English Final Flashcards
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What is a fable
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Fanciful story teaching a moral
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What is a folktale
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Short tale, passed along by word of mouth
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What is a fairy tale
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Magical story with fantastical elements
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What is a myth
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A story that Explains specific aspects of life, usually with supernatural Forces
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What is mythology
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Explanation of how the world came to be
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What is an epic
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Narrative poems celebrating a legend
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What is an epic simile
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Similes common in epics
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What is a Homeric epithet
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Stock phrases to describe a particular person
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What are beast fables
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A fable in which the characters of the story are animals and they talk
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What is a protagonist
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The main character usually the hero of the story
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What is an antagonist
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The villain in the story who opposes the protagonist
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What is an archetype
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recurring character types, plot patterns, or images
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what is an indefinite setting
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When the place of the story is not mentioned
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What is a formal essay
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Possesses an authoritative voice and serious tone
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What is a personal essay
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an essay written in a relaxed voice, stated in the author’s voice, and addressed to an individual
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What is a crisis
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The turning point for the main character
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What is omniscient
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When the narrator gets inside all the character’s heads, in the third person point of view
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What is point of view
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The perspective the story is told it
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What is limited omniscient
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When the narrator gets inside only one of the character’s head
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What is first person point of view
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When the narrator is a character and refers to himself as I
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What was the moral of the ant and the grasshopper fable
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Do works for today for the want of tomorrow
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What was the moral of the lion makers
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One must have common sense
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What was the moral of the tortoise and the Osprey
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Be happy with what you have
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Why is the pumpkinseed categorized as a fairytale
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Demons were coming out of pumpkins and in real life that cannot happen
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What biblical story does Pandora attempt to explain
Adam and Eve
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What was the last thing left in the box and how does this relate to Christians
Hope was the last thing left in the box and our hope is found in Jesus Christ
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What was the main theme of Pyramus and thesbe
Love finds a way and love is not forbidden
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How does Hector illustrate heroic virtues in the Iliad
He fights the front and has selfless sacrifice. even though he knows he is going to die he still fights for his people and family to keep his name
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Did Hector live a meaningful life why or why not
Yes, because he lived his life out even if it meant death. he cared about his family and the people
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Why did Achilleus want to fight Hector
Hector had killed his cousin
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Why were the Achains attacking Troy
To get Helen back
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Why is the Illiad categorized as a myth
It is based on historical facts
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Where does dark they were and golden eyed take place
Mars
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What happens to earth in the story and how does this affect Mr. Bittering
The earth is bombed and he starts to build a rocket and freaks out
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What changes start taking place to the environment and to the people
People become young and slender
The grass turns from green to purple
The food cannot be distinguished
The roses turn different colors
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Describe Jonathan from civil peace
He is a family man industrious hard-working intelligent resourceful and sympathetic person
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How is Jonathan a dynamic character
He changes throughout the story
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What does a civil peace teach the reader about Hardwork and money
When you work for the money you appreciate it and hold onto that more than if it was just given to you
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What is the theme of civil peace
Cherish and appreciate what you have
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What elevates this essay "why the leaves turn colors in the fall" to the level of literature
It has literary devices
| fanciful and flowery language
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Summarize the story Moshe the beadle told on his return from being deported. why did he say he had returned to Sighet
He told a story of Jews being shot and dumped in the graves they made, and he returned to warn the people of what the Germans planned to do
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What was the publics reaction to Moshe's story
The publics reaction was that he was a mad crazy man so they didn't listen to him
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Why was Moshe the beadle important to eliezer?
He was like a spiritual mentor to him
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Describe Eliezer's father
He was a shop owner and held a Highplace in the Jewish community
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Who was Moshe the beadle?
He was a teacher in the synagogue and was very poor. he was a Jew who had dreamy eyes
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What was the setting of the story and what was going on during this time?
Transylvania
year 1942
World War II
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Describe, in order the events that happened from the last day of Passover until Pentecost.
The Germans arrested Jewish leaders
Jews weren't allowed to leave houses for three days
They were required to wear a yellow Star
They were moved to the ghettos
Then they went on a train ride to Auschwitz
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How did Wiesel feel about the Hungarian police?
He felt hatred to the Hungarian police for they were hurting the Jews
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Who was Martha? What Happened when she visited the Wiesel family in the ghetto?
Martha was the maid and she offers the family somewhere to hide but they turn her down to not leave the family
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what did madame schachter see in her vision?
She saw fire in her vision
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how did the other people in the train car react to madame schachter?
beat her, bound her, and gagged her
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what did the jews in the train car discover when they looked out the window?
The Jews saw flames and smokestacks
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when did wiesel say the travlers left their illusions behind?
Once they left their possessions behind
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which notorious ss officer did they meet at Auschwitz?
Dr. mengele
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what was ellies main thoughts as the men and women were being herded from the train?
To be with his family and in the same place as his father
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what prayer were the people saying? what was unusual?
They were saying the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead.
| it was unusual because they were still alive
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what did elie do when the gypsy struck his father? what was his fathers response?
Ellie just stood there because he didn't know what to do
| his father's response was for his son not to worry and that it didn't hurt when she hit him
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how long were elie and his father at aushwitz? where did they go after that?
Ellie and his father stayed out Auschwitz for three weeks
| they went to Buna afterwards
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What did Elie do when Idek hit his father? What was he thinking?
He got mad at his father because he thought his father should have moved out-of-the-way To avoid getting hit
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Who took Elie's gold tooth? Why did Elie give it up?
Franek took the gold tooth because his father couldn't March and so they beat him for this reason he gave up the tooth for his father
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What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?
stale bread and soup
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How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?
Men with hope of being free
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What happened to the young man from Warsaw? Why?
He was hung because he stole food during the air raid
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What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?
They wished a new year to each other
| fasted and prayed
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How did elie feel while the others were praying?
he felt like he was questioning God
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What was Elie's decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why did he make that decision?
He won't fast and instead eat food
He made this decision because he blamed God for sending him to the concentration camps and in act towards his rebellion to God
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What was Elie's "inheritance" from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?
A spoon and a knife
| his father gave it to him because he was going to the selection and he thought he was going to die
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What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?
World with no bells
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What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?
They were liberated by the Russians
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What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated? Why?
He ordered the men to clean the blocks so it looked like men lived there
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What was the weather like during the evacuation?
It Was snowing
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While running, an idea began to fascinate Elie. What was the idea? What kept him from carrying out his idea?
The idea was of him dying
| but the thought of his dad kept him from accomplishing this idea
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What did Elie realize about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?
Eliezer realize that the rabbis son wanted his father dead because he felt he was a burden
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What was the name of the camp to which the men walked?
Gleiwitz
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Describe Elie's meeting with juliek.
Juliek played his violin for Eliezer
| they fell asleep and when he woke up Juliek was dead
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How long were they at Gleiwitz? Where did they go next?
Three days
| they went to bukenwald next
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Who was Meir Katz? What happened to him?
He was eliezer's father's friend
| he was shot
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How many men started out in the train? How many were left when they arrived at Buchenwald?
100 started off
| 12 were left
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What happened to Mr. Wiesel, Elie's father?
He died of dysentery
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What was Elie's only desire?
To eat
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What happened on April 10, 1945?
The Americans came in and liberated the people
