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Ivy
is an art classmate who is friendly toward Melinda
Melinda
struggles with inner turmoil regarding Rachel
an anonymous letter
warns Rachel about Andy Evans
David Petrakis
tells Melinds she can't make a difference unless she speaks up for herself
Mr. Neck
is responsible for Melinda's second day in suspension
A daydream
helps Melinds clarify her mamories of the rape
Graffiti
helps Melinda begin to "find her voice."
Rachel
learns the truth about the rape
Dormancy
symbolizes Melinda's survival and future hope.
Melinda's "closet"
is where Melinda finds her "voice."
Miss Hoffman
LA 9
Final 2008
cut apart and study
"Losers are prunes in the oatmeal of life" is an example of
metaphor
"Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar" is an example of
simile
"The moon asleep" is an example of
personification
"woozy, wicked, worried, weepy, weird Wombats" is an example of
alliteration
"Reference to Biblical Noah" is an example of
allusion
Melinda Sordino
suffers from ttrauma-induced silence
Rachel Bruin
turns against her former friend
Andy Evans
It
Ivy
talented art student who is friendly to Melinda
Heather
pseudo-friend primarily interested in herself
Mr. Freeman
establishes student-oriented classroom
David Patrakis
brilliant student who befriends Melinda
Nichole
a coach's dream
Hairwoman
teacher who stresses symbolism
Mr. Neck
resents immigtants
Mrs. Sordino
reacts to daughter in anger or indifference
Mr. Sordino
self-absorbed businessman
The opening scend of the novel sets the mood of
loneliness
Melinda Sordino encounters all of the following on her first day
1. ostracism by many students
2. trouble with her social studies teacher
3. rejection from former best friends
Melinda compare art class to
a dream following a nightmare
When Melinda draws "tree" as her year's art project, she
believes it is too easy
Melinda's family could best be described as
aloof from one another
Rachel identifies with and patterns her behavior after
foreign-exchange students
In order to be accepted, Heather tries to enlist Melinda in her "Plan
to join five clubs
While at school, Melinda takes refuge in
an unused janitor's closet
What happens to Melinda at the pep rally?
1. someone yanks her hair
2. students are hostile to her
3. she is jabbed in the back
Mr. Freeman begins a painting as a protest against the school board because
they have cut his school budget for the current year
David Patrakis and Melinda first become acquainted
when they become biology partners
Halloween is especially lonely for Melinda because
No one invites her to go trick or treating, she is aware of Rachel's party and she remembers activities of the previous year.
Melinda's physical symptoms incude
sore throat, raw lips and biting her nails
David Patrakis' debate with the social studies teacher
results in the threat of a lawsuit
The Sordinos' Thanksgiving "feast" can best be described as
a fiasco
Melinda feels that her parents
would be divorced if she had not been born
Which of the following does not refer to asn encounter between Melinda and IT? a. Melinda is hanging a poster for Heather. b. Andy Evans enters the lunchroom looking for Melinda. C.Melinda goes to the town bakery d. They are both assigned to Merryweather In-School suspension at the same time
Andy Evans enters the lunchroom looking for Melinda.
On the surface, Melinda's suicide attempt is the aftermath of
conflict with her parents over grades
Melinda is reminded of her own trauma while studying
the symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
Heather's primary excuse for dissolving her friendship with Melinda is
their extreme differences
When Melinda realizes her friendship with Heather has ended, she
feels a great sense of loss
Melinda's final humiliation over Heather's rejection occurs
when Heather returns the friendship necklace
During a conference with Melinda, her parents, the principal, and the guidance counselor
Melinda remains mute
Mr. Freeman's concern for Melinda is exemplified by his statement,
"When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time."
"Thornbushes" in Melinda's life incude
her mother and father hating each other, Rachel hates her, a school that gags on her like she's a hairball
Melinda mentally relives the night of the rape
the night she rejects David Patrakis' invitation to go for pizza
What describes Melinda's mental battle over Rachel dating Andy?
concern for Rachel's safety/anger at Rachel's rejection
Melinda's daydream about the talk show indicates
her need for reassurance that the rape was not her fault
Whe Melinda tell Rachel about the rape
Rachel accuses Melinda of lying when she names Andy as the rapist
What happens when Andy Evans traps Melinda in her "closet?"
He becomes sexually aggressive, Melinda holds a shrd of glass to his throat and Melinda screams
What happens in the denouement?
Melinda is able to complete her art project. She is able to acknowledge that the rape was not her fault and she begins to tell Mr. Freeman what happened.
Sonnet
fourteen line poem
soliloquy
a long speech expressing the thought of a character alone on stage
aside
short speech directed to the ausidence only;ex. Malcolm in the Middle
confidante
One to who secrets are confided, usually the protagonists friend
antagonist
character who challenges the main character or hero
protagonist
main character, hero
tragedy
work that ends in a catastrophe
comedy
work meant to evoke laughter or be humorous
irony
contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs
dramatic foil
character who possesses opposite traits of another character
hyperbole
exaggeration for effect
paradox
two words put together that ore opposite in meaning
double entendre
Word play; double meaning
Bawdy qualities
obscene, lewd, vulgar tendencies
allusion
reference to literature, art history, etc. in a literary work
monologue
long speech by one character, such as teh "Queen Mab" by Mercutio
Prologue
Introduction of a play
Iambic pentameter
unstressed and stressed syllables; 10 syllable lines
Blank Verse
unrhymed verse
Elizabethan
Period of Queen Elizabeth 1's rule
Balthasar
I tell Romeo of Juliet's death
Prince Escalus
I blame both families for the deaths of the two lovers
Lady Montague
I die of grief over my son's exile.
Lord Capulet
I erect a gold statue to Romeo
The Nurse
I tell Juliet to forget Romeo
Friar Lawrence
I believe marriage between Romeo and Juliet could solve the feud
Mercutio
I die saying, "A plague on both your houses."
Romeo
I die of poisoning
Juliet
I kill myself with a dagger.
said by Romeo to Mercutio
"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough. Too rude, too boist'rous, and it pricks like a thorn
said by Romeo to Juliet
"Lady by the yonder blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver....."
said by Juliet in soliloquy
"Give me my Romeo; and when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars. And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night....."
said by Friar Lawrence to Romeo
"Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast."
said by Romeo about Juliet
"Death, that hath suck'd the honey of breath. Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou are not conquered"
said by Mercutio about Queen Mab
"She is the fairies midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone."
said by the Nurse about Paris
"A man, young lady! lady, such a man as all the world-why, he's a man of wax."
said by Juliet about the Nurse
"...Go counsellor! Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain."
"Brawling love," "loving hate," and "heavy lightness" are all examples of
oxymoron
True/False
The play opens in the city of Mantua
False
True/False
Tybalt kills Mercutio
True
True/False
When the nurse tells Juliet the news of the duel, Juliet first thinks Romeo is dead
True
True/False
Juliet's dying words are: "With a kiss I die."
False
True/False
The last words of the paly are spoken by the chorus
True
Capulet initially rejects Paris' proposal to marry Juliet because he thinks Juliet is
too young
There are two prologues in the play. One before Act ___ and one before Act _____
1

2
When old Capulet calls for a sword in the street brawl, his wife thinks it would be more appropriate to call for a
crutch
Juliet asks Romeo NOT to swear by the moon because the moon is
inconstant
Friar Lawrence: "So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their_______
eyes