Vocab
What is onomatopoeia?
a word that phonetically sounds like what it describes
Who are Oedipus' parents?
Jocasta and Laius
Name every living person in the play who Antigone is blood-related to
Ismene, Creon, Haemon
Name the setting of all four short stories we've read so far.
New York, Paris, Spain, the South
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Define "ubiquitous"
seeming to be everywhere; found in all places
What does "oedipus" mean?
"swollen-foot"
Polyneices attacked Thebes on behalf of what ancient city?
Argos
Name three concepts or literary devices that "The Necklace" and "Gifts of the Magi" have in common.
Answers will vary- examples, marriage / poverty / love/ irony
This line is an example of what literary device?
"I have nothing else to give you,
so it is a pot full of yellow corn
to warm your belly in winter"
metaphor
to laugh heartily
guffaw
What mountain was Oedipus left on as a baby?
Mount Cithaeron
Who says this line: "Tyranny is lucky in many ways, above all in doing and saying what it will."
Antigone
Name two things that are juxtaposed in the story "Sweet Potato Pie".
answers may vary
what is iambic pentameter?
a line of poetry with ten syllables, made up of alternating stressed & unstressed syllables.
Define "contentious"
likely to cause disagreement or argument
who says this line:
"And I pray, if he should be known to me and share in my hearth among my family, that I suffer all that I called upon these"
Oedipus
What is the lead member of the chorus called?
the choragus
Explain the Iceberg Theory
the meat of the story is implicitly, not explicitly, stated
"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams is a prime example of an early 20th century literary movement called
Imagism
theme is the overall takeaway universal message, motif is a recurring concept/symbol in the story, and symbols are objects in stories that represent something else
Who is Cadmus?
Founder and first king of Thebes
Who is the only character in either tragedy whose bloody dead body is portrayed on stage?
Eurydice
How many francs was the necklace actually worth in "The Necklace"?
500 francs
what are the final two lines of a sonnet called?
a couplet