English Trimester 1 Exam

Front 1

steps of the epic hero cycle and the corresponding event in "The Odyssey"

Back 1

1. Hero has supernatural abilities (Oysseus is brave and strong)
2. Hero is charged with a quest (Odysseus going home)
3. Hero is tested (Cyclops, sirens)
4. Presence of mythical creatures (cyclops, sirens, gods, godesses)
5. Mythical land (House of the Dead)
6. Hero reaches low point and almost gives up (Circe's Island)
7. Resurrection (killing of suitors)
8. Restitution (goes back to normal)

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the epic conventions

Back 2

1. in medias res (in the middle of things)
2. invocation to a muse (calling on a minor god/ godess to help author tell the story)
3. epithets (descriptive words attached to/ in place of character's name)
4. catalogues (lists)
5. intervention of the gods (when gods/ godesses intervene)
6. disgressions (where the author leaves main story and adds a little side story)
7. repetition

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epic

Back 3

a long, narrative poem about a serious topic centered on a heroic figure

Front 4

hero

Back 4

A hero embodies the values of his/ her culture

Front 5

oral tradition

Back 5

something passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation

Front 6

Odysseus

Back 6

main character, Penelope's husband, fought in the Trojan War and now has to get home

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Penelope

Back 7

wife of Odysseus

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Telemachus

Back 8

son of Odysseus and Penelope

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Athena

Back 9

godess that helps in many ways for Odysseus to get home

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Poseidon

Back 10

god of the sea, tries to prevent Odysseus from getting home

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Menelaus

Back 11

the husband of Helen, king of Sparta

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Helen

Back 12

most beautiful woman, she caused the Trojan War because she ran off with Paris

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Circe

Back 13

witch, turned Odysseus's men into pigs who stayed with her

Front 14

Calypso

Back 14

godess, Odysseus was stranded there for 7 years but Hermes saved him

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Agamemnon

Back 15

he killed his daughter, he was Menelaus's brother, he is in the House of the Dead because Clymenestra (his wife) killed him for killing/ sacrificing their daughter to make up for the bunnies that he had killed (which had made Diana angry)

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Polyphemus

Back 16

Poseidon's son, cyclops that traps Odysseus and his men

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diction

Back 17

choice of words

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direct characterization

Back 18

the author tells the reader directly about a character

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indirect characterization

Back 19

what can be told about a character based on thoughts, actions, looks, other's reaction, or speech

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hubris

Back 20

too much pride, ex.: when Odysseus tells the Cyclops who he is, and he ends up not getting away safely

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genre

Back 21

type of literature

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Post Colonial literature (hallmarks)

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1. social change and erosion (the culture of the colony ends up with a different language, religion, and values)
2. misuse of power and exploitation (exploited= used/ taken advantage of)
3. colonial abandonment and alienation (the great country pulls out, so the colony must create their own identity again)
4. use of English language and literature

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persuasive techniques

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1. glittering generalities
2. appeal to emotion
3. band-wagon
4. half- truth (intentional vagueness)
5. testimonial
6. virtue words
7. repetition

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glittering generalities

Back 24

terms which make something look good, but do not give real information

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appeal to emotion

Back 25

makes you think that if you think/act a certain way, you are going to feel a certain way (SPCA)

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band-wagon

Back 26

says everybody else is doing it

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half- truth

Back 27

you only get part of the story

Front 28

testimonial

Back 28

someone's personal story (Proactive, Jessica Simpson)

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virtue words

Back 29

make you feel virtuous/ good (honor, freedom, peace)

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repetition

Back 30

repeating of phrases (Head on)

Front 31

theme (and themes of All Quiet on the Western Front)

Back 31

the author's message to the reader; what the author wants the reader to take away from the book
1. Horrors of war
2. War's effects on the soldiers
3. Nationalism/ patriotism

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motif (and motifs of All Quiet on the Western Front)

Back 32

Image or idea that recurrs throughout a novel, usually supports/ symbolizes one of the themes.
1. death, blood, gore, decay (horrors of war)
2. animalistic words to describe the soldiers (war's effects on soldiers)
3. authority/ peer pressure (nationalism/ patriotism)

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symbol (and symbols from All Quiet on the Western Front)

Back 33

Something tangible (can touch/see) which represents something intangible (can not touch/ see)
1. Propaganda (nationalism/ patriotism)

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propaganda

Back 34

something which is intended to make people think/ act a certain way

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the lost generation

Back 35

the generation of men that fought in the war and they did not know anything else besides war. The generations above and below them thought being a soldier was so honorable and patriotic, when really it was not.

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metafiction

Back 36

work of art or literature which is aware of its own medium. A book that knows it is a book.

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Greek chorus

Back 37

Group of minor characters, 12-15 members, who represent the general population (the non-royal), function as a narrator

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double standard

Back 38

one set of rules/ expectations for one group of people and a different set for another group. The groups must be approximately equal.

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anachronism

Back 39

a deliberate or accidental inconsistency in chronological order. The Penelopiad is a deliberate anachronism.

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tone

Back 40

The author's attitude towards his/her subject. Through diction, the author of The Penelopiad shows her attitude towards The Odyssey and themes.

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themes of The Penelopiad

Back 41

gender
social class

Front 42

Who is the author of A Small Place?

Back 42

Jamaica Kincaid

Front 43

Who is the author of All Quiet on the Western Front?

Back 43

Erich Maria Remarque

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Who is the author of The Penelopiad?

Back 44

Margaret Atwood

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Who is the author of The Odyssey?

Back 45

Homer