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Beniah Womble
AP English
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English
12th Grade
04/30/2009

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repetition
Definition
a repeated action
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Who is the author of the House of Mirth?
Definition
Edith Wharton
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Who is Nwoye?
Definition
son of Okonkwo
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What is a metaphor?
Definition
when you compare two things without using the words like or as
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antithesis
Definition
opposing or opposite ideas
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Who is Lawrence Seldon & why didn't he marry Lily?
Definition
He is a lawyer in the book Hoouse of Mirth and because he wasn't a very wealthy man Lily didn't marry him!
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hyperbole
Definition
obvious or intentional exaggeration
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Why was Troy so aggressive and strict towards his children?
Definition
He didnt want his children to become lazy and useless people. He wanted them to be hard working people and nothing like his father!
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Who was the protagonist in The House of Mirth?
Definition
Lily Bart
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What is a foil?
Definition
a foil is when a character is compared and differs from another character
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What was the main theme of the House of Mirth?
Definition
The roles of women & how they were portrayed in this society
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Who is the protagonist in the novel Heart of Darkness?
Definition
Marlow
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Who is Kurtz?
Definition
The character in The Heart of Darkness Marlow was looking for on his journey
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Fences
Definition
by August Wilson
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Things Fall Apart
Definition
by Chinua Achebe
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Why was Okonkwo so eager not to be like his father?
Definition
Okonkwo didn't want to be a failure like him he wants to be successful
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What is a sonnet?
Definition
a 14 line rhyme poem that expresses a complete thought
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What author was a foil to Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart?
Definition
Joseph Conrad
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What was the country that was described as the "darkness" or "the other world"? 
Definition
Africa
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Who was Lily true lover?
Definition
Lawrence Seldom
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