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Literary Terms
Short Stories
"Death of Abraham Lincoln"
"Their Eyes, for 500"
Fahrenheit 451
Antigone
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier.
What is flashback?
100
First person
What point of view is the story?
100
Mildred ( in relation to the burning of the house)
Who reported Montag to the authorities?
100
She is afraid to go against the king, so she refuses to help her sister.
What is Ismene's decision regarding the King's decision?
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They believed she poisoned him.
What did the townspeople believe Janie did to Joe before his death?
200
Use of clue to prepare readers for events that will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
200
"18th or 19th of February, 1861" "in New York City" "I saw him on Broadway"
What is the exposition of the story?
200
Mechanical hound (think of police)
What is the symbol of the computerized law enforcement?
200
Antigone (think of arrest)
What is : Who has the sentry captured and brought before King Creon?
200
Doubt ( general male/female relationships)
What is the "fiend from hell specially sent to lovers"?
300
Main idea or message of a work, often a general statement of life.
What is theme?
300
That there will be a fight.
What is the narrator foreshadowing?
300
In the minds of scholars.
What is, How are books preserved?
300
God's laws demand burial, they are more important than man's laws.
What is the reason Antigone gives for defying King Creon's decision?
300
In case Tea Cake ran away with her money.
What is: Why did Janie keep two hundred dollars hidden inside her shirt when she left with Tea Cake?
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When a text references another piece of literature etc.
What is allusion?
400
He has a tragic flaw.
How is Abraham Lincoln a tragic hero like Antigone and Creon?
400
doesn't believe him (Mildred)
What is :How does Mildred react when Montag tells his wife about her near suicide?
400
Antigone is engaged to Creon's son.
What is another way in which Antiogne is related to King Creon, besides being his niece?
400
Nanny (think of something she said in relation to her age)
What is : Who said "Put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate."?
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"They all felt like jumping for joy." (point of view)
What is third person Omniscient Point of View?
500
God is who made the decisions all along ("Their Eyes Were Watching God")
What is the significance of the title?
500
His looks ( think of elections)
What is : How do Mildred and her friends decide who to vote for President?
500
She will die
What is Antigone's punishment for burying her brother?
500
For someone to ask what she wanted, For someone to have a fairy tale love with, For someone to treat her as an equal.
What is all Janie wanted throughout the entire novel?