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Mrs. Letsch's Adv. Lit Final
literary/poetry terms, julius caesar quotes, one flew over the cuckoo's nest quotes
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Literature
10th Grade
12/17/2009

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motif
Definition
recurring theme/idea that conveys a message
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verbal irony
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when a character says something, but means the opposite
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symbolism
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a concrete object that symbolizes something greater
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unreliable narrator
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Chief Bromden, whatever they say is not necessarily true
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3D character
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believeable, close to human as possible
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situational irony
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when you expect one thing to happen and then the opposite happens
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parallelism
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two stories run at the same time, conveys a message
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point of view
Definition
how story is told
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direct characterization
Definition
narrator states a fact about a character
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indirect characterization
Definition
what a character says, does or what other characters say about them
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tragic flaw
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what brings a character down
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iambic pentameter
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ten syllables accented every other beat
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simile
Definition
comparison using like or as
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sensory appeal
Definition
using 5 senses to appeal to the reader
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cultural symbol
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symbol that everyone in a society recognizes, i.e. cross or flag
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onomatopoeia
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sound
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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tone
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mood or feeling created by the author
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personification
Definition
giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects
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metaphor
Definition
comparing two things by saying one thing is something else, without using like or as
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extended metaphor
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A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
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stanza
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a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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rhythm
Definition
uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat,
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration
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Second Triumvirate
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Octavius Caesar, Antony, Lepidus
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Antony
Definition
calls Lepidus a donkey, gives persuasive speech after Brutus
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Flavius and Marullus
Definition
upset about death of Pompey, get mad at the commoners, take decorations off Caesars statue and are exiled
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Calpurnia
Definition
dream where she sees statue of Caesar and Romans are bathing in his blood
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Octavius Caesar
Definition
flat character, military leader
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Artemidorus
Definition
professor of rhetoric (art of persuasion), gives names of conspirators to Caesar
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Cinna the poet
Definition
torn limb from limb because he has the same name as a conspirator
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What Brutus and Cassius disagree on
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who should be a conspirator, whether or not to kill Antony, whether or not to take an oath, Brutus tells Cassius he took bribes
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Portia
Definition
Brutus' wife, stabs herself in the thigh and dies by swallowing fire
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Casca
Definition
reports that Caesar fainted to Brutus and Cassius, stabbed Caeser first
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Cinna
Definition
delivers fake letters to Brutus that Cassius wrote
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Trebonius
Definition
distracts Antony while Caesar is killed
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Caius Ligarius
Definition
interprets Calpurnia's dream, says blood is life-giving
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Metellus Cimber
Definition
brother is in exile
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Pindarus
Definition
Cassius' servant, sent to see if Titinius is okay, says he's not but he doesn't know that they're friends, Stabs Cassius and runs away
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Lucius
Definition
Brutus' servant, sings with harp, finds letters
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Strato
Definition
stabs Brutus (he ran into it)
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Titinius
Definition
Cassius sends to see if friend or foe, stabs himself because he sees Cassius is dead
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Lucilius
Definition
soldier, pretends to be Brutus
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Tub Room
Definition
where Chief and McMurphy fight with the black boys
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medication
Definition
eveyone gets it from the Nurse
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control panel
Definition
McMurphy tries to move, Cheif moves it in the end, symbolizes society
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Dr. Spivey
Definition
speaks up about letting the boys play poker
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Rabbits
Definition
Harding's comparison
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Chickens at a pecking party
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McMurphy's comparison
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cigarettes
Definition
used in gambling, kept at the Nurse's station
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Sefelt
Definition
has seizures because he doesn't take medicine, thinks its bad
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Cheswick
Definition
McMurphy gives him hope, he dies in the pool
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George
Definition
problem with cleanliness
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Pete
Definition
always tired, born with brain damage
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Rawler
Definition
kills himself by cutting his balls off
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Martini
Definition
sees things, involved in Monopoly game
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Japanese nurse
Definition
doesn't approve of Nurse Ratched
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"as he was valiant, i honor him; but, as he was ambitious, i slew him"
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Brutus
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"this was the noblest Roman of them all"
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Antony, about Brutus
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"beware the Ides of March"
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soothsayer
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"but, for my own part, it was Greek to me"
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Casca
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"He thinks too much; such men are dangerous"
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Caesar, about Cassius
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."
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Caesar
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"Et tu, Brute?"
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Caesar
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"I said an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say 'better?'"
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Cassius
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"Friends, Romasn, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to buy Caesar, not to praise him"
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Antony
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“I can't help it. I was born a miscarriage. I had so many insults I died. I was born dead. I can't help it. I'm tired.”
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Pete Bancini
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"But I tried though," he says. "Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?"
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McMurphy
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"What worries me, Billy," she said - I could hear the change in her voice - "is how your mother is going to take this."
Definition
Nurse Ratched
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“I been away a long time.”
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Chief
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"It's still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it's the truth even if it didn't happen."
Definition
Chief
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