Characters
This character is transformed into a "giant verminous bug."
Who is Gregor Samsa?
Gregor's transformation into a bug symbolizes this emotion/illness.
What is anxiety/depression?
This is the reason Gregor believes he must continue working despite his transformation.
The tense of verbs that often end in -ed like "discovered."
What is past tense?
This type of sentence contains both a subject and a predicate.
What is a complete sentence/independent clause?
This character takes care of Gregor after his transformation.
Who is Grete Samsa (Gregor's sister)?
This object symbolizes Gregor's connection to his past humanity.
What is Gregor's writing desk?
This is the length of time Gregor has been working at his job.
What is 5 years?
This part of speech refers to words like "verminous" in the phrase "verminous bug."
What is an adjective?
This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Gregor Samsa's occupation before his transformation.
What is a travelling salesman?
This literary term refers to a story with a deeper meaning.
What is an allegory?
This is where Gregor hides when his sister or mother comes into his room.
What is under the couch?
This part of speech tells where, when, or how an action takes place, as in the sentence, "Above the wall hung a picture."
What is a preposition?
A complex sentence contains both an independent clause and this.
What is a dependent clause?
Gregor's mother frequently passes out and suffers from this condition.
What is asthma?
This theme is represented by Gregor's inability to communicate with his family.
What is isolation/loneliness?
Mr. Samsa threw these objects at Gregor for frightening his mother.
What are apples?
This punctuation is used to separate a series of items in a sentence.
What is a comma?
Identify this type of sentence: "It was no dream."
What is a simple sentence?
Gregor's father used to work as this before his business collapsed.
What is a bank clerk?
The family's reaction to Gregor's transformation can be seen as a commentary on this societal issue.
What is dehumanization?
This is the length of time Gregor has been a cockroach by the end of Section 2.
What is 2 months?
"The Metamorphosis" is told from this point of view.
What is third-person omniscient?
Identify the correct conjunction to be used in this sentence: "Gregor wished to get out of bed, ___ he could not."
What is but?