finals Flashcards
rhyme
have or end with a sound that corresponds to another.
end rhyme
rhyming at the end of poems
repetition
repeating a word
Internal Rhyme
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line or in the middle of the next.
alliteration
words that begin with the same sound are placed close together.
Onomatopoeia
a word that mimics the sound it names
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
consonance
A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme
pentameter
five iambs
tetrameter
four iambs
trimeter
three iambs
blank verse
no rhyme but has meter
free verse
no meter or rhyme
what is meter
the number of stressed and unstressed in a line
Esperanza
approximately twelve-year-old Chicana who is a budding writer who wishes for a home of her own. She starts to mature emotionally and sexually.
Nenny
Esperanza’s sister, does not understand Esperanza’s jokes
Carlos and Kiki
Esperanza’s brothers, Carlos is older than Esperanza while Kiki is the youngest.
rachel and lucy
Mexican-American sisters who live across the street from Esperanza. they are friends and mature
sally
beautiful and cruel, like the women Esperanza admires in movies, spends her time dreaming of escaping the neighborhood
how is sally a role model for esperanza
she represents a kind of sexual maturity that Esperanza finds intriguing
marin
- from Puerto Rico who lives with her cousin’s family
- teaches Esperanza and her friends about the world of boys
alicia
daughter of a traditional widowed Latino father
why is alicia tired in mango street?
she has to travel far to school and stay up late to study
how does alicia learn english
watches television
geraldo
dies in a car crash because no one could help him, he does not speak english
louie
esperanza’s brother best friend
the oldest child in a family from Puerto Rico who rent a basement apartment from Meme’s mother
the vargas kids
children of rosa vargas, who is overwhelmed and unable to control her many children
edna
cranky landlady of the apartment next door
ruthie
daughter of edna, seems to have a fear of enclosed spaces
mamacita
from Mexico and is stuck because of language
rafaela
a young woman married to a man who keeps her locked up when he goes out
why is rafaela locked in her house
her husband is afraid she is so beautiful she’ll run away from him
minerva
only two years older than Esperanza, but she is married with two children
read poems to esperanza
sire
esperanza’s first crush
what are the four things that show that Brutus is a tragic hero
noble birth
excessive sufferin
tragic flaw
self realization
calpurnia
julius caesar’s wife, warns caesar about the danger
cassius
the leading instigator of murdering julius caesar
Metellus Cimber
one of the conspirators against caesar. signals the others when to attack Caesar
soothsayer
tells Caesar “beware the ides of march” which is when he was supposed to be assassinated
brutus
- one of the conspirators in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
- Caesar’s friend and a man of honour
- joins in the conspiracy against Caesar’s life, convincing himself that Caesar’s death is for the greater good of Rome
caesar
a Roman general who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire after killing Pomypey
portia
wife of brutus and stabs herself in the leg
flavius
one of the Tribunes of the People of Rome, does not like how people are honoring caesar as he liked pompey more
marc antony
caesar’s right hand man
makes caesar king
used pathos in his speech
cinna
one of the conspirators. He has a role in convincing the men to get Brutus, Caesar’s close friend, on board
“Caesar cried, Help me, or I sink!…so from the waves of the Tiber Did I the tired Caesar [bear].”
speaker: cassius
context: trying to convince brutus to join the conspiracy
importance: shows that caesar is weak and unfit to rule
“Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.”
speaker: marc antony
context: marc antony was saying a speech to the citizens after caesar died
importance: antony repeated this more than 5 times. this is telling us that brutus is actually not an honorable man.
“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”
speaker: caesar
context: right before caesar “accepted” the crown
importance: cassius looks hungry and greedy for power
“{looking at the body of Brutus} This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”
speaker: antony
context: they are looking at the body of brutus, who just killed himself
importance: although brutus killed caesar, he was a tragic hero and did the best for Rome
“He had a fever when he was in Spain, / And when the fit was on him, I did mark / How he did shake. ‘tis true, this god did shake.”
speaker: cassius
context: trying to convince brutus to join the conspiratory
importance: shows that caesar is weak at some times
“I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.”
speaker: cassius
context: cassius just found out that they are going to crown caesar tomorrow
importance: he will be freeing himself from Caesar’s shadow
“I am as constant as the northern star, / of whose true-fix’d and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament.”
speaker: caesar
context: caesar is just about to get assassinated
importance: he will not budge, he will stand strong, his leadership can not be swayed, he will not change.
“Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d Rome more.”
speaker: brutus
context: brutus is saying his speech after caesar died
importance: hard to kill Caesar, as he loved him, but he is so sure it is right he had to killed him
But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up under then. It can’t last.”
speaker: granger
context: granger is telling montag about the hobo camps
importance: people must see it for themselves that their society is wrong
“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
speaker: montag
context: talking to mildred in the night
importance: makes montag start to wonder what is in books
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
speaker: montag
context: montag is talking to mildred in the night
importance: we need to be bothered enough to stand up for something once in a while
“…We’re going to build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them.”
speaker: granger
context: they have just been talking about a phoenix
importance: part of being reborn requires one to truly see oneself, which is why they want to build a mirror factory
“We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.”
speaker: Beatty
context: he is telling Montag about the history of the firemen
meaning: This shows that they do not allow anyone to be different and be their own person.
What role do omens have in this play?
lion walking through the streets of Rome
what superstitions are in julius caesar?
