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Row 1, Col 1 In contemplating Yorick’s skull and coming to terms with the inevitability of death, Hamlet makes a reference to this great figure, which is this literary Term. What is allusion to Julius Cesar?

1,2 “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is in the tradition of this kind of poetry because it is addressed to a subject that can not reply, the urn itself. What is apostrophe?

1,3 In Macbeth: "Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death, and prophesying with accents terrible of dire combustion and confused events new hatched to th' woeful time: the obsure bird clamored the livelong night. Some say, the earth was feverous and did shake.“ The earth seems to respond to Macbeth’s unnatural murder of a king, creating this poetic element. What is pathetic fallacy?

1,4 When Claudius accuses him of dwelling too long in the clouds, Hamlet replies, “Not so much my lord; I am too much in the sun." This play on words with this word is this poetic element. What is a pun?

1,5 “ Identify the rhyme scheme for these lines of poetry: Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking now. Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The scent of apples: I am drowsing off. I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary grass. What is AABCBDCD?

2,1 “When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions.” What is a metaphor?

2,2 If you were to argue that Iago remains a villain to the end, you would argue that he is this kind of character. What is static?

2,3 If you were to argue that Lady Macbeth inspires both loathing and sympathy (especially when she starts to lose her grip on her mental stability), you would be arguing she is this kind of character. What is a round character?

2,4 What is an allusion? Name that term: “Had there been a Papist among the crowd ofPapist Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of DivineDivine MaternityMaternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world.”

2,5 "Then I'll be all aroun' in the dark. I'll be ever'where— wherever you look. Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there..... An' when our folk eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build— why, I'll be there.” What is epistrophe?

3,1 What is soliloquy? Shakespeare utilizes this kind of speech to help the reader track Hamlet’s mental development as he copes with his father’s death and becomes more and more consumed by a desire to get revenge against his uncle.

3,2 What are paper lanterns and symbols? These represent Blanche’s efforts to mask the truth, which is why Mitch tears them down when he wants to hear the truth about her past, creating this literary element.

3,3 What is comic relief? The gravediggers in Hamlet provide this drama term.

3,4 What is a parallel character? Laertes is this kind of character in this passage: “It warms the very sickness in my heart That I shall live and tell him to his teeth, Thus didst thou.’”

3, 5 What is an apostrophe? “When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions.”

4,1 Willy Loman’s son who caught him while having an affair in Boston. Who is Biff?

4,2 Who are D.B., Allie, and Phoebe? The names of Holden’s two brothers and sister.

4,3 Who is Horatio? Hamlet’s best friend

4,4 The protagonist of “The Metamorphosis” Who is Gregor Samsa?

4,5 Holden Caulfield goes out with this girl to the movies, even though he thinks both are phonies. Who is Sally Hayes?

3,5 Iago’s henchman and partner-in-crime; Iago convinces him to help him with false promises that he will secure Desdemona’s love for him as reward. Who is Cassio?