Stories
"I been sellin' canned goods and now I'm canned goods myself."
Haircut
What are the 3 time periods of the English language (in order)?
Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
Middle English
Modern English
Closed-form poem of nineteen lines
Villanelle
True or False:
An implicit thesis statement states the author's position in one sentence.
False
How many Olympians were there?
12
"She stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light."
Jilting of Granny Weatherall
In 3500 B.C., how many branches did the Indo-Europeans split into?
9
Analysis of a poem to determine its meter
Scansion/Scanning
When writing a successful argumentative essay, what is a useful strategy?
Making a list for and against the subject
Persephone persuades Hades to let Eurydice (Orpheus' wife) out of the land of the dead and Hades tell Orpheus not to look back, but he does. Why does he look back?
Orpheus does not believe that Eurydice is actually behind him.
"She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance."
The Story of an Hour
Inventions, discoveries, advertising, slang
Outlandish physical comedy that has silly characters, improbably happenings, wild clowning, extravagant language, and bawdy jokes
Farce
True or False:
You should avoid abstract words and only use concrete words.
True
Aphrodite marries _____, the blacksmith of the gods. Why does she marry him?
Hephaestus, so she could have the freedom to have affairs
"Suddenly he moved in his bed. You may think I became afraid. But no."
The Tell-Tale Heart
What are the 6 theories on how language began?
Imitates nature/Bow wow
Shows emotions/Pooh pooh
Uses verbs/GoGo
Chants/hums/Sing song
Grunts while working/Yo ho ho
Meant to talk (Bible)/Ding Dong
What is verisimilitude?
Use of true, lifelike, or probably situations and concerns; theory underlying the depiction of reality in nature (realism)
Which is the correct sentence you would put into an essay?
The car hit the tree.
The tree was hit by the car.
The car hit the tree.
Eros falls in love with ____ and why does he only come to see her at night?
Psyche, his radiance is so great that he insists that she must never look at his face (for her own safety)
"We'll let them fight," he answered stalwartly. "I can't put up with it any longer."
The Blue Hotel
Who invaded England in 1066?
William of Normandy (William the Conqueror)
Near rhyme; concluding consonant sounds are identical, but not vowels
Slant Rhyme
What is one of the tasks that Aphrodite gives to Psyche for injuring her son?
Getting beauty lotion from Persephone in the underworld
Getting bottled water from the river of the dead (the styx)