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English 1
final review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A fair city where two households from ancient grudge | Verona |
| A sonnet with consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter | Romeo and Juliet |
| Poetic device used in the following "…..two foes" | Alliteration |
| Servant men who bite their thumbs | Samson and gregory |
| The voice of reason in Romeo and Juliet in contrast to Romeo mood and passion | Benvolio |
| A passionate man who hates the word peace | Tybalt |
| Rhetorical device "Oh brawling love, oh loving hate." | Oxymoron |
| Dreamt a dream about Queen Mab ? | Mercutio |
| the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters | Dramatic Irony |
| Romeo and Mercutio are what?? | foils |
| With temder Juliet matched is now not fair | |
| A figure of speech in which a statement appears contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | paradox |
| Who is the narrator of the Cask of Amontillado? | Montressor |
| Why does M hate Fortunado? | He insulted him |
| What can be inferred from these lines "At length......" | He will carry out his revenge |
| The setting of the story is a small town in Maryland during the Great Depression? (Marigolds) | True |
| The event of the story takes place in beginning of the fall when the marigolds bloom? | False; summer |
| Miss Lottie lives alone in a rundown house in the county side. | false; lives with her son |
| The narrator, in the end, hates the sight of marigolds because of the shame she feels over her actions | false |
| How did Montressor know that the house would be empty? | he had told the servants he wouldn't be home and not to stir from the house and knew they would leave |
| Where had the stone and mortar, used by Montressor to wall up the entrance to the niche, been hidden? | a pile of bones |
| the catacombs were... | gas, damp, dark, moist, gloomy |
| Where and when is the story set? | carnival season, Italy. great catacombs of Paris |
| Why does Montressor make sure Fortunado drinks lots of wine? | to confuse him, so intoxicated he wouldn't be able to notice he was being deceived |
| What is Luchesi's role in the story? | the other taster of Montressor that he would sell to, to make Fortunado jealous |
| What is the style/theme of this story and Edgar Allen Poe stories? | suspenseful |
| Where did the nickname Doodle come from? | when he began to crawl like a doodlebug |
| What sis Aunt Nicey symbolize when she had sad eh was born in a caul made of Jesus' night gown? | he would be strong |
| What was doodle's real name? | William Armstrong |
| What was the season of the Scarlet Ibis? | Summer |
| What had the narrator wanted? | a brother he could do physical activities with, |
| Why did the narrator teach his brother how to walk? | he was embarrassed he had a 5 yr old brother that couldn't walk |
| Who was Miss Leedie in love with? | President Wilson |
| How did the narrator feel when everyone congratulated Doodle for walking? | happy because he could do something for him |
| Why did Doodle die? | he was worked to hard by his brother |
| What did the scarlet ibis symbolize? | it came all the way to the tropics to die in their Backyard |
| Why did Doodle relate to the Scarlet Ibis? | he would die soon he did not belong |
| The scarlet Ibis foreshadows? | death |
| What was the theme of "A cask of Amontillado"? | Excessive pride |
| Where did Esperanza's family live before Mango? | Loomis 3rd floor, Keeler, Paulina |
| Characters of HOMS | Carlos, Keke, Mama, Papa, Nenny, Esperanza, Gil, Mr. Benny, Angel Vargas, Cathy, Rachel, Lucy, Sally, Darius, Alicia, Aunt Lupe, Uncle Nacho |
| THOMS pov | first person point of view |
| Style of THOMS | conversational language spanish/english poetry |
| Marigold author | Eugenia W. Collier |
| Marigolds setting | summer |
| Martin Collingwood went to school to do what? | be a Mortician |
| What play had she decided not to take part in? ( An Ounce of Cure) | Pride and Prejudice |
| Who did he date instead? | Mary Bishop |
| What dance happened she did not attend? | Spring dance |
| Who did she call? | Kay Stringer |
| Setting of AOOC | April |
| courtly love | so in love with someone that cause emotional and physical pain |
| petrarchan conceit | a love that is torturous |