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Literary Terms
Chrysalids
Romeo and Juliet
Grammar
Literary Terms 2
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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
What is alliteration?
100
irony that occurs when the meaning of a situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
What is dramatic irony?
100
although, as, because, before,even, if, even though, since, than, after
What is a subordinate conjunction?
100
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Define protagonist
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Example: angry clouds, a cruel wind
Give an example of pathetic fallacy
200
Why do Sophie's parents ask David to stay the night at their house when they run away?
because it will give them more time to run away
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How does the relations between the Capulets and Montagues change at the end of the play?
They decide that this feud cost too many lives and they decide to end the feud
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Example: After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad
What is an example of a subordinate clause?
200
what is the literary term being used in: oh heavy lightness
oxymoron
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from what point of view was The Chrysalids told?
First Person
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What makes Romeo decide to go to the Capulets ball?
Benvolio tells him that he needs to get over Rosalind and when they go to the ball, Benvolio will show him all the other girls
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What is the direct object in the following sentence? Zippy and Yoland played soccer with a watermelon from they found in the backyard.
Answer: Direct object = soccer
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words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.
Onomatopoeia
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Name an antagonist in the Chrysalids.
Joseph
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Name a character for whom we feel pathos
Romeo, Juliet
400
What is the indirect object in the follow sentence? Jim built his sister a sandcastle on the beach.
Indirect object = sister
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Time is a thief? And what does it mean?
Metaphor
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Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.
Define malapropism
500
Emily
What is David's mother's name?
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what motif could be found in both the chrysalis and Romeo and Juliet?
youth vs age
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give an example of the denotation and connotation of a word.
connotation of skinny: malnourished or skeletal denotaion: very thin
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an extravagant exaggeration. In literature, such exaggeration is used for emphasis or vivid descriptions.
Hyperbole