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Creon

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King of Thebes, gave rule of the burial

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Polyneices

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The son of Oedipus, was not buried

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Oedipus

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Incestual man

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Ismene

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The sister who didn’t take the blame

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Haemon

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The son of King Creon, Antigone’s fiancé

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Antigone

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Sister to Ismene, niece to Creon, fiancé to Haemon, daughter of Oedipus, and the one who tried to bury her brother

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Ode

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A lyrical poem

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Choragos

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Leader of the chorus

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Teiresias

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Blind prophet

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Eteocles

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The son that was greedy and kept the kingdom, buried with honors

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Eurydice

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The wife of Creon

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Tragedy

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An imitation of a serious action which will arouse pity and fear in the viewer

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Paean

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A song of praise or triumph

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Exodus

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At the end, the wrap up

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Prologue

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At the beginning, gets the basic info laid out

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Logos

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Logical, facts, data

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Hubris

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Arrogance or overwhelming pride which causes the hero’s transgression against the gods, tragic flaw

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Ethos

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Ethical appeals

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Hamartia

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A tragic flaw, weakness of a character or error in judgement

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Pathos

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Argument from the heart designed to appeal to emotions and feelings

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Tragic hero

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A character who makes an error and it becomes his destruction

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Strophe

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Movement of chorus from right to left

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Catharsis

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Purgation of emotions of pity and fear which leaves the viewer both relieved and elated

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Nemesis

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Fate that cannot be escaped

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Peripetia

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A reversal of fortune

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What is King Creon’s decree?

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He wanted Eteocles buried with full honors, Polyneices is never buried

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What reason does Antigone give for defying Creon’s decree?

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He was her brother and no matter what deserved to be buried

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What news does the sentry bring to Creon the first time?

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That someone had buried the body

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What crime has Polyneices committed in the opinion of the king?

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Treason for attacking his own city of Thebes

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How does Creon believe the act of burying Polyneices was carried out?

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He believes it was done by a man and that the guards had been paid to turn their cheeks

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How did the guards manage to capture Antigone?

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They unburied the body, and when Antigone came back to bury it, they caught her

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What does Creon say that men pray for?

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An obedient son to take over their reign

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What does Haimon tell King Creon about the people of Thebes’ allegiance to him?

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That they merely follow out of fear?

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How does the city feel about Antigone’s crime?

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They feel like what she did was right

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What does Creon sarcastically say would have man singing forever?

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If singing could have them escape death

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Describe Creon’s final death sentence for Antigone.

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He didn’t want to have her death on his hands, so he locked her in a cave with minimal food and no way out on hue he top of a mountain

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Who does Antigone blame for her terrible misfortune?

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Her father Oedipus and his curse

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What does Teiresias claim to be the cause of the gods’ reaction to the “rites of burnt-offering at the altar”?

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They didn’t accept it and he had to hurry?

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What does Teiresias claim can be done to repair the evil performed against the gods?

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He can save Antigone

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How has Teiresias’ prophecy that Creon would pay to the gods “flesh of [his] own flesh” come true?

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His son and wife and himself die

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Describe Haimon’s reaction when Creon entered Antigone’s tomb.

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Haemon attempts to kill Creon, but misses and then stabs himself so he may die with Antigone

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What happened after the messenger relayed the news about Haimon and Antigone to Eurydice?

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She killed herself

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Folk epic

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Stories told about heroes that were retired and sang about for entertainment

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Literary Epic

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Specific authors wrote down stories from mythology and other stories and them passed around orally

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Epic Hero

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Strong, brave, loyal, virtuous, with a flaw

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Epic Conflict

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Hero struggles against obstacles proving his strength, bravery, wisdom, and virtue

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Heroic Quest

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Hero goes on a perilous journey or quest in search of something valuable

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Divine Intervention

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Hero receives help from a god or some supernatural force, or even obstacles from a god against them

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Medias res

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In the middle of, starting in the middle of the story

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Epic similes

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Elaborate, extended comparison using like or as

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Epithets

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Stock descriptive words or phrases

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Atticus Finch

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Father of Jem and Scout, was the lawyer for Tom Robinson

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Boo Radley

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A man living in a house, doesn’t come out much, saves Scout and Jem

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Scout

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Jean Louise Finch, daughter of Atticus, sister to Jem, protaganist

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Calpurnia

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The slave for the Finch’s

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Dill Harris

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A little boy that shows up every summer, but doesn’t have a father around, hangs out with Jem and Scout, interested in Boo Radley

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Jem Finch

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Son of Atticus, brother to Scout

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Aunt Alexandra

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The old lady who came to make sure that the Finch kids had a female figure in by heir lives

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Mrs. Dubose

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The old lady Jem and Finch had to read to everyday

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Tom Robinson

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Man on trial, defended by Atticus, accused of rape, not guilty

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Heck Tate

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The sheriff of sorts

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Who gives Jem and Scout the idea of making Boo Radley come out?

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Dill

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Why is Scout’s first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, upset?

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Because Scout knows how to read and she’s not supposed to, and that Scout told her ‘off’

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Atticus advises Scout that the best way to understand people is to do what?

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Walk in their shoes

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Who fills the knot-hole with cement?

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Nathan Radley, Boo Radley’s brother

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The first time that Scout sees snow, what does she think is happening?

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The world is ending

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When fire destroys her house, Miss Maudie plans to do what?

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Rebuild the house with a big garden

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Atticus encourages Scout to keep her fists down and to fight with what?

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Words

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Scout is no longer ashamed of her father after she watches him do what?

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Kill the dog

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Atticus believes that a person’s conscience is the one thing that does not have to do what?

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Abide by majority rules

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Why does Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finches in Maycomb?

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So that there is a female figure in the house

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Atticus has Mr. Ewell write his name in court because Atticus wants to demonstrate what?

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What hand he is dominate with

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Do Scout and Jem have permission to attend Tom Robinson’s trial?

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No

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Why does Dolphus Raymond tell Scout and Dill his deepest secret?

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Because he wanted to cheer them up and explain the trial

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Are Jem and Scout frightened by Bob Ewell’s threat? Why?

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No, because Atticus assures them?

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Why does Jem feel that Boo Radley stays shut up in his house?

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Because he doesn’t want to come out

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To what does Mr. Underwood compare Tom Robinson’s death?

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Killing a mockingbird

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Does Scout ever fully understand the meaning of “walking around in another person’s skin.”

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Yes, when she is standing on Boo Radley’s porch

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Although she has already chewed the gum that she found in the tree, Jem cautions Scout, telling her she shouldn’t do what?

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Chew the gum from random places, take things from the knot

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The best part about summer for Scout and Jem is when what happens?

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When Dill comes

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When Scout rolls into the Radley front yard in the tire, what does she hear?

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Laughter

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When Jem goes back to get his pants that are caught in the Radley’s fence, he finds what?

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They are folded and mended over the fence

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As a result of the fire at Miss Maudie’s, what does she decide to do?

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Rebuild the house with a bigger garden

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Scout starts a fight with her cousin Francis because

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He calls Atticus bad names

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Atticus considers it a sin to kill a mockingbird because

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Mockingbirds don’t do anything but sing a pretty tune

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Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose represents what?

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True strength

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Jem and Scout know that Atticus is undertaking an unusual adventure when he leaves the house with a long extension cord and does what?

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Takes a walk

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The group of men at the jail disperse because

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Scout and Jem and Dill don’t leave and Scout continues to talk To them

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When Mayella Ewell is on the stand, Atticus does what?

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Has her point out who raped her, has her recount what happened, etc?

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During their encounter with Dolphus Raymond, Scout and Dill discover what?

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That he’s not an alcoholic

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Atticus’s final address to the jury is aimed at what?

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The hand situation

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Atticus says that Mayella Ewell has broken the rigid and time-honored Southern code by doing what?

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Kissing a black man

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When Tom Robinson is convicted, Jem is upset because

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He knows that Tom wasn’t guilty and that he will die?

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During the time period of the novel, the U.S. was involved in what historic event?

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The Great Depression

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The story is told in the first person through the eyes of whom?

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Scout

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Part 1 of the novel is primarily about what?

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Boo Radley

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The time period of the novel is set during which decade?

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1920’s-1950’s

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According to Miss Maudie, why did Atticus give up shooting?

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Atticus thought that it was an unfair advantage

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When Heck Tate investigates the scene of the attack on Scout and Jem, he finds what?

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That Bob fell on a knife/ Boo killed Bob

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When Atticus leaves the courtroom after the verdict what happens in the balcony?

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The entire balcony stands up

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The church ladies in the Missionary Society are more interested in what than in their own town?

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The African tribal people

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Scout goes to the Halloween pageant dressed as a

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A ham

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It is logical that Boo Radley would have been the one to save the children because

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He always watches them?

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After the children are saved, what do Atticus and the sheriff decide to tell the town?

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That bob fell on the knife

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  1. __________ is the main character of The Divine Comedy. He, in a crisis of deep despair, is led through Hell by _____________.
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Dante, Virgil

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  1. Dante considers it a sin, his sin, and tries to deal with it by showing all of the ways that _________ injure themselves.
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Sinners?

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The Dark Wood of Error symbolizes the _______ and ______ in Dante’s soul.

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.????.?.?.?.

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  1. For Dante, _________ is the model poet.
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?????

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Each circle contains a distinct group of _________. The further down Dante ventures, the worse the sins and the punishments become.

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Sinners

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Dante’s political career ended in 1302 when a coupe occurred. He was charged with corruption and sentenced to _______ . In his absence, the sentence was changed to _______.

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Banishment, death?

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When they first enter hell, there is a sign that says “_____________________”.

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Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

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Inferno is part of a trilogy called the Divine Comedy that begins in _________ and goes through _________ to _________.

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Hell, purgatory, Heaven

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Dante uses the journey of the _______ going from a life of sin to a life of freedom.

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Purgatory/ divine comedy

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Dante uses the theme of _______ and _______ to show that neither God nor the Devil forces us to sin. People make the choice to sin. Every sin is an act of pride.

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??????????

114
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The Bible

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The Christian biblical text

115
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Genenna of fire

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Destination of the wicked

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Judge Minos

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Judges peoples sins and which level they go to

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Limbo

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The first level of the Inferno, for those who didn’t sin, but didn’t believe in god or know of God’s presence

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Michaelangelo’s Last Judgment

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A famous painting of a church

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River Styx

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The river that sinners must be rowed over in order to be judged and get their punishment

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9th circle

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The final circle of the inferno, a frozen tundra with sinners half or more frozen in the ground, satan resides there, eternally eating the three largest sinners in history

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1st circle

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The first circle of the inferno, limbo

122
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Has three faces

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Satan

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Charon

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Must charter sinners across the Styx by boat

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Tercet

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Three line stanzas

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Terzarima

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Tercet rhyme scheme

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Canto

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Chapter of sorts, 100 in the Inferno

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Three

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Holy, father, son, Holy Ghost

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Beatrice

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Dante’s unrequited love, leads him through Heaven

129
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The font of a formal research paper should be no smaller than ____________.

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12

130
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The first statement or ___________ describes what your entire paper is about.

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Thesis

131
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The _____________sentence of each of your paragraphs specifically details what you are going to discuss.

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Topic

132
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On your outline, you need to _________space between roman numerals and you’re A’s and B’s.

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Tab/indent

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A working __________ is a list of books and articles which prove helpful in your research; you use this information to write a works cited page.

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Consulted

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A ___________ is a firsthand account of an event

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Direct blah blah

135
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Your _________________ and the page number goes at the top right hand corner of each page.

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Last name

136
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You ___________ material in your paper when you use the author’s exact words.

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Paraphrase/quote

137
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The _____________ is your first attempt to write your entire paper in a logical manner.

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Rough draft

138
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The______________ includes the title of your paper, your name, the date, and your class period.

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Cover page

139
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Your _______________ and the page number goes at the top right hand corner of each page.

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Last name

140
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A _______________ is indented ten spaces from the left margin and introduced with a colon.

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.?LL????????????

141
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The use of another person’s words or ideas without acknowledging the source is called _____________.

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Plagarism

142
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Whether you summarize, paraphrase, or directly quote, you _______ credit your sources.

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.?????????????

143
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A _________________ restates the material in your own words.

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Conclusion

144
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Each main topic must have at least ____________________.

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3 sources

145
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Parenthetical documentation or citation generally consists of an author’s last name and a ______________.

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Date/title/ literally anything

146
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All citations appearing in your composition must be listed on the ______________ page.

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Works cited

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If no author is given for a work, use a portion of the ____________ for documenting.

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