Midterm Exam 2023 Flashcards
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When they shoot the dog in Of Mice and men, and its owner says, “I ought to have done it myself,” what type of literary term is that?
Foreshadowing
Indirect Characterization means?
I show you that the character is generous by having them give food to the homeless
When an author provides background information to set the stage for the story - what is it referring to?
Exposition
When Gatsby finally meets Daisy again, the clock falls and “seems to shatter” What literary term is this an example of?
Characterization
What character remains consistent in their beliefs, personality or attitudes throughout the story?
Static character
What character archetype is known for their mysterious nature and defiance of societal norms, and often harbors a troubled past?
Byronic hero
What term describe a character who undergoes substantial internal changes, learns from experiences, and evolves throughout the story?
Dynamic character
Who is a character that narrates events in a story with trustworthiness and credibility, providing an accurate account of the story’s occurrences?
Reliable narrator
What is a term for Gatsby’s undoing - - when he believed that he could repeat the past?
Fatal flaw
What is an example of a social hierarchy in Literature?
the way the old money looked down on the new money in The Great Gatsby
What is an example of Foil Characters?
The way Slim and Curley represented different kinds of leaders
What is an example of an allusion in the books?
Trimalchio, in The Great Gatsby being a reference to a classic Roman play
George’s last name, Milton, being a reference to the classic Paradise Lost
Who would be an example of a Byronic Hero?
jay Gatsby
What would be an example of omniscience?
The eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg
Slim’s god-like eyes
Owl eyes seeing that Gatsby’s books are real
In The Great Gatsby - where people live is symbolic - this is called?
Moral Geography
What is Another short story where the place people live is symbolic?
American History because the girl’s tenement overshadows the boys cozy house nest door and where you live separates people
Based on our reading Of Mice and men - what does the author believe?
That the world is a hostile place and the American Dream is hard to achieve
Based on our reading of The Great Gatsby and the phrase “so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” What does the author believe?
That like Gatsby, we are often hindered by our pasts, but we keep trying
Both Of Mice and men and The Great Gatsby included what theme?
The American Dream
What quote best exemplifies the central conflict for the narrator of Safety of Numbers?
“What I’m scared of is growing up to be scared”
What quote from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 that relates to the central conflict?
“All we have to fear is fear itself”
What is true about the following:
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people.
By the relief office I seen my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
The singer is seeing the faults of the American dream and is questioning whether it’s as perfect a “the golden valleys’ he sang about at the beginning
In Safety of Numbers, “She like the kinds of success you can plot and graph” is an example of a quote that is what?
Characterizes the narrator’s mother
The fragile relationship of the mother/daughter relationship in Safety of Numbers is best described how?
Tenuous
