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Lit term Definitions
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TKAM Characters
Romeo & Juliet quotes and characters
Tuesdays with Morrie themes
100
a comparison in which two dissimilar things are clearly compared by words such as “like” or “as”
What is a simile
100
The bee went buzz, buzzz
What is Onomatopoeia
100
Narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird
Who is Scout
100
He said this to Romeo: “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
Who is Friar Laurence
100
"It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be."
What is the meaning of life
200
a figure of speech giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personificiation
200
Black bug bleed blue blood
What is alliteration
200
mysterious neighbor of the Finch family in Maycomb
Who is Boo Radley
200
He is Juliet's father
Who is Lord Capulet
200
"When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions."
What is materialism
300
poetry that lacks a strict pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, but is rhythmic
What is free verse
300
"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last."
What is repetition
300
the open-minded mother figure neighbor who is friendly to the Finch kids
Who is Miss Maudie
300
He is the young nobleman who wants to marry Juliet
Who is Paris
300
"Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long."
What is death
400
a regular pattern of rhyme
What is rhyme scheme
400
I'm so hungary I could eat a horse
What is hyperbole
400
the defendant on trial for rape
Who is Tom Robinson
400
He said “A plague a’ both your houses!/They have made worms’ meat of me.”
Who is Mercutio
400
"Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted."
What is the tension of opposites
500
a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing does not use “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor
500
Did ya' catch that Bruins game? It was wicked awesome
What is diction
500
the Finches cook and another mother figure to the kids
Who is Calpurnia
500
“O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? I will kiss thy lips.”
Who is Juliet
500
"Do the kind of things that come from the heart, When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overhelmed with what comes back"
What is selflessness