Mr. Swindells’
ENGLISH 10
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Julius
Caesar
By: William
Shakespeare
By: Dante
Gilgamesh,the
Ramayana,
Oedipus the King
The
PSSA
Rubric
Epics
A Doll’s
House
Inferno
By: Henrik Ibsen
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Julius Caesar for $100
Julius Caesar ruled
Rome in this year.
What is ……..…?
44 B.C.
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He is the tragic hero of
the play Julius Caesar,
and “the noblest
Roman of them all.”
Who is…?
BRUTUS!
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This literary device occurs
when the audience knows that
Caesar’s “friends” plan to kill
him, but Caesar does not.
What is…?
Dramatic Irony
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This person is
someone Caesar says
he does NOT trust
because he has a “lean
and hungry look.”
Who is…?
Cassius
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This is a term for the
lesson or main message
of any story. In Caesar, a
possible one of these is:
with power often comes
greed.
What is…?
Theme
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A Doll’s House for $100
Torvald’s control over
Nora is symbolized by
this song and dance in
the play.
What is…?
The Tarantella
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This addiction, more
serious than her love
for macaroons, is
Nora’s biggest
weakness.
What is…?
Spending money
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She is Nora’s friend
from school, and she
convinces Krogstad to
keep Nora’s forgery
and debt a secret.
Who is…?
Mrs. Linde
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This person thinks
only of himself
when Krogstad’s
letter tells him of
Nora’s forgery.
Who is…?
Torvald Helmer.
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This is why Nora
decides to leave
Torvald at the end of
the play.
What is…?
Torvald’s treating
Nora like a piece
of property.
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Inferno for $100
Dante’s entrance into
these, at the beginning of
Inferno, symbolizes his
confusion and sinfulness.
What are… ?
The “dark woods”
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Inferno for $200
This is the name for a story
where the characters, settings
and events are an
interconnected series of
symbols which may contain a
lesson about life.
What is…?
An Allegory
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This is why Virgil is
unable to lead Dante
beyond Hell and into
Heaven.
What is…?
Virgil is unsure of
his belief in God.
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This is why Judas
Iscariot, Brutus, and
Cassius are in the lowest
level of Hell.
What is…?
The crime of
betrayal
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Inferno for $500
This is the name of
the ferryman who
takes Dante into Hell.
Who is…?
Charon
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Epics for $100
This is the great deed
Oedipus has done for the
people of Thebes before the
action of the play begins.
What is…?
Oedipus defeated the Sphinx.
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This is the dramatic irony
that Oedipus doesn’t know
about his parents.
What are (two parts) …?
Oedipus has killed his
father, Laius, and married
his mother, Jocasta
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In the Ramayana, this is
how one could best
describe the role of the
gods who look down on
the battle after sending
Rama the chariot
What are … ?
Spectators
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In the The Epic of
Gilgamesh, this is the
person whose dream
tells Gilgamesh of the
afterlife.
Who is…?
Enkidu
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In the “Epic of
Gilgamesh,” this is
the person whom the
gods give the gift of
everlasting life after
the flood.
Who is…?
Upnapishtim
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Keystones for $100
This is a form of
metaphor where part of
something is used to
signify the whole.
What is…?
Synecdoche
All hands on deck!
The pot was boiling
Canada played the U.S. in Hockey
He tossed the pigskin
I love Shakespeare
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This is a figure of
speech employing
obvious, extravagant,
and often outrageous
exaggeration.
What is…?
Hyperbole
The shot heard ‘round the world
“There was, like, a thousand firefighters on my street last night.”
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This is a propaganda technique
in which the writer uses ordinary
people or tries to sound ordinary
to sell something or persuade
others to support an idea.
What is…?
PLAIN FOLKS
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This is the type of
persuasive rhetoric
which appeals to the
emotions of the
audience.
What is…?
PATHOS
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This is a manner of writing in
which things are presented as
they actually exist in real life
without romantic or idealistic
coloring.
What is…?
Realism
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