Honors English I semster test

Atone

(v) to makeup for

Bondage

(n). slavery; any state of being bound or held down

credible

(adj) belivable

defray

(v) to pay for

Dilligent

(adj) hardworking,industrious,not lazy

Doleful

(adj.) sad; dreary

Ghastly

(adj) frightful,horrible; deathly pale

hamper

(v) to hold back

Hew

(v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

impoverished

(adj) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

incessantly (adv)

(adj) never stopping, going on all the time

Intricate

(adj) complicated; difficult to understand

Lucid

(adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Posthumous

occurring after death

prim

(adj) overly neat, proper or formal; prudish

Sardonic

(adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly scarcastic

Superfluous

(adj) exceeding what is sufficent or required, excess

supplant

(v) to take the place of, supersede

taunt

(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark

tenacious

(adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

adieu

(int.) "Farewell!"; (n.) a farewell

advent

(n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view

apex

(n) the highest point, tip

Assimilate

(v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully

Bogus

(adj) false, counterfeit

exorbitant

(adj) unreasonably high; excessive

interim

(n.) the time between; (adj). temporary, coming between two points in time

inundate

(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

malign

(v) to speak evil of, slander; (adj) evil

meander

(v.) to wander about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist

metropolis

(n.) a large city; the chief city of an area

momentous

(adj) very important

obstreperous

(adj) noisy, unruly, disorderly

pensive

(adj) thoughtful; melancholy

perilous

(adj) dangerous

Shoddy

(adj) of poor qualiuty; charecterized by inferior workmanship

Sprightly

(adj.) lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

surly

(adj.) angry and bad-tempered; rude

tirade

(n.) a long, angry speech, usually very critical

vargant

(n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly

Why did the protagonist come to the theater?(king of the Bingo Game)

to get a break from reality, to play bingo to get a chance at winning money

What is the dream that the protagonist has?(king of the Bingo Game)

a train derails and follows him through the town. Symbolizes he cant get away from his fate

How can Arnold Friend be seen as a devil is disguise?(WYGWYB)

His faces skin tone doesnt match his neck, he stands on something in his boots to look taller, eyes seem to be empty

How can Connie be characterized in the story?(WYGWYB)

Eve(in Adam and Eve) somewhat of an innocence lostm slowly being turned to going with arnold friend.

What is the lesson learned at the end of the story?(the Lesson)

Socioeconomic inequality

Theory of omission(HLWE)

also known as the iceberg theory, means that the words on the page make up just a small part of the story. (most of the iceberg resides under the surface)

Descriptions of the operation(HLWE)

not really an operation, easy, fast

Symbolism of the white elephant and what it means?(HLWE)

The white elephant was a lavish gift given by kings to members of his court he didnt like, they would go bankrupt from trying to keep the white elephant alive, In this context the White elephant is a baby, in which they are deciding if they want to terminate or have the child

What does alcohol represent in the story?(HLWE)

The only functioning part of their relationship

Symbolism of the setting?(HLWE)

The train station represents the crossroads in the woman and mans life. they can either go together with eachother and have the kid, or take diffrent trains and live their lives

How much time has passed in the story?(HLWE)

35 minutes

How can Sammy be seen as a judgmental character?(A&P)

he judges the girls based on what they look like and how they act

classism in the story(A&P)

The girls act like they are on top, With sammy saying that some people here havnt been to the beach in years.

Three descriptions of the girls(A&P)

the one in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet broad soft-looking can with those two crescents of white just under it, where the sun never seems to hit, at the top of the backs of her legs, oaky hair that the sun and salt had bleached, done up in a bun that was unraveling, and a kind of prim face, a kind of dirty-pink - - beige maybe, I don't know -- bathing suit with a little nubble all over it and, what got me, the straps were down

What three characters inappropriately leer at the girls?(A&P)

Stokesie, McMahon and Lengel

Who seeks revenge in the story and why?(COA)

Fortunado seaks revenge after Amontillado insults him

What is the setting?(COA)

Italian festival season

Who asks as bait in the story?(COA)

Luchesi

In what two ways is Fortunato describe as drunk?(COA)

Fortunatos walk and eyes

What is the example of foreshadowing in the story?(COA)

"The cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."

The odessy

Jounry of Odysseus home

Illiad

Story of the Trojan War

How is Odyseus trapped?

He is stuck on Calypso's Island, with no boat

How is Penelope & Telemuchus trapped at the beginning of the story?

They are trapped at home with the suitors

In medias res

In the middle of

Nostos

Homecoming

Kleos

Imperishable glory

Xenia

The guest-host relationship

Epic

A story, which we arent sure if it happened or not, contains lots of action

Epithet of Polutroops

Part of the Odessy in which it explains Odysseus's wisdom, courage, cunning minipulation, his adventures and his wanderings through greecec trying to reach Ithica

Bard

A musician who, thanks to muses, have the ability to sing and tell storys about the gods or about peoples journeys

Muse

Gods of music and songs, usally give bards the ability to tell stories or songs about diffrent mythical adventures

Penelope's two struggles

To let telemachus remarry her or stay a widow

Telemachus's two struggles

Taking the throne or defending his fathers title

Order in which the Greek council spoke and briefly what they spoke about

Telemachus,Eurymachus,telemachus,mentor,Leocrites,

The spinners

Otherwise known as the fates, they weave peoples lives and when its time, cut the thread which kills them

Events that took place at Phaecian games

Sprinting,Discus,wrestling,and boxing

Odysseus's plan that he crafts against the cyclops

Sharpens part of walking stick, puts it in hot embers, feed the cyclops strong wine, get cyclops drunk, stab cyclops in eye, turn stick to destory the eye of the cyclops, tell him his name is Noman,

Island of Aeolus

Aeolus, the god of the winds, gives Odysseus all of the bad winds, so he can safely sail home. Odysseus' men go against his orders and open the bag, and all of the winds escape.

What occurred with the Laestroygonians?

Fish in a barrell, the giants throw stones at the ships, destroying and killing almost everyone

Name of Circe's island

Aeaea

Telemachy

The first 5 books of the Oddyssey

Tyro

wife to cretheus, laid with pos. and had two sons with him

Antiope

bore 2 sons who wnet on to settle thebes

Alcmene

Heracles' mom

epicastle

Oedipus's mother

Chloris

Queen in pulos cost rich bride price

Leda

2 sons honored like the gods

Iphimedeia

said posiden slept with her, had 2 sons that died early

Ariadne

Theseus tried to bring her back to Athens- Artemis killed her

Eriphyle

Accepted bribes, killed her husband

Agamemnon

killed by wife upon returning home, gives advice to Odysseus about not trusting his wife and moving in secret

Achilles and patroclus

calls odysseus a a fox, asks about "king of all the dead" son (Neoptolemus) and Dad (Peleus)

Ajax

Refuses to talk still mad he didn't get achilles armour

Minos

Judge of the dead

Orion

Chasing beasts across fields of Asphode

Tityus

Stretched 9 miles with vultures eatiing intestines

Tantalus

Water up to his chin however he can't quench his thirst

Sisyphus

pushing giant rock up a hill, never will get the rock up the hill however

Heracles

Also "tortured by weight of fortune"