Language Arts Flashcards
What is pun?
A humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word
What is metaphor?
A comparison between to unlike things (without using like or as)
What is oxymoron?
Two words used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings
What is paradox?
A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time
What is a soliloquy?
A speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters
What is an aside?
An aside happens when a character’s dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage. Asides are useful for giving the audience special information about the other characters onstage or the action of the plot.
What is a monologue?
A monologue is a long speech given by a single character in a story or drama in which the character speaks AT not TO another character or the audience.
Differentiate Dramatic, Verbal and Situational Irony
Dramatic -> The audience knows something that one or more of the characters do not. Verbal -> When a character says the opposite of what they actually mean. Situational -> When the outcome of a story or action is the opposite of what was expected.
Differentiate Flat v.s. Round characters
Flat -> not well characterized. We know very little about the character/ one dimensional. Round -> Character is very well characterized; a much more complex personality is revealed.
Differentiate Static v.s. Dynamic characters
A static character is one who doesn’t undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story. A dynamic character, in contrast, undergoes a major transition throughout the story.
After stopping the first fight on Verona’s streets, the Prince says that if a Capulet or Montague disturbs the peace again, the punishment will be………
death
Friar Laurence is initially……………….hearing that Romeo has a love to replace his first love.
Upset and angry.
He finds Romeo’s change of heart too sudden and not based on real feelings of love.
During the Capulet feast, Tybalt becomes upset when he discovers Rosaline
talking with Romeo
True or false?
F. Romeo never talks to Rosaline, nor does anyone see him talking to Juliet. Tybalt is angry simply because Romeo, a Montague, is disrespecting the Capulet family by attending their feast.
Upon hearing the Prince’s sentence of banishment, Romeo is relieved and grateful.
True or false?
F. Romeo is devastated and feels there is no point to life anymore.
When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet says she must marry Paris or find another home.
True or false?
T
The Nurse advises Juliet to marry Count Paris.
True or false?
T
Friar Laurence tells Juliet that she will need courage to break her marriage vows to Romeo.
True or false?
F. He tells her that she will need courage to go along with her father’s wishes and then drink the potion to fake her own death
Mercutio slays Tybalt when Romeo comes between them.
True or false?
F. It was the AL REVES MAMAGUEVO
When she discovers that Romeo is dead, Juliet kills herself by drinking the poison that remains in the bottle.
True or false?
F. She does not drink the poison as there is none left, so she decides to stab herself.
“If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit.”
Prince
“Examine other beauties.”
Benvolio
“But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
Romeo
“What’s in a name? The thing which we call a rose would smell just as sweet if it had any other name.
Juliet
“Tybalt, you rat-cather. Will you walk?”
Mercutio
“Younger than she are happy mothers made.”
París
“O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you”
Mercutio
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”
Romeo
“These violent delights have violent ends”
Friar Lawrence
“O, I am Fortune’s Fool!”
Romeo
“Hang thee, young baggage, Disobedient wretch!”
Lord Capulet
“O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath.”
Juliet
“Damned saint” is an example of:
Oxymoron
“But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” is an example of:
Metaphor
“Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night” is an example of
Personification
“It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/ Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear” is an example of
Simile
An example of foreshadowing was when
Romeo had a bad dream in the party
INDICATE THE PLOT LINE STRUCTURE: INTRODUCTION, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION AND CONCLUSION
- Fight between the Capulets and Montagues
- Introduced to Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet meet
- Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married
- Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished
- Juliet is told she must marry Paris
- Juliet takes a potion to appear dead, so she can be with Romeo
- Romeo leaves Verona and goes to Mantua
- Romeo and Juliet die
- The Capulets and Montagues decide not to fight anymore
- Introduction
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Conclusion
The story of Romeo and Juliet was first written by
William Shakeasperae
People during Shakespeare’s time believed that Romeo and Juliet were fated or destined for trouble because
The formation of the stars when they were born
Through his actions, we see that Romeo
Quick to make decisions
Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet’s party because he
wants to see Rosaline
Mercutio tells Romeo about Queen Mab in order to
Show that dreams mean nothing
Through his actions, we see that Tybalt’s nature is to
fight
Romeo and Juliet agree to marry after knowing each other for
few hours
The Friar agrees to perform Romeo and Juliet’s marriage in the hope that it will
stop the feud
When Romeo interferes in the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio,
Tybalt, under Romeo’s arm, stabs Mercutio
When the Nurse brings news of Tybalt’s death, Juliet
at first thinks Romeo has been killed
According to Lord Capulet, Juliet weeps all the time because of
the death of Tybalt
Juliet finally agrees to marry Paris because
The Friar advised her to pretend that she agrees
Minutes before Juliet awakens,
Romeo kills Paris and then poisons himself
Friar Laurence’s plans fail because
the letter doesn’t get delivered to Romeo
Juliet, the last of the major characters to die on stage, dies
by stabbing herself
Arriving to inspect the corpses of Paris, Romeo, and Juliet, the Montagues and
Capulets realize too late
the foolishness of their bitter quarrel
The Capulets and Montagues agree to end the feud and
raise statues of their dead children
Which of the following could NOT be a current use of the themes in Romeo and Juliet
Considering modern day sonnets
Matching: Match each character or idea to its real-world representation
Snowball Napoleon Dogs Boxer Squealer Mollie Jones Old Major Pilkington Benjamin Muriel Animalism Frederick Moses
Trostky Stalin KGB Hard working masses Propaganda Aristocracy Czar Nicholas II Marx Allied Forces Educated ¨people Communism Hitler Religion
Mollie was the pigs’ most faithful follower
True or false?
F. She never showed any real support for the rebellion. She was only interested in the benefits humans offered her. She eventually left Animal Farm to be with humans.
The pigs plan the animal rebellion against Mr. Jones very, very carefully with everything planned out
True or false?
F. They had been preparing for an eventual rebellion, but none of them knew when it might happen. The rebellion happened suddenly and there was no carefully planned-out strategy
Benjamin the donkey is quite unchanged by the Rebellion
True or false?
T
Animal rebellion spreads quickly to the other farms in the area
True or false?
. F. Rumors did, but no other neighboring farms actually experienced an animal rebellion like Animal Farm did.
The award of Hero First Class is given to Snowball and Boxer for their heroism in the Battle of Cowshed.
True or false?
T
The pigs sell Boxer to the knackers for money to buy whiskey.
True or false?
t
At the end of Animal Farm, the pigs make no excuses for reserving the best produce for themselves
True or false?
t
Old Major’s dream provides the animals with exact plans for a rebellion against Man
True or false?
. F. Old major’s dream only opens the animal’s minds to the possibility of a new life v.s. the pains of their current lives. He inspired the animals to prepare for a rebellion. However, an exact plan or timeframe is never given by him
Moses the raven is run off Animal Farm and never permitted to return ever again
True or false?
F. Moses leaves with Jones and his men, and is then allowed to return by the pigs towards the end of the book.
Mollie the mare prefers material things rather than her freedom from Man.
True or false?
t
- One main point of Major’s speech was that under Jones their lives are
miserable, laborious, and short
- Major stated that the only creature who consumes without producing is
man
- Immediately after the Rebellion, it was learned that the pigs had
taught themselves to read and write
- The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the
cleverest group of animals
- Early in October of the first year Jones and all his men attempted to
Recapture the farm
- After studying an old book of Julius Caesar’s campaigns, _____________ took charge of the defensive operations agains Jones and his men.
Snowball
- The animals were victorious because of
a capable leader
an ambush
their strong spirit
- There was a rivalry for command between
Snowball and Napoleon
- During Discussions at their meetings, the animals usually agreed with
whomever was speaking
- In the last chapter, the pigs changed the name of their farm to
Manor Farm (its original name)
- Orwell makes this statement about power in Animal Farm:
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- What is Sugarcandy Mountain?
The idea of animal heaven propagated by Moses the raven
- How many letters is Boxer able to learn?
Four – A through D
- What are Boxer’s sayings?
“I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right”
- What is Boxer’s ultimate fate?
Napoleon sells him to a glue factory/knackers.
. One of the next-door neighbors
Frederick
Lured away from the farm by a human
Mollie
A broker hired to arrange trade with humans
Whymper
Originator of the windmill plan
Snowball
Hardest worker
Boxer
A goat who can read quite well
Muriel
Cynical and non-committal
Benjamin
Showed signs of rebellion
neighboring animals
. Pronounces death sentence on Snowball
Napoelon
. Enforcers of Napoleon’s rules
9 dogs
