| Term | Definition |
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| relative pronouns | joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who, whom, whose, which, that and all of the W's + ever) |
| indefinite pronouns | doesn't refer to a particular thing: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, everything, few |
| gerunds | a verbal that ends in -ing and acts as a noun |
| participle | Verb with an ending and used like an adjective, EX: -ed,-ing |
| adverbs | Modfies verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or entire clauses, they often answer of the following questions: How, When, Where, Why, To what extent? |
| predicate nominatives | follows linking verbs and renames or describes the subject |
| Paul Baumer | narrator of All Quiet, former student who enlisted because of his sense of patriotism, now disillusioned, bitter towards elders, cool in battle, values comradeship |
| Albert Kropp | All Quiet, small man who was authoritive, values war in the sense that the right people should be allowed to fight it |
| Muller | All Quiet, still carried his textbooks, he was a bit crude to people and insignificant towards other's feelings (Kemmerich's boots) |
| Kemmerich | All Quiet, had an infected foot and died a gruesome death, possessive of his belongings and friends with Paul |
| Katczinsky | All Quiet, leader of the group, he was shrewd and cunning, could find food and water anywhere and valued equality in the war |
| Himmelstoss | All Quiet, strictest disciplinarian corporal in teh camp, small and proud, a bully and values self-education |
| Kantoreck | All Quiet, former schoolmaster of the soldiers, later was drafted into the Territorial Army |
| Deterring | All Quiet, man who loved horses and felt more sympathy towards their suffering than the humans; plans to go back to the harvesting crops after the war |
| Gerard Duval | All Quiet, this man slowly dies beside Paul in the shell hole |
| Tjaden | All Quiet, bed-wetter who enjoys revenge on Himmelstoss |
| abuse of power | What theme from All Quiet does Himmelstoss and Kantoreck represent as leaders/authority figures? |
| destructiveness of war | what theme is represented by the scenes of soldiers mentally struggling during the bombings, Dettering's reaction, and the death of Gerard Duval? |
| lost generation | what theme from All Quiet is used when Paul, Muller, Kat, etc feel that they are one of a kind because they have no one to go home too because of their youth and the fact that they left everything for the war |
| camaraderie | the theme from All Quiet represented by the soldiers sticking together, fending food for all soldiers, etc. |
| shared humility | what theme is expressed in All Quiet when the soldiers have no privacy at all and gave up certain freedoms? |
| nature vs. warefare | theme in AQ when they notice how though war and death continue, nature still goes on. Earth/nature becomes somewhat of a refuge/mother for the soldiers |
| Survival instincts | theme in AQ where man's animal instincts come out as soon as they are on the Front. This makes their survival chances higher and protects them from annihilation |
| Eliezer Wiesel | born in 1928 in Sighet, practiced his Jewish religion devoutly, and was only 15 whem citizens of Sighet were deported. |
| Shlomo Wiesel | an orthodox jew of hungarian descent, and shopekeeper who ran his own grocery store. he was active in the community, instilled humanism in his son, and represented reason |
| Tzipora | What is the name of Eliezer's youngest sister who was killed in a concentration camp during the Holocaust? |
| Moshe the Beadle | Night; Eliezer's teacher of Jewish mysticism and taught him the Cabala. He was deported, escaped, and warned the people of the town about the Nazis. However, everyone takes him for crazy. in the end, he loses his faith |
| Madame Schachter | Night; a woman on the train to the concentration camp. She keeps screaming about seeing fire even though none of the others can anything. The people beat her to keep quiet. |
| Akiba Drumer | Night; A Jewish Holocaust victim who gradually loses his faith in God as a result of his experiences in the concentration camp (at first, he thought God was testing the Jews) |
| Idek | Night; Eliezer's Kapo (a prisoner conscripted by the Nazis to police other prisoners) at the electrical equipment warehouse in Buna. |
| Juliek | Night; A young musician who meet Eliezer in Auschwitz. He reappears late in the memoir, when he was heard by Eliezer playing the violin after the death march to Gleiwitz. |
| Maria Teresa Mirabal | TOB, youngest daughter, confident adn intelligent, very innocent, and had dreams of a coffin with shreds of wedding dress in it, marries Leandro and has Jacqueline, keeps a diary throughout the book |
| Minerva Mirabal | TOB; most involved in regime against Trujillo, she was rebellious, independent, outspoken, lawyer, Papa's favorite, married Manolo and had a daughter Minou |
| Dede Mirabal | TOB; survivor, very reserved at the beginning and disattached from her memories. she liked Lio, but married Jaimito |
| Patria Mercedes Mirabal | TOB; most religious of her sisters, lost faith for a period of time after losing her kid, married Pedrito and had two kids |
| Enrique Mirabal | TOB; father of the kids, had an affair, wanted a son but never got one, tortured by Trujillo's forces after the party and slowly died from bad health afterward |
| Mercedes Mirabal | TOB; mother of the girls, very strong and only kept living after her girls died for Dede's sake and the children |
| Margarita Mirabal | TOB; other daughter of Enrique, the medium of exchange between the sisters in prison and those out of prison |
| Leandro Guzman | TOB; Maria T's husband, very involved in the revolution, was sent to a torture camp and later was killed |
| Manolo Taverez | TOB; Minerva's husband, after she died, he went to the mountains to be more involved in the revolution and got killed |
| Minou Tavarez | TOB; Minerva's daughter who acts exactly like her, stayed with Dede and talked to her mother and aunt's spirits |
| Jaimito Fernandez | TOB; first husband of Dede, at first very loyal and nice, and then became pompous and arrogant. named his kids after himself and was very possessive of Dede |
| Nelson Gonzalez | TOB; son of Patria, very involved in the regime too, inspired by his aunts and uncles. |
| Rufino de la Cruz | TOB; driver of the sisters, protective of them as well, died along with Patria, Maria, and Minerva after being beaten to death |
| Trujillo | dictator from 1930-1961, racist and intent on destroying anyone who was against him |
| Lina Lovaton | TOB; one of Minerva's friends who became 'friends' with Trujillo, kept on an isolated island or something |
| Jean Valjean | LM; the main character, very strong, trying to redeem himself into being an honest and good man |
| Petite Gervais | LM; boy whose money was stolen by Valjean at the beginning |
| Fantine | LM; woman who was been put down by society in a similar way Valjean has; sold hair, teeth, etc in order to make money for her daughter |
| Cosette | LM; poor girl from Thenardiers, taken by Jean Valjean, becomes his true love in life, and she marries Marius Pontmercy |
| Bishop Myriel | LM; Bishop of Digne, he takes in Jean when no one else would, and permits him to steal the silver so that he could promise to be a better man |
| Thenardiers | LM; corrupt innkeepers who charge Fantine for their own monetary benefit. they later become separated, Thenardier goes to America with Amelza and becomes a slave-trader |
| Gavroche | LM; abandoned son of Thenardier that helps him and joins the revolution |
| Eponine and Azelma | LM; represents who Cosette was envious of |
| Javert | LM; A determined officer of the law, refuses to let Jean Valjean go until the end |
| M. Fauchelevant | LM; Valjean saves his life when Valjean lifts a carriage underneath which he is caught. This man later will return the favor by providing sanctuary for Valjean and Cosette at a convent, and by providing his name for Valjean's use. |
| M. Champmathieu | LM; the man accused of being Valjean and taken for a trial in Arras for stealing apples |
| M. Guillenormand | LM; Marius' grandfather. A Monarchist, he disagrees sharply with Marius on political issues, and they have several arguments. He attempts to keep Marius from being influenced by his father, an officer in Napoleon's army. While in perpetual conflict over ideas, he does illustrate his love for his grandson. |
| Marius Pontmercy | LM; A second-generation aristocrat who fell out with his royalist grandfather after discovering his father was an officer under Napoleon. He studies law, joins the revolutionary ABC students and later falls in love with Cosette. |
| M. Mabeuf | LM; An elderly churchwarden. He was friends with Colonel Pontmercy, and then befriends Marius after Colonel Pontmercy's death. He helps Marius realize the true identity and intentions of his father. He has a great love for plants and books, but ends up having to sell his books due to descending into poverty. Feeling that all hope is lost, he joins the students in the insurrection. He is shot and killed at the top of the barricades when raising their flag. |
| Enjolras | LM; The heroic leader of the revolutionary students. He dies during the fighting at the barricade. |
| Courfeyrac | LM; member of ABC, Marius moved into this man's house, he said that the streets are free and should be for everyone |
| Combeferre | LM; part of ABC, told Enjolras not to kill a man because he is truly their brother |
| Digne | LM; place where Bishop Myriel presides and changed Valjean's life |
| Montrueil-sur-Mer | LM; town where Father Madeleine becomes mayor and wealthy owner of a factory |
| Montfermeil | LM; place where the Thenardier Inn is kept |
| Luxembourg Gardens | LM; place where Marius falls in love with Cosette |
| Arras | LM; place where the courthouse is and Brevet, old convict, served time |
| Toulon | LM; Jean Valjean's story begins here, he stole bread here and served hard time |
| Rue Plumet Garden | LM; place where Patron-Minette tried to rob |
| Gorbeau House | LM; place where Cosette/Jean/Marius had lived for a while (Madame Bougon cleaned here) |
| Petit-Picups Convent | LM; Convent where Jean Valjean and Cosette sought refuge in; Fauchelevant lived here |
| thesis statement | a statement or sentence that states the purpose of a paper or essay - main idea sentence |
| Dr. Mengele | night; cruel doctor who presided over the selection of arrivals at Auschwitz/Birkenau. Known as the "Angel of Death," his words sentenced countless prisoners to death in the gas chambers. He also directed horrific experiments on human subjects at the camp. |
| Rabbi Elliahou | A devout Jewish prisoner whose son abandons him in one of many instances in Night of a son behaving cruelly toward his father. Eliezer prays that he will never behave as this man's son behaves. |
| Sighet | Where did Weisel spend his childhood? |
| to not be selected for the doctor's experiments | Why were Wiesel and his dad told not to tell their real ages? |
| Kaddish | What is the name for the prayer of the dead that was recited, yet Wiesel was skeptical of it? |
| beaten publicly into he lost conscience | What was Elie's punishment for seeing Idek? |
| They are loosing their faith and hope to live | What did Akiba Drumer's death represent? |
| he did not survive the selection | What happened to Akiba Drumer? |
| the Russians would have rescued them | What did Elie learn would have happened to he and his father had remained in hospital? |
| they think he is a communist | Why don't Minerva and Dede's parents want Lio in their homes? |
| Night | Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. |
| Night | "Where is He? Here He is—He is hanging here on this gallows. . . ." |
| Night; death march from Buma | We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything—death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. (what book?) |
| Night | his father was growing weak, he had believed that the end was near and had sought this separation in order to get rid of the burden, to free himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances of survival. |
| Night | And, in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed. My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done. |
| Night | The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me. |
| he was drafted into the German army to fight in World War I, in which he was badly wounded. | What was Eric Remarque's background and experience in WWI |
| he glorified the war and used propaganda to them | Why are Paul Baumer and his classmates so agry at Kantorek? |
| he does not want to accept the fact that that fate could happen to him | why does Paul take Kemmerich's death so hard? |
| he relentlessly humiliated his recruits, especially Paul, Tjaden, Haie, and Kropp | what does Himmelstoss do in the beginning to make the soldiers hate him? |
| Kat | Who believes that every man is a beast underneath all his manners and customs. The army is based on one man having more power over another man, once given authority |
| He was caught tormenting his recruits excessively and has been sent to the front as punishment. | How did Himmelstoss show up in the front lines? |
| Kropp | Who says that the men are not impetuous youths anymore but men perpetually on the run. They cannot believe in anything except the war. |
| He and Kat would never have known one another in peacetime, but the war has brought their lives together in an romanticized way | What are Kat's and Paul's feelings towards each other? |
| He hids in a dugout, pretending to be woundedand Paul tries to force him out with blows and threats, but Himmelstoss does not give in until a nearby lieutenant orders both of them to proceed. | What does Himmelstoss do to befriend the soldiers? |
| camaraderie | brotherhood, jovial unity |
| soldiers' food worsens, less food. weapons are worn and useless against the newer, more powerful artillery of their enemies. | How does Paul know that the Germans are losing the war? |
| All Quiet | For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity . . . to the future . . . in our hearts we trusted them. " |
| All Quiet | By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness. . . . |
| All Quiet (Paul) | Comrade, I did not want to kill you. . . . But you were only an idea to me before, an abstraction that lived in my mind and called forth its appropriate response. . . . I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle |
| five spaces (tab/one-half inch) | how many spaces must you indent the first word in a paragraph? |
| one-half inch, flush right | how must the header be like? |
| italics or underline | what do you use for long works in a paper? |
| separate page before Works Cited | where do your endnotes go, if any? |
| Indent the left side of all lines, double-space the quotation, and include the in-text citation at the end. | How should you structure a block quotation? |
| Use brackets [ ] around the information you add and ellipses enclosed in brackets [...] for information you omit. | If I want to add or omit information from a quotation, how do I do that? |
| True | (t/f) If you include the author's last name in my sentence, then you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation. |
| false | I should include in the works cited all the sources I read, regardless of whether I cited them in the paper or not. |
| List the first author followed by et al. | In the works cited list, how should I cite a work that has more than three authors? |
| true | Anytime a citation includes something in quotes, page numbers are almost always required. |
| false (flip) | Newspapers, magazines, and journals are all considered periodicals. periodicals are followed by a period; books are not. |
| true | for scholarly journals, the citation should include the volume number instead of the month |
| false | you don't put the date that you accessed the site. It would go between the publication date and the address, and would not be followed by a period. |
| true | Because encyclopedias and dictionaries are alphabetized, page numbers are not required. |
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