TOTC Midterm

Fervent

having or displaying a passionate intensity

Anchorage

an area that is suitable for a ship to anchor in.

Blight

a thing that __spoils__ or damages something.

Obligated

bind or compel (someone), especially legally or __morally__.

Placid

not easily upset or excited

* calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

Quaint

__attractively__ unusual or old-fashioned

Peculiar

range or odd; unusual.

infamous

well known for some bad quality or __deed__.

Generosity

the quality of being kind and generous.

Dissipate

to break up and scatter or vanish.

Anecdote

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Polysyndeton vs. Asyndeton

* Asyndeton - has no conjunctions, made commas (I came, I saw, I conquered.)
* Polysyndeton - a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses that is connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction

Metaphor

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

* Ex: Her eyes were diamonds

Zeugma

* a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different __sense__
* Ex: “She broke his car and his heart.”

Choppy Syntax

* sentences that are too short and often repeat the same words.
* Ex: I like dogs. Dogs make good pets. Dogs are friendly and loyal

Parallelism

is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure

* Ex: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Simile

A simile is a type of figurative writing that compares two things using the words like or as.

* Ex: She is as busy as a bee.

Irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally __signifies__ the opposite, typically for __humorous__ or __emphatic__ effect.

Symbolism

is the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events

Repetition

a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.

Dashes

a little horizontal line that floats in the middle of a line of text

* used to indicate a range or a pause.
* Dashes are also used to mark the interruption of a sentence in dialogue: Example: “Help! This horse is going too fast,” the actor yelled. “I think I am fall—.

Complex Sentence Structure

A complex sentence combines a dependent clause with an independent clause.

* Ex: Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it in the microwave.

Personification

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something __nonhuman__

Allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without __mentioning__ it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Tone

the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

Anaphora

the __repetition__ of a word or phrase at the beginning of __successive__ __clauses__.

Imagery

figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses

Lucie Manette

Lucie Manette is the daughter of Doctor Manette.

* Golden-haired, blue-eyed,
* She's beautiful and nice
* Mother died and thought father was died for 18 years he was actually imprisoned. She was an orphan
* Miss pross is her servant
* . After being reunited with her father, she cares for him and remains devoted to him,

Dr. Manette

* A doctor from Beauvais, France, who was secretly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years and suffers some mental trauma from the experience. After being released, he is nursed back to health by his daughter, Lucie, in England.
* When found in the Defarge’s attic he was a shoemakrer, white hair, faint voice, withered body
* sensitive to people, not use to being outside

Jarvis Lorry

* man of business, and his business — Tellson's Bank — carries him between England and France.
* A loyal friend to the Manette family
* He’s the one who first carries Lucie over to France to meet her long-imprisoned father.
* Took Lucie to England when her mother died
* "very orderly and methodical", well-dressed 'good man' with "bright eyes"

Jerry Cruncher

* An odd-job man for Tellson's Bank
* gruff, short-tempered, superstitious, and uneducated.
* spiky hair

Monsieur Defarge

* Defarge is the owner of a wine shop in the slum of Saint Antoine in Paris
* Defarge locks Dr. Manette in the attic


* bad temper, humerous

Charles Darney

* Born a French nobleman, he decides to be the one aristocrat in France who has a conscience.
* he’s tried as a traitor to the English crow but the verdict said he was not guilty
* handsome and kind but perhaps a little thoughtless

Sydney Carton

* A lawyer who looks like Charles Darnay
* Drinks lot of alcohol and is depressed/ sad
* educated at Shrewsbury School
* Works at Stryvers law office

\*\*\*\* pointed out that this could be a case of mistaken identity.

Mr. Stryver

* Charles Darney’s Lawyer
* An ambitious lawyer, Stryver dreams of climbing the social ladder
* bombastic, proud, and foolish.
* Stryver is Darnay's defense attorney in England
* LION
* a man of little more than thirty, but looking twenty years older than he was, stout, loud, red, bluff, and free from any drawback of delicacy

Madame Defarge

* Married to Monsieur Defarge
* wealthy
* put together
* stout composure
* ALWAYS KNITTING