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“Big Idea” Study Guide
Know who authored the following works:
- Odyssey
- Romeo and Juliet
- Great Expectations
- “In
- “Dulce Et Decorum Est”
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Animal Farm
Specific details about each work:
- What type of poem is The Odyssey?
- Define epic poetry:
- What are characteristics of an epic hero?
- What is personification?
- How is personification used in The Odyssey?
- What is an allusion?
- What is an epithet?
- How are simile, epithets, and allusions used in The Odyssey?
- How do we characterize tragedies?
- What are traits of a tragic hero?
- What is the definition of a tragic flaw/A.K.A. hamartia
- What is the definition of a soliloquy?
- What are examples of soliloquys from Romeo and Juliet?
- What is foreshadowing?
- How is foreshadowing used in Romeo and Juliet?
- What is the defintion of blank verse?
- What is the definition of iambic pentemeter?
***Be able to recognize iambic
pentameter or blank verse in examples
- What is point of view in a story?
- What is theme?
- What are some major themes in Great Expectations?
- What is motif?
- What are motifs in Great Expectations?
- What are the elements of fiction: narrative hook, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement
- What elements are included in the setting of a story?
- What is the difference between irony and dramatic irony?
- ***Review “In Flanders Fields and know the following elements within the poem: what the poppies, larks, and torch all symbolize.
- What kind of poem is “In Flanders Fields?”
- Who are the speakers in the above titled poem?
- What was the central purpose of “In Flanders Fields?”
- In regards to “Dulce et Decorum Est” know the translation of the phrase: Pro patria mori
- Know all themes and motifs in To Kill A Mockingbird
- Know all themes in Animal Farm . . .
