Across
- 3. My death is omitted from many Romeo and Juliet movies and versions –apparently this makes Romeo seem just a bit too villainous
- 4. The name we give to opening paragraphs in essay that begin with introductory comments but “close in” on a concrete thesis
- 7. In Romeo and Juliet it was “heavy lightness” or “loving hate”; in fact the whole play itself might be considered this literary term because it is a hybrid of both comedy and tragedy
- 8. The name we give to “excessive pride”; The thing that both Odysseus and the Alaskan Traveler (in “To Build a Fire”) had to unlearn according to some of the angry gods
- 9. This Literary term should not be confused with verbal irony – it has more to do with a kind of “little did they know” kind-of-irony. Basically it refers to those situations in which the audience knows more than the character
- 11. We said that “Harrison Bergeron” offered much social commentary making it this genre; Exaggeration and Irony are the favorite tools of this type of writing
- 12. We learn at the end of the novel that this baby’s name is almost foreshadowing for the death he will encounter because he sounded like a “Coyote” just before being shot.
- 14. Short story author Ray Bradbury reminds us in “The Sound of Thunder” that small events can have big consequences, something we call the ___________
- 15. The all-important line of any traditional essay
- 19. Some call this type of story a “small story with a big idea”; Jesus in the Bible told many of these.
- 21. The total number of deaths in Romeo and Juliet
- 23. A short Story tellers favorite tool; What might be said of the situation in “The Most Dangerous Game” when the hunter becomes the hunted
- 25. I’ve heard of “Anti-Pasta” but apparently we have a similar term in literature for those main characters that tend to be the opposite of what you’d expect – a bit gritty and rough around the edges
- 26. It is good to train yourself to follow topic sentences in your body paragraphs with this, a line which aims to restate the topic sentence with clearer language
- 28. Some people call this vice or bad habit a “green-eyed monster” or, according to Steinbeck, the appetite that is never fully satisfied
- 30. The destroying of one of these was almost worse than killing a man according to Kino – a pearl fisherman
- 31. The all-important line of an traditional academic essay; Makes for an awkward-sounding plural
- 32. The plant that Odysseus men should never have eaten
- 33. Some folks call these guys “reluctant” heroes, but another aspect of these guys is that they are immediately recognizable – very regular joes….
- 34. Mr. Pignati’s trademark facial expression; a sharp contrast to the perpetual disappointment of John and Lorraine’s parents
- 35. Probably the only friend Mr. Pignati had after the death of his wife (before meeting John and Lorraine)
- 36. Because of our lack of technology we Elizabethans used this rhyming ending to signal to audiences that a scene or act was about to end
- 37. The Epithet, or nickname, that John is given in the book “The Pigman” because of what he did to high school toilets
- 38. When this goes off in your head it really is impossible to think, according to the father of Harrison Bergeron
Down
- 1. Because he was so good at belittling and putting down some of his characters, we called Shakespeare this nickname…
- 2. When we call someone a “Romeo” perhaps we are making an ____________ to the author Shakespeare; Not to be confused with what David Copperfield does
- 5. When I see that proverbial “light-bulb over your head” you might be experiencing one of these profound “Aha” moments otherwise called a(n)…
- 6. “Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest” – a key line in our Epic that also sums up this Greek code of Hospitality
- 10. These stories are meant to warn; Perhaps the video that you were shown in Drivers Education class –they usually end in “grizzly detail”
- 13. This short story title (meaning “trespassers”) has new meaning when we get to the end of learn about the wolves
- 16. We might do well to remember that these types of Homeric Similes tend to be rather violent and graphic
- 17. As a story genre you might have to forgive me for being so preachy – but I have a strong moral I’d like to share…
- 18. Perhaps the best “genre” label for “The Pigman”; Some call this a “novel of education”
- 20. The literary term that would apply to those “apt names” that we see used frequently in The Odyssey; “Polyphemus, eater-of-guests”, for example
- 22. In writing, when we say that a “1,000 words is worth a picture” we are not just getting the saying wrong, we are talking about this story-telling technique
- 24. That “delicious” information that we love to share with others; the ‘stuff’ that travels over fences almost quicker than neighbors can tell, according to Steinbeck
- 27. After the battle of Troy and the Trojan Horse, it was said for many years that you ought to “Beware the Greeks bearing” these….
- 29. Unfortunately, the father of Polyphemus
- 34. Juliet’s balcony scene speech could probably be called this, but technically Romeo was listening so then it would have to be a monologue