Literature

Question 1

Aristotles 3 type of friendship

Answer 1

Utility
Pleasure
Goodness

Question 2

Friendship of utility

Answer 2

Both ppl derive some benefit from the other
Easily dissolved
Determined by usefulness of person

Question 3

Friendship of pleasure

Answer 3

Both ppl are drawn to each other’s qualities
Linked to young ppl bc they are seeking immediate gratification or pleasure out of the friendship
Usually short lived

Question 4

Friendship of goodness

Answer 4

Both admire each other’s goodness and help one another strive for goodness
Highest level of friendship (like family)
Long lasting

Question 5

What is theme

Answer 5

NOT SUBJECT

Idea on which a story is built

Question 6

Universal theme

Answer 6

Theme that come up again and again in literature

Deal with basic human concerns

Question 7

How to find theme

Answer 7

Conflict helps reveal theme
Titles give clues
Theme applies to the entire work

Question 8

An authors style

Answer 8

The manner of expression of a particular writer produced by: choice of words, sentence structure, use of literary devices, rhythm

Question 9

Vignette

Answer 9

Style of HonMS
Short, well written sketch or descriptive scene
Doesn’t have a plot, but reveals some elements to the story
Description of scene/character is important

Question 10

Direct characterization

Answer 10

Narrator tells the audience what the personality of the character is

Question 11

Indirect characterization

Answer 11

Author shows things that reveal characters personality

Question 12

5 methods of indirect characterization

Answer 12

Looks (what you can infer based on their looks)
Speech
Relationships
Actions 
Thoughts

Question 13

Bildungsroman

Answer 13

A novel depicting someone’s growth from childhood to maturity
Protagonist (usually pubescent) grows, learns, and changes in order to take their place in the world
Coming of age story

Question 14

FOIL characters

Answer 14

Two characters who contrast each other in order to highlight each other’s differences

Question 15

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs - what is it

Answer 15

A theory by Abraham Maslow (psychologist) about what is needed for personal growth

Question 16

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs- levels

Answer 16

Self actualization
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological

Question 17

Three categories of Shakespeare’s plays

Answer 17

Tragedy
Comedy
History

Question 18

Why are Shakespeare’s Works so popular

Answer 18

Bc he wrote about human nature and how people behave

Question 19

What was Shakespeare before he wrote plays and poems

Answer 19

Actor

Question 20

How many of Shakespeare’s plays are considered tragedies

Answer 20

10

Question 21

Soliloquy

Answer 21

Speeches made by a character when they’re by themselves

When they think out loud

Question 22

Purpose of soliloquy

Answer 22

To help the audience understand the main character

Question 23

Three characteristics of a tragic hero

Answer 23

Man of high rank
Put into a difficult situation he must resolve
Bad luck and bad decisions lead to death

Question 24

Where is R+j set

Answer 24

Verona, Italy

Question 25

How do his tragedies usually end

Answer 25

Most characters are dead ; others are left to start again

Question 26

In most of his tragedies, what feeling is left

Answer 26

Some good can come from terrible suffering

Question 27

Review Romeo and Juliet time line

Answer 27

Last page of lit notes

Question 28

Dramatic irony

Answer 28

When audience knows something that the characters don't

Question 29

Tragedy

Answer 29

a written work with a sad ending where the hero either dies or ends up mentally, emotionally, or spiritually devastated beyond recovery

Question 30

Aside

Answer 30

when a character is talking about something but not all characters can hear

Question 31

Couplet

Answer 31

2 lines of poetry, with the same meter, founded by a rhyme

Question 32

Pun

Answer 32

wordplay (humor)

Question 33

Allusion

Answer 33

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 34

Situational irony

Answer 34

When the opposite of what's expected happens

Question 35

Verbal irony

Answer 35

The opposite meaning of what is said (sarcasm)

Question 36

Oxymoron

Answer 36

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction Ex: Tragic comedy, in act 1 scene 1 when Romeo is sad over rosaline and Says things like "loving hate, heavy lightness, cold fire, sick health,etc"

Question 37

Romeo and Juliet main ideas

Answer 37

Look in Notes

Question 38

LoTF main ideas

Answer 38

Look in Notes