English Midterm
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 king hrothgar | king of danes, wise/aged leader, father figure to beowulf |
| the danes | king hrothgar's people from denmark |
| the geats | beowulf's people |
| alliteration | Example: Showed sea-cliffs shinning |
| Kenning | Examples: War gear, Shield Bearers, Whale-road |
| caesura | pause between words to emphasize something |
| beowulf vs. grendel | beowulf is confident during this battle and fights bare-haned |
| beowulf vs. grendel | the thanes tried to help beowulf in this battle |
| beowulf vs. grendel's mom | beowulf wants to get more fame and help the danes at this battle... |
| beowulf vs. grendel's mom | the thanes doubt that beowulf will win and they decide to stay at the beach while beowulf fights at this battle... |
| beowulf vs. dragon | beowulf wants revenge and is angry because his opponent burned down the geats' homes during this battle... |
| anglo saxon hero | boasting, fame, loyal, powerful, wise are all characteristics of an... |
| quest | a _____ consists of a quester, a place to go, stated reason to go there, challenges and trails and a real reason to go there. |
| true | the real reason for a quest never involves the stated reason. true or false? |
| self knowledge | the real reason for a quest is ____. |
| stated | the quester goes on a quest because they mistakenly believe that the _____ task is their real task. |
| knight | chivalry, renaissance man, strong |
| squire | pretty boy, curly hair, saw some action in war |
| yeoman | hunting, bows and arrows, usually in a forest |
| nun | dainty, concerned with appearance, wants to come across like he/she can speak french |
| monk | hunts, eats, doesn't want to be a pale and tortured soul |
| friar | beloved by women, easy penance, corrupt, sings, dances, always wants $ & doesnt want to deal with the poor |
| merchant | shows off his money, excellent yet chaucer doesnt know his name, nobody knows hes in debt |
| oxford cleric | BOOKS describe this person |
| sergeant of law | seems very busy but he/she is not |
| franklin | loves food/wine, pleasure, son of epicurious |
| guildsmen | has aspirations, elder men, shows off material wealth, showy wives |
| cook | ulcer on his knee, cooks blanc mange |
| skipper | makes people walk the plank, pirate |
| doctor | loves gold, prescribes unnecessary medication |
| wife of bath | wears red tights, women of the night, 5 husbands, travels, gap toothed |
| parson | RUST |
| plowman | honest, true |
| reeve | old, skinny, cheap/frugal, has a stock pile of $ |
| manciple | frugal, knowledgeable |
| miller | big, disgusting, root force, red hair, cheats people |
| summoner | scabby brows, kids are afraid of him, thin beard, people try to pay him/her off, loves wine |
| pardoner | funny looking, no beard, voice of a goat, scams people |
| rhyming couplets | the poetic form that chaucer uses is... |
| exemplum | the pardoner's tale is an_____. (type of story) |
| greed is the root of all evil | main theme of pardoner's tale |
| death | the old man symbolizes____. (pardoner's tale) |
| aristocracy | the night and squire are in what social class? |
| clergy | the monk, friar, prioress, parson, summoner and pardoner are in what social class? |
| middle class | the merchant, oxford cleric, man of law, franklin, reeve, doctor and wife of bath are in what social class? |
| trade class | the guildsmen, shipman, manciple, cook and host are in what social class? |
| peasant class | the yeoman, plowman and miller are in what social class? |
| respects | chaucer_____ the aristocracy social class? (what does he think of them) |
| hypocrisy | chaucer thinks that the clergy class represents_____. |
| objective/distant | chaucer is _____ towards the trade and peasant class. |
| abab cdcd efef gg | rhyme scheme of the sonnets |
| turn | line in which the mood of the poem shifts, usually occurs at the beginning of the 3rd quatrain |
| simile | "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"- what literary device is being used here? |
| metaphor | "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head"- what literary device is being used here? |
| assonance | "But no such roses see I in her cheeks"- what literary device is being used here? |
| alliteration | "I grant I never saw a goddess go"- what literary device is being used here? |
| topic sentence | main idea of the paragraph that supports your thesis statement |
| observation | definition: watch, look at, perceive |
| analysis | detailed examination of the elements/structure of something; breaking a complex topic into separate parts to understand it better |
| kill | little bee spends a lot of time thinking about how she can______ herself. |
| little bug | nickname for little bee given by her friend yvette |
| "the men who came" | who killed little bee's dad and uncle? |
| forget | lawrence tells sarah to _____ about the day that she cut her finger off at the beach. |
| kindness | at the beach, little bee and _____ are dragged by the men; the day sarah cut off her finger. |
| faith | kindness relies on her ____ on the day that her and little bee were dragged across the beach. |
| the future is bright | nkiruka's name translates to..... |
| udo | little bee's real name is.... |
| hope | what does little bee's real name mean? |
| gray | little bee always associates life to the color _____. |
| child development | "I thought it would be too much to ask of my son, at four, to understand the separation between body and soul. Looking back on it now, I think I underestimated a boy who could live simultaneously in Kingston-upon-Thames and Gotham City..."-- this quote represents which theme in little bee? |
| guilt/blame | "Yes, because if I is not Batman all the time then mine daddy dies."-- this quote represents which theme in little bee? |
| globalization | "A pound is free to travel to safety, and we are free to watch it go...This is called globalization. A girl like me gets stopped at immigration, but a pound can leap turnstiles and jump straight into a waiting airport taxi."-this quote represents which theme in little bee? |
| language/identity | "It was beautiful, and that is a word I would no need to explain to the girls back home, and I do not need to explain to you, because now we are all speaking the same language." -this quote represents which theme in little bee? |
| story telling | "All the girls' stories started out, the-men-came-and-they. And all of the stories finished, and-then-they-put-me-in-here. All the stores were sad."- this quote represents which theme in little bee? |
| dean moran | jason's good friend, weird, stupid, smells, not popular- which character in BSG? |
| madame crommelynk | good teacher of wisdon, shows jason the realities of life, teaches jason how to understand poetry and not just write it-which character in BSG? |
| thing | what is julias nick name for jason in BSG? |
| his grandfathers omega watch | what does jason's dad give him on boxing day as a gift? |
| hangman, N and S | jason realizes he has a stammer in which game? what letters does he struggle with the most? |
| JT + DM | what does jason carve into a tree in BSG? |
| tom yew | in bsg, who dies in the falklands war? |
| gang | spooks is a ____. |
| beauty | madame crommelynck says ____ ruins poetry. |
| robert frobisher | who kills himself in BSG? |
| ross wilcox, gives it back to him | who's wallet does jason find in BSG? what does he do with hit? |
| neil | who's calculator does jason destroy in BSG? |
| secrets | what does miss lippetts teach a lesson on in BSG? |
| holly deblin | who does jason make out with at the disco? |
| getting a divorce | at the end of BSG, jason's dad tells him that he is______. |
| had an affair with cynthia | what has jason's father been keeping from jason about his personal life? |
| no | when jason confesses to mrs. grettin at the end of the book, does he stammer? |
| he pretends to sell relics | why does the narrator dislike the pardoner? |
| C- dragon wakes | what breaks the peace during beowulfs king ship? |
| hand to hand combat | how does beowulf beat grendel? |
| squire | the answer to #34 is.... |
| summoner | the answer to #38 is.... |
| L | the answer to #1 is... |
| grunting | what is the sword that beowulf uses? |
| both A and B | what is the answer for the question about thesis's? |
| deported | chrolics were... |
| ross wilcox, grant burch, nick yew | who were some of the kids that bullied jason? |
| B | what is the answer to #26? |
| foreshadowing | what is the answer to #18? |
| the screaming of her family | what noise did little bee hear when sarah was filling her car up with gas? |
| understanding | little bee thinks the name ______ would have been a good name for her village. |
| ordinary things | sarah says she misses answer because he was good at _____ ______. |
| B | sarah wants to do a feature in her magazine on... a.) oil drilling in nigeria b.) refugees in the UK |
| A | little bee says, "____ is the taste of my land" a.) tea b.) water c.) hot chocolate |
| C | according to little bee, no one likes each other but everyone likes a.) madonna b.) guns and roses c.) U2 |
| B | what does little bee do for sarah? a.) donates andrews clothes to charity b.) deletes his number from her phone c.) answers andrew's mail d.) tells her to forget about andrew |
| A | Andrew first learns of sarah's affair at... a. he sees sarah with lawrence at a party b. sees sarah and lawrence at the airport c. he sees an email from him while looking through sarah's email |
| false- they wouldnt accuse her of making up stories | If Little Bee told the girls back home about the mixed race couple holding hands they would believe her. true or false? |
| inside | Little Bee explains that sometimes the baddies are ______ of you. |
| D | Sarah finds folders that Andrew was keeping about... a. politics/royal families b. yard work c. glass houses d. asylum and detention |
| his motorbike | what does ross wilcox steal from grant burch at the end of the the book? |
| B | Jasons father's rule is... a. say please/thank you all the time b. dont set foot in my office c. every sunday we must watch football d. always look both ways before crossing the street |
| a frozen over lake, british bulldog, hurts his ankle on the ice | in the beginning of BSG, where do jason and dean moran go to play with the other kids? what game do they play? what happens to jason? |
| A | when julia is older she wants to become... a. lawyer b. architect c. doctor d. teacher |
| a rockery | what did jason's mom want to build in their backyard? |
| C | what is the name of julias boyfriend? a. bill b. nick c. ewan d. randy |
| A | who is the british prime minister that jason idolizes in the 'rocks' chapter? a. margret thatcher b. tony blair c. winston churchill d. john mayor |
| A | who falls through the roof of a glass greenhouse in the 'spooks' chapter? a. dean moran b. dawn madden c. jason tayor |
| C | where did madame crommelynck come from? a. america b. russia c. belgium d. norway |
| A | what homework does madame crommelynck give jason? a. read/translate a book in french b. bring food next time c. read 20 different poems d. research a famous poet |
| C | what happened to madame crommelynck? a. she dies in a car accident b. she exposes jason as a real poet c. she is deported d. she publishes one of jasons poems |
| true | sarah started her affair with lawrence before the trip to nigeria. true or false? |
| unferth | a danish warrior who is jealous of beowulf |
| wiglaf | one of Beowulfs kinsmen and thanes; only warrior brave enough to help the hero in his fight against the dragon |
| to celebrate his greatness | Why did Hrothgar build Herot? |
| A | why does beowulf come to denmark? a. to save hrothgar b. to visit and meet the people c. he wanted to build a castle there |
| A | what is kept from the first battle? a. grendels hand b. grendels foot c. all the treasure they could find d. grendels whole body |
| B | Hermod... a. was never king b. killed his own people c. Beowulf's soldier |
| B | how is Herbald killed? a. killed himself b. his brother killed him accidentally c. his soldiers killed him d. he drinks a poisonous liquid |
| A | "Win or Die Trying"-? a. beowulf b. unferth c. herbald d. wiglaf |
| D | Why does Beowulf lose the battle with the dragon? a. shield melts b. sword wasnt powerful enough c. he ran away d. both a & b |
| b | how is the dragon killed? a. dies peacefully b. with a dagger c. poisonous drink d. dragon kills himself |
| C | What is it Beowulf asks of Wiglaf after he is wounded? a. peace b. to see his people again c. treasure d. all of the above |
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