "Hear me, lord of the river. I come to you in great need", said Odysseus."
"Hear me, lord of the river. I come to you in great need," said Odysseus.
400
Describe Emilia's death.
She told everyone the truth about Desdemona's purity and Iago's evil plot and then Iago killed her.
400
The use of a single musical theme to introduce a certain character
What is a leitmotif?
400
"I'll only walk to school if you go with me." (Sentence Types)
What is an example of a Complex Sentence?
400
"She'd come again, and with a greedy ear, devour up my discourse." (Types of Figurative Language)
What is an example of personification?
500
The witch who turned all of Odysseus' men into pigs
Who is Circe?
500
What is the significance of the handkerchief in Othello (at least two examples)?
It symbolizes Othello and Desdemona's love, had sentimental value to Othello, and used by Iago to set his evil plot in motion?
500
The four different viewpoints in cinematography
What are objective, subjective, indirect-subjective, and director's interpretive?
500
Correct this sentence: "I like the Bulls the Grizzlies are also fun to watch."
"I like the Bulls, and the Grizzlies are also fun to watch." "I like the Bulls; the Grizzlies are also fun to watch."
500
"A cuckold (a man who's being cheated on) is a monster and a beast." (Types of Figurative Language).
What is an example of a metaphor?