Literature
a concluding chapter in a novel that isn't numbered like the rest and typically offers additional details about the resolution of the story
epilogue
Holden's three siblings
The nickname of the person Okonkwo "threw" in the famous wrestling match mentioned in the first paragraph
The Cat
Mr. John's golden rule: "Write what _____ _____."
sounds good
the tragic character who killed his father and married his mother
Oedipus
another word for "storyteller" that's also a variation of 1 of AP Literature's Big Ideas
narrator
The name of the cab driver that indulges Holden about ducks & fish
Horowitz
The animal that deceived the birds in Ekwefi's story
tortoise
"given the ___ ___"
rhetorical situation
a king whose punishment for offending Hades was to roll a boulder up a mountain over and over again for eternity
Sisyphus
a phrase to describe an internal conflict, said like two contenders in a boxing match
man v. self
Holden's gaff that got him ostracized at Pency
forgetting fencing foils on the subway
The staple crop grown by Okonkwo and the people in his village
yam
the kind of text, e.g., letter, speech, essay
genre
In contemporary English, this is a word for someone who uses rhetorical tricks and fallacies to manipulate audiences; In Ancient Greece, this was a word for a rhetoric teacher who charges money for their services
sophist
a genre that Margaret Atwood felt it necessary to differentiate from science fiction
speculative fiction
The eponymous swanky joint that irks Holden
Ernie's
The name for a powerful ancestral spirit, later unmasked by Enoch leading to the destruction of the church
Egwugwu
the specific time and place in which a speaker delivers a text to an audience
occasion
the Greek word for soul
psyche
a word shared by Orwell & Atwood that conveys erasure & repurposing
palimpsest
The book Holden is reading in his dorm as Ackley annoys him with questions
The name of the spirit that possesses Chielo the priestess
Agbala
when the final word or phrase in a clause, sentence, or line is repeated at the start of the next
anadiplosis
The name that George calls Walter as he exits the apartment in A Raisin in the Sun
Prometheus