figures of speech
genre
prosody
rhyme
metaphor
apostrophe
caesura
simile
kenning
assonance
alliteration
consonance
personification
soliloquy
solipsism
dialogue
Other than its significant literary importance, The Canterbury Tales is important to the development of
language because
The moral or lesson of the "The Pardoner's Tale" Radiix malorum est cupiditas is ironic because
Tragedy is a play in which
According to Aristotle the purpose of tragedy is
The protagonist is
The antagonist is
The tragic flaw is
A foil is
The turning point of any play
The successful resolution of the play
Sonnet Exam will include an Elizabethan sonnet. The student is expected to answer questions
concerning: use of rhyme, couplet, division, quatrain, theme and figurative devices.
Essay topics: 3 paragraphs
One overwhelming character trait in both Beowulf and Macbeth is their sense of ambition.
Ambition gets Beowulf to Hrothgar and ambition sets Macbeth’s fate in Duncan’s murder.
Compare how each character deals with ambition.
In Macbeth, Shakespeare used several images throughout the play--blood, food, clothes,
motherhood to name a few. Discuss how Shakespeare used these images to enhance the tragic
aspects of Macbeth’s character.
In the very beginning of the play Malcolm describes the traitorous Thane of Cawdor as he is
about to be executed: “… nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it. He died
As one that had been studied in his death
To throw away the dearest thing he owed
As ’twere a careless trifle.”
Explain why these statements are a good example of irony when considering Macbeth?
Minor characters often play major roles in the development of character or unraveling of the plot.
From Pride and Prejudice select two minor characters and illustrate how their small roles
helped develop the protagonist.
At one point early in the novel, Mary observes: “Vanity and pride are different things, though the
words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates
more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think.” Select evidence
that shows Elizabeth is both vain and proud according to Mary’s definition.