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Sir Gawain
Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Malachi's Cove
Vocabulary
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What is King Arthur’s first response to the Green Knight?
What is welcoming. As the enormous Green Knight bounds through the door, King Arthur Greets him nobly. (Page 44 Line 33)
100
Name the three elements of an argument.
What is Claim, Reasons, and Evidence. Claim: the writer’s position on an issue or problem Reasons: statements that explain or justify the claim Evidence: facts, statistics, examples, or the views of experts
100
Old Glos (Malachi) is proven too old to work on page 206. Who is his replacement?
What is Mally or Mahala Trenglos
100
What is a “destrier”?
What is a war horse
100
In Shooting an Elephant, the term bazaar means _________?
What is a market
200
How do Arthur’s Knights react to the Green Knight’s challenge?
What is everyone is stunned. Line 80: “If they were like stone before, they were stiller now.” (Page 46)
200
What is Mary Wollstonecraft’s claim in the Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
What is society educates women not to be strong or useful, but only to be pleasing to men.
200
Barty and Mally are considered complex characters because they are portrayed in everyday circumstances, unlike the idealized romantic characters of earlier fiction. Complex characters are used in what kind of writing?
What is Realistic / or Realism Realism refers to writing that portrays everyday life in accurate detail. It uses complex characters, carefully detailed settings drawn from real life, and dialogue that captures the sounds of everyday speech. Realism is portrayed through Mally’s relationship with Barty. She hates him in the beginning, but grows to love him in the end.
200
What is iambic pentameter? Give an example of a poem that we have covered in class that uses iambic pentameter.
What is lines with five feet that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Ozymandias by Percy Shelley & Shakespearean Sonnet 18, 29, 116, & 130 are all examples of iambic pentameter.
200
How many lines are in a quatrain? How many lines are in a couplet?
What is There are four lines in a quatrain and two lines in a couplet.
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What is the Green Knight’s challenge? Name the person who accepts the challenge and why he decides to do it.
What is : The Green Knight challenges anyone at Camelot to strike his bare neck with an ax, provided that the Green Knight may return the blow in a year and a day (lines 66-79). Sir Gawain accepts the challenge. He feels Arthur is too important to fight. Gawain feels he is the most feeble and will be the least missed (lines 131-132).
300
True/ False. Women’s education needs to focus more on improving their physical and mental abilities.
What is True
300
What does Mr. Gunliffe do to first show acceptance of Mally?
What is hold her hand on the way to the farm. (Line 597 on page 221)
300
What is a vindication?
What is a justification
300
Name the five elements of a short story.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
400
Name two supernatural elements that appear in the medieval romance.
Responses will vary.
400
What is one counterargument the author offers against the idea that women should act weaker than they are?
Responses may vary.
400
Describe how the environment contributes to Barty’s accident. Use two details from the story to support your response.
Reponses will vary.
400
The vocabulary term evanescent is used in the Vindication of the Rights of Women. Define the term and use it in a sentence.
What is quick to disappear. Possible example: Many an artist has captured the evanescent beauty of sunset.
400
Define imagery and provide an example
What is a set of mental images; using figurative language. Example: Whenever I hear the man speak, it is like nails on a chalkboard.
500
Give an example from the text when Sir Gawain shows he lives by a code of loyalty, honesty, and bravery. Give an additional example of a time when Gawain breaks the code.
Responses will vary
500
What does Mary Wollstonecraft say is a result of women striving only to be alluring objects?
What is Women are weak and unfit for motherhood. She argues that women should cultivate strength of body and mind and should develop their character, so that they may become worthy wives, mothers, and companions. Page 123 Lines 70-80
500
List two differences between the structures of the Trenglos & Gunliffe families. How do these differences affect their economic status?
What is The Trenglos family is made up of Mally, and her grandfather who can no longer work. The Gunliffes have a more “traditional” family of mother, father, and son. The son is old enough to provide financial support by working. The Gunliffes own 50 acres of land and a farm. The Trenglos live in a hovel, which is equivalent to a donkey’s shed. It appears the Trengloses have no rights to any land.
500
Illustrate a precipitous cliff near a body of water.
What is very steep; nearly vertical.
500
In Percy Shelley’s poem titled, “Ozymandias,” what does the statue symbolize?
What is the insignificance of human beings to the passage of time