English 1 Final June Flashcards
What is the main argument of an essay called?
Thesis
Where is the thesis statement typically placed?
The end of the introduction.
~Most likely the last sentence of first paragraph
What is the third item in the heading?
Course title
Run-on, fragment, or okay?
The school has been closed, one teacher has started to cry.
Run-on sentence
Two independent clauses need a semicolon or ,fanboy
IC;IC
IC, fanboy IC
Run-on, fragment, or okay?
Because the rat jumped.
Sentence fragment
Needs an independent clause; this is subordinate.
What is Hephaestus’ Roman name?
Vulcan
What is the Roman name of Dionysus?
Bacchus
What is Aphrodite’s Roman name?
Venus
What is the Roman name of Artemis?
Diana
What is Ares Roman name?
Mars
What is Athena’s Roman name?
Minerva
What is Hades Roman name?
Pluto
What is Hermes Roman name?
Mercury
What is the Roman name of Zeus?
Jupiter
What is Poseidon’s Roman name?
Neptune
What is Heras Roman name?
Juno
What is the Roman name of Odysseus?
Ulysses
What is the Roman name of Cronus?
Saturn
What is the Roman name of Eros?
Cupid
Allusion
A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is direct characterization?
When a 3rd person narrator (but not a first person narrator) tells us directly what a characters personality is like.
What is indirect characterization?
When we have to use our judgement concerning what the character is like, based on the evidence the narrator provides.
Dialect
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
What is a pun?
A play of multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sounds alike but have different meanings
What is the time and place of a story or play called?
The setting
What does the theme of a story mean?
The central ideas of a work of literature/ insights gained about the subjects of a story/ meaning that the author reveals
Tone
An author’s attitude toward a subject, character, etc. in a work of literature.
What is a plot?
A series of related events that tell a story (often—but not always—following a pattern)
What is the beginning of of the story called?
Exposition
Rising action
The problem becomes more intense or further problems are introduced—the knot tightens.
What is the most intense moment of the story called?
The climax
Denouement
The ending of the story—French for “untying of the knot.”
Foreshadow
To use clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
What is a flat character?
A one-dimensional character who has only on or two character traits that can be described in very few words.
Round character
A multi-dimensional character who has many different traits, sometimes contradicting ones.
What is a static character?
One who does not change much—or in any significant way over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
One who changes in a significant way as the result of the story’s events
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
What is it called when the reader knows something the character doesn’t know?
Dramatic irony
What is it called when a person says one thing, but means the opposite?
Verbal irony
What is situational irony?
When the situation itself is ironic
Protagonist
A main character (this can be either good or bad) of a story
Antagonist
A character or entity that goes against the protagonist and what the protagonist wants to achieve
Alliteration
A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
Soliloquy
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
Allegory
A story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for certain other people or events or concepts. Nearly everything in the story can serve on a symbolic level.
What is the maiden name of Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter called?
Blank verse
Didiatic
When a story or narrator because obvious in his/her message—sometimes to the point of being preachy.
What is an epiphany?
When a character has gained a new understanding that causes a dynamic, life-altering change—often, the character endures a near-death experience and then changes in such a way that he/she will be stronger and better off for the experience.
A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character
Foil
What is ordinary writing called?
Prose
Personification
Giving human like qualities to un human like things
Onomatopoeia
A word which imitates the natural sound of the thing
Meter
The pattern of rhythm
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things
Hubris
Overbearing pride
Hyperbole
Tremendous exaggeration
Paradox
A statement or situation that appears to be contradictory but upon closer examination proves to make sense.
Subject
What the story is about
Tragic flaw
A character trait taken to an extreme that dooms a character.
What does genre mean?
A category for a specific type of novel, music, movie etc
What is the first item in the heading?
Student name
Where is the pagination header located?
Upper right corner of the page
What is the standard font size for a standard essay?
12 point
Where is the heading located?
Upper left corner of the page
What is the correct format for an MLA date in the heading?
Day month year (no comma)
What is the line spacing in an essay?
Double spacing
What are the margins for an essay?
1 inch
How far from the top of the page is the header?
1/2 an inch
How far from the top of the page is the heading?
1 inch
What is capitalized in an essay title?
All main words
Should an essay title be in bold?
No
Should an essay title be in italics?
No
Are paragraphs and the headings both flush with the left margin?
Yes
What types of words help show connections between ideas?
Transitions
Titles should have what two aspects?
Topic and focus
The main idea of the paragraph is often stated in what type of sentence?
Topic sentence
Name 3 types of introductions.
Anecdote
Background
Quote
What is the main purpose of the introduction?
To introduce the thesis
What is the main purpose of the conclusion?
To justify the thesis or show why the thesis is important.
What is unity in a paragraph?
All sentences support topic sentence.
What is unity in an essay?
All sentences support thesis
What are three ways to achieve unity in a paragraph?
Focus on 1 main idea per paragraph
Eliminate sentences that don’t support main idea
Use transitions
What is the main purpose of a main body paragraph?
To support the thesis statement by using elements such as examples, quotes, testimony, and evidence
List, in order, the five stages of the writing process.
- Prewriting
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing
What stage of the writing process who you make an outline?
Prewriting
What stage of the writing process would you improve word choice?
Revising
What stage of the writing process would you improve the sentence fluency?
Revising
What stage of the writing process would you create a thesis statement?
Prewriting
What stage of the writing process would you improve the grammar?
Editing
What stage of the writing process would you improve the formatting?
Editing
This creature emerged from Medusa’s neck and flew away.
Pegasus
What is the Greek name for the goddess of wisdom?
Athena
Perseus rescued this maiden from a horrible sea.
Andromeda
Greek name for the god of war; he had an affair with Aphrodite.
Ares
What is the Greek name for the god of metalwork?
Crippled
Hephaestus
Who killed the Minotaur?
Theseus
What is the Greek name for the messenger God?
Hermes
What is the Greek name for the god of the underworld?
Hades
Who defeats the hydra?
Heracles or Hercules
What is the river that forms the boundary for the underworld called?
Styx
What is the Greek name for the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
What is the Greek name for the goddess of hunt?
Artemis
She bragged that her hair was equaled Athena in beauty.
Medusa
This nymph distracted Hera so that Heras husband could flirt (or worse) with other women. Hera punished her.
Echo
What is the Greek name for the goddess of seasons?
Demeter
Nymphs loaned this hero a pair of winged sandals, a leather bag, and a helmet of invisibility; he also tricked three ladies who share one eye.
Perseus
The titan who created man; Zeus punished him for many years.
Prometheus
Sarcasm
Say one thing but mean the other with a satirical tone
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is a 14 lined poem called?
A sonnet
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford on Avon
What is a brief comment or passage meant for the audience to hear but not other characters in the play?
Aside
Some scholars believe that Shakespeare’s plays were not written by Shakespeare but by…
Edward de Vere
Who was the queen who ruled for the last half for the 1500s?
Queen Elizabeth 1
Who succeeded Queen Elizabeth 1?
King James 1
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Enjambment
What is an example of a tragedy?
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet
The river that flows past the Globe is…
Thames
Words with the same end sound
Rhyme
Rhythm
The beat
A metaphor that compares two unlike things without mentioning one of the .
Implied metaphor
When an author uses a metaphor throughout a long passage or even an entire poem
Extended metaphor
A four lined stanza
Quatrain
A two line stanza
Couplet
What is iambic pentameter?
Five metrical feet each consisting of one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.
The aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others.
Persona
What are the three types of Shakespeare’s plays?
Tragedy
Comedy
History
What were audience members called who stood on the ground in front of the stage?
Ground lings
He judges a music contest and votes against Apollo, who gives him donkey ears.
Midas
Mother of Perseus; Zeus showers go.d into her lap.
Danaë
Multi-headed creature; one of the heads is immortal.
Hydra
Who was the woman created by Hephaestus to be both a blessing and a curse to mankind?
she released evil and sickness into the world
Pandora
What is the Greek name for the God of wine?
Dionysus
What is the maze called that has many corridors and is on the island of Crete?
Labyrinth
What is the three headed dog that guards the underworld called?
Cerebrus
What is Shakespeare’s theatre called?
The Globe
Who is the goddess of marriage?
Hera
Who is the god of sun, music, poetry, and medicine?
Apollo
Who is the goddess of hearth and home?
Hestia
Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority
Patriarchal
What is monotheism?
The belief in one god
What is the belief in many gods called?
Polytheism
Women is the leader in society
Matriarchal
Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
The island from which Daedalus escapes
Crete
What is the name for warrior women?
Amazons
She is kidnapped by Hades
Persephone
What is the emptiness before creation called?
Chaos
What is the name of the criminal who was doomed to roll a rock up a hill forever?
Sisyphus
What is the creature called who has the upper body of s man and the lower body of a horse?
Centaur
She has the face that launched a thousand ships, the Trojan war was fought over her
Helen
Who is the wisest of all immortals?
A titan
Metis
What is the name of the Trojan war hero who has a vulnerable heel?
Achilles
Who is the titan closely associated with time?
Cronus
What is the name of the criminal who is punished through thirst and starvation?
Tantalus
What is excessive pride called that the gods punish?
Hubris
What is the name of the ferryman of the River Styx?
Charon
Gods who are given human characteristics
Anthropomorphic
What is a long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds called?
An epic
What are half-man, half-goat creatures called?
They associated with Dionysus, indulgence and sensuality.
Satyrs
What is the name of the race of one-eyed giants?
Cyclopes
What is the name of the dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster?
Charybdis
An ancient city in central Greece : site of an oracle of Apollo.
Delphi
What is the name of Odysseus’ homeland?
Ithaca
What is the name of the home of the gods?
Mount Olympus
What is Tartarus?
The underworld, where monsters live
What is the kingdom that was destroyed by the Greeks called?
It is located on the western coast of Asia Minor.
Troy
Who is the cunning worker who created the labyrinth and gave his son wings?
Daedalus
Who was the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold?
Midas
What is the name of Odysseus and Penelope’s son?
Telemachus
What is the name of the sculpture who fell in love with a statue?
Pygmalion
Who is the mother of Perseus?
Danaë
Who is the son of Daedalus who ignored his fathers instructions and flew too close to the sun with the wing his father gave him?
Icarus
What is the name of the beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection?
Narcissus
What is the name of the wife of Odysseus?
Penelope
Who is the beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus’s crew into swine?
Circe
With Hermes’ help, Odysseus resists Circe’s powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.
Who is the beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island home of Ogygia.?
She holds him prisoner for seven years until Hermes persuades her to let him go.
Calypso
Who are the nine sisters who give song and inspiration to humanity?
They are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemonsyne
Muses
Who are the three goddesses who determined human destiny?
Fates
Who is the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus?
Polyphemus
What is the name of the 6 headed monster who attacked sailors in a narrow channel of water along with her counterpart Charybdis?
Scylla
Who are the creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths?
Sirens
A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations
Nymphs
What is Demeter the goddess of?
Agriculture and the seasons
Who is the god of wine and fertility?
Dionysus
Who is the god of love?
Eros
Who is the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods?
Zeus
Who is the god of the sea?
Poseidon
Who is the sun god who rides a horse drawn chariot through the sky and sees everything?
Helios
Who is the titan of heavenly light?
Hyperion
Who is the titaness daughter of Gaia and Uranus?
She is also the wife of Cronus.
Mother of the gods, goddess of female fertility, and motherhood.
Rhea
Who was the titan god who was condemned to carry the heavens upon his shoulders?
Atlas
What is Hestia’s Roman name?
Vesta
Who is the “Mother Earth” of the early Greeks?
Gaea
Who were the minor deities in Greek Mythology who were patrons of various pleasures in life?
The graces
Who were the female deities who punished criminals for there deeds?
The furies
How many original titans are there?
12
Who are the parents of the titans?
Uranus and Gaea
What is the use of an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning?
A symbol
The words “buzz” and “tweet” are examples of this literary device
Onomatopoeia
