Midterm Exam Review 1. Be able to define and give an example of each of the following: a. Metaphor: ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ b. Simile: _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ c. Symbolism: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ d. Meter (in poetry): _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ e. Parallelism:_____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ f. Repetition: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2. Be able to identify the tone of a piece of writing. Practice using the sentences below: a. “I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eve. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme!” Is the tone (circle one): • Frightened • Regretful • Excited/Worked up • Bitter/Jealous b. “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores.” Is the tone (circle one): • Sad/Heartbroken • Excited/Happy • Criticizing/Disdainful (please look up this word if you don’t know it) • Humorous ​ 3. What is a frame narrative, and why do writers use them? 4. Identify all the major elements of Greek tragic plays according to our lecture (such as the plot requirements, costumes, chorus, etc.): 5. Identify all the major elements of epic poems according to our lecture: 6. A stanza with four lines is called what? 7. Be able to paraphrase lines from a story or poem: a. Paraphrase the following lines: (Look up words you don’t know.) i. “Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art—” __________________________________________________ ii. “Shoots dangled and drooped, lolling obscenely from mildewed crates” __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ iii. “Ringed with the azure world he stands.” __________________________________________________ 8. Define deus ex machina: 9. Define dharma: 10. Define the concept of “theme.” When it comes to stories or poems, what does “theme” mean? Give an example of some common themes in literature. 11. Be able to identify the major themes of each reading we had in Units 1-4: • Epic of Gilgamesh themes: • Medea themes: • Ramayana themes: • Thousand and One Nights themes 12. Name and describe each of the major character archetypes (hint, there are seven mentioned in our lecture): 13. Be able to name and describe the major languages (such as Sanskrit and Cuneiform) that were discussed in our lectures: 14. Be able to name and define the different parts of a Greek tragic play (i.e. the prologue, parados, etc.):