Midterm

Question 0

Blank verse

Answer 0

Poetic form characterized by un-rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter

Question 1

Motif

Answer 1

Recurring theme in a story

Question 2

Iambic pentameter

Answer 2

Iambic-foot
Pentameter-stressed unstressed syllable pattern
Stressed- /
Unstressed- U

Question 3

Theme

Answer 3

lessons, main ideas, or subject in a work

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Feelings created in the reader by a work

Question 5

Tone

Answer 5

Writers or speakers attitude toward the work

Question 6

Inner conflict

Answer 6

With self

Question 7

Outer conflict

Answer 7

Another character or outside source

Question 8

Exposition

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Introduction

Question 9

Rising action

Answer 9

Building up to climax

Question 10

Climax

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Suspense

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Falling action

Answer 11

Leading to resolution

Question 12

Resolution

Answer 12

Denouncement/wrapping everything up

Question 13

Three types of irony

Answer 13

• Dramatic
• Verbal
• situational

Question 14

Dramatic irony

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Audience knows but character doesn’t

Question 15

Verbal irony

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Saying one thing and meaning the other

Question 16

Situational irony

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What we expect vs. what actually happens

Question 17

Lucrative

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Bringing in money ex. Lucrative business

Question 18

Terse

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Brief and to the point ex. Terse letter of rejection

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Circumspect

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Careful, cautious

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Cumbersome

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Clumsy, hard to handle, slow, moving ex. Cumbersome packages

Question 21

Perennial

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Lasting for a long time, persistent. A plant that lives for many years

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Eminent

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Famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting

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Perilous

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Dangerous

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Intrepid

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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not realized

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Supplant

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To take place of,supersede

Question 27

Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Impoverished

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Poor, in a state of poverty, depleted

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Hamper

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To hold back

Question 30

Lucid

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Easy to understand, clear, rational, same

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Posthumous

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Occurring or published after death

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Sardonic

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Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Apex

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The highest point, tip

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high, excessive

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, melancholy

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Brazen

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Shameless, imprudent, made of brass

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Arduous

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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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auspicious

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Favorable, fortunate

Question 39

Revile

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To attack with words, call bad names

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Pilfer

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To steal in small quantities

Question 41

Trite

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Commonplace, overused, stale

Question 42

Altercation

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An angry argument

Question 43

Paramount

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Chief in importance, above all others

Question 44

Diligent

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Hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Question 45

Was montresor an reliable or unreliable character and why

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Unreliable because he only talked about his opinion and left details out

Question 46

What was the theme of the necklace

Answer 46

Be happy with who you are and what you have, do not be greedy

Question 47

Who wrote the necklace

Answer 47

Guy de mouspassant

Question 48

What is the setting of marigolds

Answer 48

MD during the Great Depression

Question 49

List of three characters in the most dangerous game

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General zarroff-a Russian Cossack and expatriate who lives on ship trap island and enjoys hunting men Rains ford-a world renowned big game hunter and the story's protagonist Whitney- rainsford's friend and traveling companion Ivan-zarroff's mute assistant

Question 50

Theme of the most dangerous game

Answer 50

Sinister, suspenseful, mystery

Question 51

Town and country of Shakespeare's birth

Answer 51

Stratford on Avon, England

Question 52

Shakespeare date of birth and death

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April 23, 1564- April 23, 1616

Question 53

The three people who could've been Shakespeare

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Sir Francis bacon Christopher Marlowe Edward de vere, 17th earl of Oxford William Stanley, 6th earl of derby

Question 54

Who kills mercutio

Answer 54

Tybalt

Question 55

Who kills tybalt

Answer 55

Romeo

Question 56

Who kills Paris

Answer 56

Romeo

Question 57

Meaning of wherefore art thous Romeo

Answer 57

Why Romeo | Are you a mountague

Question 58

Edgar Allan Poe

Answer 58

Jan 19, 1809-1849

Question 59

Where was Edgar Allan Poe born

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Boston, MA

Question 60

Nurse's daughters name

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Susan

Question 61

Benvolio

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Keeps the peace

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Edgar Allan Poe was raised by who

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John Allan

Question 63

Edgar Allan poe's wife's name

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Virginia

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Relationship between mercutio and the nurse

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They do not like each other

Question 65

Where does Romeo and Juliet take place

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Verona, Italy

Question 66

Homonyms

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Words that sound the same but have different meanings

Question 67

Apostrophes

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A punctuation point used to show possession or in a contraction