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1
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speech given by an actor at the conclusion of a play

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Epilogue

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2
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repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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figure of speech in which LIKE or AS is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike subjects

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Similie

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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines; used widely by Elizabeth dramatists

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blank verse

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a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true

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dramatic irony

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6
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14 line lyric poem usually written in iambic pentameter

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sonnet

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7
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introduction to a novel, -Orem, or other literary work; a speech or poem addressed to the audience by one of the actors at the beginning of the play

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prologue

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a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike

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pun

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9
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the high point of interest or suspense in a novel, story or play

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climax

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10
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figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personifications

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11
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figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

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Metaphor

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12
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on a stage

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soliloquy

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13
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wiring or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

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figurative language

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14
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reference to a well know person, place event, literary work or art

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allusion

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15
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a writer appeals to the senses directly through the sounds and rhythms of the words used and indirectly through images presented to the reader

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imagery

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16
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Time and place of the action

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setting

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17
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statement or event whose meaning is undler

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ambiguity

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18
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work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character

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tragedy

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19
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anything that stands for or represents something else

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symbol

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20
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central message or inside into life revealed through the literary work

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theme

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21
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a short speech delivered by an actor in a play expression the characters thoughts; usually directed to audience and presumed inaudible to the other qctors

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aside

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22
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A story written to be performed by actors; words are dialogue

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drama

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23
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Queen _______ reigned in England during the time of Shakespeare and the Global THEATER

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elizabeth

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24
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what was Shakespeare’s nickname for the Globe TheAter

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wooden O

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25
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how many plays did Shakespeare write during his lifetime

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37

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26
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how did the people tell if there was a play in the theater that day?

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the flag at the top of the theater

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27
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when did globe theater open?

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1599

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28
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when did Shakespeare write Romeo and juliet

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1594

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29
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when did Shakespeare die

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1616

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30
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where was Shakespeare educated

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free public school

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31
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whom did Shakespeare marry

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Anne hathaway

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32
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Who became Shakespeare patron

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earl of south hampton

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33
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what was the original name of shakespeares acting company

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Lord Chamberlains men

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34
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what was the later name of Shakespeare acting company

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The KINGS MEN

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35
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what is Shakespeares favorite sport

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Archery

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36
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what is the shape of the globe theater

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octagonal

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37
Q

What caused the globe theater to catch fire in 1613

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cannon

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38
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who designed the globe theater

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Richard Burbage

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39
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what group tore down the Globe Theater in 1644

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Puritans

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40
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how many people did the Globe Theater hold?

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2500-3000

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41
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who sat in gallaries

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wealthy people

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42
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when were performances held

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daytime

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43
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in what suburb of London was the Globe Theater built

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Stratford

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44
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how much did the poor people, the “Groundlings” pay to see the play

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1 cent

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45
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“The Sniper” took place in

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Dublin

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46
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what war took place during the sniper

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Civil war

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47
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what year did civil war take place

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1922-1923

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48
Q

as the story opens, the snipers mood is one of

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excitement

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49
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the sniper shot a woman on the streets because

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she supported his enemies

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50
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the sniper neede to kill the man on the opposite roof in order to

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make his own escape

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51
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the sniper threw down his revolver after shooting his enemy because

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he was upset by what he had done

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52
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AUTHOR OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

A

RICHARD CONNELL

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53
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AUTHOR OF THE SCARLET IBIS

A

James hurst

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54
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AUTHOR OF IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

A

REBECCA SKLOOT

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55
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AUTHOR OF KAIRGOLDS

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EUGENIA COLLIER

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56
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WHAT IS THE AUTHORS PURPOSE IN THE IMMORTAL LIFE OFNHENRIETTA LACKS

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TO DESCRIBE THE WOMANS WHOS CELLS ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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57
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HOW ARE HENRIETTAS CElLS IMMORTAL

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HER CELLS HAVE CONTINUED TO REPRODUCE LONG AFTER HER DEATH

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58
Q

WHAT IS THE GENRE OF THE IMMORTAL LIFE

A

NONFICTION

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59
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WHAT IS THE SETTING OF THE STORY OF MARIGOLDS

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the great depression

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60
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IN MARIGOLDS, WHY WAS RHE FATHER CRYING

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HE COULDNT PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY

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61
Q

NAMES A PARTICULAR PERSON, PLACE, OR THING

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PROPER NOUN

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62
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NAMES A GENERAL PERSON, PLACE, THING OR IDEA`

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COMMON NOUN

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63
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NAMES SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE PERCEIVED THROUGH ONE OF THE 5 SENSES

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ABSTRACT NOUNS

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64
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NAME SOMETHING THAT CQNVHE SEEN, HEARD, SMELLED, TOUCHED, OR TASTED

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CONCRETE NOUN

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65
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CONTAINS TWO OR MORE SHORTER WORDS THAT MAY BE WRITTEN AS ONE WORD, SEPARATED WORDS OR HYPHENATED WORDS

A

Compound noun

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66
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DERM. DERMATO

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SKIN

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67
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NOM, NEM

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MANAGEMENT, DISTRIBUTION, LAW

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68
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PHAN. PHEN

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show, appear

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69
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THERM, THERMO

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HEAT

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70
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PROT, PROTO

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first

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71
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THESIS, THET

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set, put

72
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ASTER, ASTR, ASTRO

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STAR

73
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GRAM, GRAPH

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letter, writing

74
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AUT, AUTO

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SELF

75
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CRACY

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GOVERNMENT

76
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DEM, DEMO

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PEOPLE

77
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PAN, PANTO

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all, complete

78
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CHRON, CHRONO

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TIME

79
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MANIA

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MADNESS, INSANE IMPULSE

80
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PED

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child

81
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ORTHO

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STRAIGHT, CORRECT

82
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GEN, GENOM, GENEA

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RACE, KIND, BIRTH

83
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WHOCIS THE AUTHOR OF THE SCARLET IBIS

A

JAMES HURST

84
Q

WHAT IS DOODLES REAL NAME

A

William Armstrong

85
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TIME AND PLACE OF THE ACTION

A

SETTING

86
Q

A CONCLUSION THAT VIOLATES THE EXPECTATIONS OF A READER BUT IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH LOGICAL AND BELIEVABLE

A

SURPRISE ENding

87
Q

VERBAL EXAGGERQTION AND DISTORTION TO CREATE AN IMMEDIATE, COMIC, OFTEN SATIRIC EFFECT

A

CARICATURE

88
Q

WORDS THAT ARE SPOKEN TO A PERSON WHO IS ABSENT OR IMAGINARY, OR TO AN OBJECT OR ABSTRACT IDEA

A

apostrophe

89
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Is this a fragment, run on/comma splice or complete sentence

The perspective was unique I learned so much from this character

A

Run on

90
Q

Is this a fragment, run on/comma splice or complete sentence

I liked the story, but it wasn’t the best book that I read this summer.

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Complete

91
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Is this a fragment, run on/comma splice or complete sentence

Because she left the party early and didn’t tell anyone where she was going

A

Run on

92
Q

Is this a fragment, Run on/comma splice or complete sentence

Jonas is the bravest character in the novel

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Complete

93
Q

Is this a fragment, Run on /comma splice or complete sentence

The enemy escaped no one knew how to capture him alive.

A

Run on

94
Q

Is this a fragment, Run on/comma splice or complete sentence

Although he tried everything that he could think of, he could not save her

A

Complete

95
Q

Is this a fragment, Run on/comma splice or complete sentence

None of her friends believed her, she hit in the custodian closet.

A

Fragment

96
Q

Is this a fragment, Run on/comma splice or complete sentence

I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys suspenseful stories.

A

Complete

97
Q

Enthusiastic or passionate

A

Ardent

98
Q

Without a useful result; serving no purpose

A

Futile

99
Q

Capable of being touched or felt

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Palpable

100
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Calm or quiet

A

Placid

101
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Proper

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Prim

102
Q

Thin, delicate

A

Frail

103
Q

To move or act in a lazy way

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Loll

104
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Diseased, destroyed

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Dlighted

105
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Arguing

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Squabbking

106
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Empty; too poor to produce much

A

Blighted

107
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A figure iof speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

A

Simile

108
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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action go schich it is not literally applicabke

A

Metaphor

109
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something NON HUMAN.

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Personification

110
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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

A

Allusion

111
Q

A scene in a movie , novel etc. set in a time earlier than the main stay

A

Flashback

112
Q

A warning or indication of a future event

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Foreshadowing

113
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The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named

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Onomatopoeia

114
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The subject of talk, a piece of a writing, a persons thoughts, or an exbidition

A

Theme

115
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Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book

A

Context clues

116
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A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language

A

Synonym

117
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A word opposite in meaning to another

A

Antonym

118
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A serious disagreement or arguement

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Conflict

119
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The expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

A

Irony

120
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A state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

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Suspense

121
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A seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that when explained or investigated may prove to be well founded or true

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Paradox

122
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The leading character or one of the main characters in a drama

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Protaginist

123
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A person who actively supposes or is hostile to someone or something

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Atagonist

124
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A person who narrates something

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Narrator

125
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Behave predictability, according to type

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Stereotypical character

126
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Two contradictory elements

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Oxymoron

127
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things WiTHOUt the use of like or ad

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Metaphor

128
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Language that appeals to one of the 5 senses

A

Imagery

129
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A central idea of a work of literature, often message about life

A

Theme

130
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 unlike things USING words such as like or ad

A

Similie

131
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Speech given by an actor at the CONCLUSION of the play

A

Epilogue

132
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

A

Alliteration

133
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Contradiction between WHAT A CHARACTER thinks and what a READER or audience knows to be true

A

Dramatic irony

134
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Introduction to a novel, poem or literary work; a speech or poem addressed to the audience by one of the actors

A

Prologue

135
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A play on words badmsednin different meanings of words that sound alike

A

Pun

136
Q

RULER EXERCISING SELF DERIVED, ABSOLUTE POWER, DICTATOR

A

AUTOCRAT

137
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AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE IN AN AREA AT THE SAME TIME; WIDESPREAD

A

EPIDEMIC

138
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PURELY MECHANICAL PERSON FOLLOWING A ROUTINE; ROBOT

A

AUTOMATIC

139
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GOVERNMENT OR COUNTRY GOVERNED BY A TECHNICAL EXPERTS

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TECHNOCRACY

140
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INSANE IMPULSE TO SET FIRES

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PYROMANIA

141
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CAUSE TO AGREE IN TIME; MAKE SIMULTANEOUS

A

SYNCHRONIZE

142
Q

OF OR PERTAINING TO ALL COUNTRIES OF NORTH, SOUTH, AND CENTRAL AMERICA

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PAN AMERICAN

143
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COMPLETE; UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW

A

PANORAMA

144
Q

PERSON THAT INFLICTS JUST PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL DEEDS; AVENGER; SCOURGE

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NEMESIS

145
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USE OF WORDS WHOSE SOUND SUGGEST THEIR MEANING

A

ONOMATOPEIA

146
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ONE WHO IS AGAINST, OR CONTENDS WITH, ANOTHER IN A STRUGGLE, FIGHT, OR CONTEST; OPPONENT; ADVERSARY; FOE

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ANTAGONIST

147
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FICTITIOUS NAMES USED BY AN AUTHRO, PEN NAME; ALIAS

A

PSEUDONYM

148
Q

WRITTEN OR TOLD IN A CLEAR, LIVELY MANNER; VIVID; PICTURESQUE

A

GRAPHIC

149
Q

ARTIFICIAL; NOT OF ORIGINAL ORIGIN

A

SYNTHETIC

150
Q

EXTRAORDINARY; REMARKABLE; EXCEPTIONAL

A

PHENOMENAL

151
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DIRECT OPPOSITE; CONTRARY; REVERSE

A

ANTITHESIS

152
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a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character ALONE on a stage

A

soliloquy

153
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statement or even whose meaning is unclear

A

AMBIGUITY

154
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A SHORT SPEECH DELIVERED BY AN ACTOR IN A PLAY EXPRESSING THE CHARACTERS THOUGHTS; USUALLY DIRECTED TO AUDIENCE AND PRESUMED INAUDIBLE TO THE OTHER ACTORS

A

ASIDE

155
Q

A STORY WRITTEN TO BE PERFORMED BY ACTORS; WORDS ARE DIALOGUE

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DRAMA

156
Q

WHO SAID “ A PLAGUE A BOTH HOUSES”

A

MERCUTIO

157
Q

WHO SAID “ O HAPPY DAGGER! THIS IS THY SHEATH; THERE RUST AND LET ME DIE”

A

JULIET

158
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WHO SAID “ BUT SOFT! WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER WINDOW BREAKS? IT IS THE EAST, AND JULIET IS THE SUN”

A

ROMEO

159
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WHO SAID “ I WILL RAISE A STATUE IN PURE GOLD THAT WHILES VERONA BY THAT NAME IS KNOWN, THERE SHALL BE NO FIGURE AT SUCH RATE BE SET AS THAT OF TRUE FAITHFUL JULIET”

A

MONTAGUE

160
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WHO SAID “ GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT! PARTING IN SUH SWEET SORROW THAT I SHALL SAY GOOD NIGHT TILL IT BE MORROW”

A

JULIET

161
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WHO SAID “….HANG, BEG, STARVE, DIE IN THE STREET, FOR, BY MY SOUL, ILL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THEE”

A

CAPULET

162
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WHO SAID “HER BODY SLEEPS IN CAPELS MONUMENT AND HER IMMORTAL PART WITH ANGELS LIVES”

A

BALTHASAR

163
Q

WHO SAID “ WHAT DRAWN AND TALK OF PEACE? I HATE THE WORD AS I HATE HELL, ALL MONTAGUES AND THEE”

A

TYBALT

164
Q

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM

A

THE PRACTICE OF TAKING SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK OR IDEAS AND PASSING THEM OFF AS ONES OWN

165
Q

WHAT PUNCTUATION DO YOU USE TO SHOW YOU COPIED WORDS/SENTENCES VERBATIM

A

QUOTATION MARKS

166
Q

WHAT ARE THE RULES REGARDING PARAPHRASING INFORMATION THAT YOU FOUND WHILE YOU WERE RESEARCHING?

A

YOU NEED TO SITE WHERE YOU GET THE INFORMATION

167
Q

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR COMMITTING PLAGIARISM?

A

FORCED TO REPAY PROFITS, LOWER GRADE, JAIL TIME, FINES

168
Q

THE THEATER OF EPIDARUS WAS A GIFT TO WHAT GOD?

A

ASCLEPIUS

169
Q

THE TRAGIC HERO OFTEN SUFFERS FROM THE DOWNFALL OF ___________

A

HUBRIS OR PRIDE

170
Q

THE SETTING OF OEDIPUS THE KING IS THE CITY OF

A

THEBES

171
Q

OEDIPUS FREED THE CITY FROM THE REIGN OF THE SPHINX WHEN HE

A

SOLVED THE SPHINX RIDDLE

172
Q

WHAT MUST HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THE PLAGUE TO END?

A

ONCE THE KILLER OF THE PREVIOUS KING LAIUS IS FOUND, THEBES WILL BE CURED OF THE PLAGUE

173
Q

THE NAME OF OEDIPUS LITERALLY MEANS

A

SWOLLEN FEET

174
Q

WHO SAVED OEDIPUS’S LIFE WHEN HE WAS AN INFANT?

A

ONE OF THE LALUS HERD MEN

175
Q

WHAT DID OEDIPUS DO WITH THE PINS FROM JOCASTA’S ROBE?

A

BLINDED HIMSELF BY PUTTING THEM IN HIS EYES

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