freshman year final Flashcards

(43 cards)

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what is athena the goddess of

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wisdom

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what is demeter the goddess of

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harvest

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3
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what is artemis the goddess of

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hunting

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4
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what is aphrodite the goddess of

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love

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5
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what is hera the goddess of

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marriage

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6
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what is dionysus the god of

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wine and theatre

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7
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what is ares the god of

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war

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8
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what is poseidon the god of

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sea

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9
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what do sirens do

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lure sailors to death with beautiful songs

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10
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what is scylla

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a six headed monster that lived in a cliff side

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11
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what was charybdis

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a deadly whirlpool

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12
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how long did penelope wait for odysseus

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20 years

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13
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how was hospitality tested in odyssey

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positive and negative

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14
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did the odyssey show perseverance

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yes

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15
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who does odysseus take revenge on

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the suitors

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who was romeo

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a montague, impulsive, romantic and a tragic hero

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17
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who was juliet

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a capulet, brave loyal and passionate

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who was mercutio

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witty friend of romeo, dies in act 3, cause: tybalt

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who was tybalt

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fiery cousin of juliet, represents family pride

20
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who was the nurse

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comic relief, mother figure to juliet

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who was friar lawrence

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married romeo and juliet in secret, hopes to unite the families

23
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what is a simile

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compares things using like or as

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what is a metaphor

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compares things without using like or as

25
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what is personification

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gives human qualities to non human things

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what is the turning point in romeo and juliet
when romeo kills tybalt and gets banished
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what is the setting in romeo and juliet
verona italy
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what is the main conflict in romeo and juliet
love vs family loyalty
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what type of house is in there will come soft rains
a fully automated house continues tasks daily after a nuclear war
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who is the survivor in there will come soft rains
the house itself
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what is the cause destruction in there will come soft rains
nuclear war
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what is the theme in there will come soft rains
technology outlasting humanity, wars consequences
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what is the story by the waters of babylon about
a post apocalyptic world seen through a young priests eyes
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where is the place of gods in by the waters of babylon
ruins of nyc
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what is the ending in by the waters of babylon
the narroator learns the gods were just humans
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what is the theme in by the waters of babylon
rediscovery of knowledge, danger of technology
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what happens in the war of the worlds
martians invade earth but die from earths bacteria
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what is the theme in war of the worlds
human vulnerability, power of nature, fear of invasion
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what is a setting
time/place; helps create mood and bg
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what is a climax
turning point, most intense moment
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what are the two povs and what are they like
first person uses i and we third person is an outside narrator
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what is diction
word choice, formal informal emotional etc
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what is syntax
arrangement of words sentences and phrases
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what is punctuation
marks used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarifying meaning