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English II Fall Semester Study Guide 2017
English II Fall Semester Study Guide 2017
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English
10th Grade
12/12/2017

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Explain Mrs. Maloney’s feelings for her husband throughout the story
Definition
She was caring for him but towards the middle she started to hate Mr. Maloney.
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How does the reader know Mr. Maloney has some bad news?
Definition
Because he wouldn’t let Mrs. Maloney do anything for him and he said he has something to tell her.
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What news did Mr. Maloney have for his wife?
Definition
That he is leaving her but he will leave her money and make sure she is looked after
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What do we know about Miss Strangeworth’s background?
Definition
She’s not the nice old women she makes out to be when she gets home she turns into a bitter and harsh women.
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How does Miss Strangeworth feel about her town?
Definition
The town was kept clean and sweet, but people everywhere were lustful and evil and degraded, and needed to be watched
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Why are the grocer and the lady in the grocery store acting so strange
Definition
Because of Miss Strangeworths letters going around the community
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Why does Miss Strangeworth write her letters?
Definition
To warn people of possible evil in the town.
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Why does Miss Strangeworth lose her roses at the end of the story?
Definition
because they get destroyed
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details from the story prove that the author is being satirical?
Definition
When the hanging is being treated like a party
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What serious issue is the author making fun of?
Definition
Death penalty
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How does the DMV worker perceive Robert Proctor?
Definition
He believes Robert is crazy and doesn't need to have his license
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Why does the prince lock himself in a castle?
Definition
to keep away from the plague
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How do the party goers feel about the masked man?
Definition
They shrink away when the masked man passes by them
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How does the author feel about Sheila?
Definition
The author was very much in love with Sheila.
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Why does the author attach his fishing pole to the boat before his date begins?
Definition
because he thought sheila would like fishing
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What motivated Eurydice to commit suicide?
Definition
the death of her son
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What is ironic about Teiresias giving a prophecy to Creon?
Definition
Because he is blind but can still predict what will happen.
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In what way is Creon a tragic hero?
Definition
he felt guilty after everything around him started to change
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How does Antigone’s gender impact her sentencing?
Definition
in ancient Greece women had no powers
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What does the guard’s fear show the audience?
Definition
the guard/town has a fear of Creon because they know if they go against him he will punish them also
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What is situational irony? Be able to identify an example of this from the play.
Definition
when she tried to bury Poly. He was left to decay out in the open but when she was caught, Creon orders she be put in a tomb alive.
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What is the major theme of the play?
Definition
free will vs. fate
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Dramatic irony
Definition
When the audience knows something that some characters in the narrative do not.
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Situational irony
Definition
Involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended
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Verbal irony
Definition
The literal meaning of what someone says is different from and often opposite to what they actually mean.
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Setting
Definition
the time and place in which the story takes place
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Mood
Definition
- element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions
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Tone
Definition
the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject
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plot
Definition
used to describe the events that make up a story, or the main part of a story.
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Internal conflict
Definition
when the character struggles inside
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External conflict
Definition
struggle between a person and an outside force
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Allusion
Definition
figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds.
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Symbolism
Definition
A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning
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Oxymoron
Definition
occurs when two contradictory words are together in one phrase.
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Theme
Definition
a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
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First person point of view
Definition
point of view of the person telling the story
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Third person limited point of view-
Definition
only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
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Third person omniscient point of view
Definition
where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.
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Personification
Definition
a form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics
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Satire
Definition
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices
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Exposition
Definition
the writer's way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story.
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Climax
Definition
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something
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flashback
Definition
an occurrence in which a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story
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