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Question 1

For emphasis or effect
“’Gregor, Gregor,’ he called, “What’s going on?” And after a short pause he urged again, with a deeper voice: “Gregor! Gregor!” (395)

Answer 1

Repetition

Question 2

Word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity.

Answer 2

Repetition

Question 3

Opposite of flat, usually protagonist

Edna, Gregor, Creon

Answer 3

Round Character

Question 4

A character drawn with sufficient complexity to be able to surprise the reader without losing credibility.

Answer 4

Round Character

Question 5

Creon’s treatment of Teiresias

Hamlet ALL OVER THE PLACE

Answer 5

Sarcasm

Question 6

A type of verbal irony in which, under the guise of praise, a caustic and bitter expression of strong and personal disapproval is given. Sarcasm is personal, jeering, and intended to hurt.

Answer 6

Sarcasm

Question 7

late-19th C. New Orleans
ancient Thebes, outside of the palace
Paris, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Madrid
an apartment in Prague

Answer 7

Setting

Question 8

Locale and period in which the action takes place.

Answer 8

Setting

Question 9

“damnation rises behind each child,
Like a wave cresting out of the black northeast,
When the long darkness under sea roars up
And bursts drumming death upon the wind whipped sand.” (Sophocles )

“She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known.” (Chopin )

Answer 9

Simile

Question 10

A figurative comparison of two things, often dissimilar, using the connecting words: “like,” “as,” or “than.”

Answer 10

Simile

Question 11

“No man of woman born can harm Macbeth!” and then we learn that Macduff was born via caesarian section.
Gregor’s father is lazy, yet by the end of the novella, takes pride in his work and appearance.

Answer 11

Situational Irony

Question 12

Applies to works which contain elaborate expressions of the ironic spirit. Also, irony applies to both Hamlet’s situation and to his famous soliloquy, “To be or nor to be.”

Answer 12

Situational Irony

Question 13

Teiresias – the blind seer, prophet, fortune teller
Ismene – the weak-willed woman
Alcee Arobin – the womanizer

Answer 13

Stock Character

Question 14

Archetypal characters that recur repeatedly in various literary genres.

Answer 14

Stock Character

Question 15

Terse, simple sentences, and simple, repetitive diction that makes use of opposing terms.

Answer 15

Style

Question 16

The choices in diction, tone, and syntax that a writer makes. In combination they create a work’s manner of expression. Conscious and unconscious and may be altered to suit specific occasions. Often habitual and evolves over time.

Answer 16

Style