To Kill a Mockingbird Mockingbird Rhetoric Hamlet

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This is Scout’s This is Scout’s real name.real name.

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What is Jean What is Jean Louise Finch?Louise Finch?

This is Atticus’s This is Atticus’s “secret skill.”“secret skill.”

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What is he is a What is he is a great shooter of great shooter of

guns?guns?

The events of the The events of the novel take place novel take place

during this decade.during this decade.

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What is 1930s?What is 1930s?

The mockingbird The mockingbird motif is associated motif is associated

with this overarching with this overarching theme of the story.theme of the story.

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What is loss of What is loss of innocence or innocence or

coming-of-age?coming-of-age?

This character is This character is based on an actual based on an actual

historical figure historical figure named Ruby Bates.named Ruby Bates.

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Who is Mayella Who is Mayella Ewell?Ewell?

1 - 100When Atticus explains When Atticus explains that Mayella was beaten that Mayella was beaten by someone who must by someone who must

have led with his left, he have led with his left, he is employing this is employing this rhetorical device.rhetorical device.

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What is logos?What is logos?

When Atticus says “In the When Atticus says “In the name of God,” he is name of God,” he is

employing this rhetorical employing this rhetorical device.device.

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What is ethos?What is ethos?

When Atticus begins two When Atticus begins two consecutive sentences consecutive sentences with “In the name of with “In the name of

God,” he is employing God,” he is employing parallel structure, as well parallel structure, as well

as this device.as this device.

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What is What is anaphora?anaphora?

When Atticus ends two When Atticus ends two consecutive sentences consecutive sentences with “black man,” he is with “black man,” he is

employing this employing this rhetorical device.rhetorical device.

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What is What is epistrophe?epistrophe?

When Atticus suggests that When Atticus suggests that Tom possessed the Tom possessed the

“unmitigated temerity” to “unmitigated temerity” to feel sorry for a white feel sorry for a white

woman, unmitigated most woman, unmitigated most likely means this.likely means this.

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What is absolute?What is absolute?

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Hamlet tries to prove Hamlet tries to prove Claudius’s guilt by Claudius’s guilt by

doing this.doing this.

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What is What is presenting a play presenting a play

called the called the Mousetrap?Mousetrap?

This character This character immediately acts as a immediately acts as a

foil for Hamlet, as he also foil for Hamlet, as he also asks for permission to asks for permission to leave Denmark at the leave Denmark at the beginning of the play.beginning of the play.

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Who is Who is Laertes?Laertes?

When Hamlet argues When Hamlet argues with his mother, this with his mother, this character is hiding character is hiding behind the curtain.behind the curtain.

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Who is Polonius?Who is Polonius?

This is the reason that This is the reason that Hamlet does not kill Hamlet does not kill

Claudius when he has Claudius when he has the chance.the chance.

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What is he does What is he does not want not want

Claudius to go to Claudius to go to heaven?heaven?

This is the literary term This is the literary term for when the audience for when the audience knows something the knows something the

characters do not know – characters do not know – like who is behind the like who is behind the

curtain.curtain.

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What is dramatic What is dramatic irony?irony?

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This is what Hamlet is This is what Hamlet is debating in the “To be or debating in the “To be or

not to be” soliloquy.not to be” soliloquy.

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What is suicide?What is suicide?

When Hamlet When Hamlet mentions characters mentions characters

like Hecuba and like Hecuba and Hercules, he is Hercules, he is

employing this literary employing this literary device.device.

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What is allusion?What is allusion?

When Hamlet wishes When Hamlet wishes that “the Everlasting that “the Everlasting

had not fix’d / His had not fix’d / His canon ’gainst self-canon ’gainst self-slaughter,” he is slaughter,” he is suggesting this.suggesting this.

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What is his wish What is his wish that God did not that God did not forbid suicide?forbid suicide?

When Hamlet talks about When Hamlet talks about churchyards yawning churchyards yawning

and hell breathing, he is and hell breathing, he is employing this literary employing this literary

device.device.

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What is What is personification?personification?

When Claudius talks to When Claudius talks to his knees, he is his knees, he is

employing a special type employing a special type of personification known of personification known

as this.as this.

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What is What is apostrophe? apostrophe?

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Lions and tigers (A) Lions and tigers (A) may be may be identical in size, (B) identical in size, (B) butbut the the tiger is (C) tiger is (C) the fiercerthe fiercer animal animal and the lion (D) and the lion (D) the the strongeststrongest. (E) . (E) No errorNo error

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D. the strongestD. the strongest

The decline in science education The decline in science education during the period (A) during the period (A) hadhad two two causes: less (B) causes: less (B) funding forfunding for scientific research (C) scientific research (C) with a with a decreasedecrease in jobs (D) in jobs (D) related torelated to space and defense. (E) space and defense. (E) No errorNo error

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C. with a C. with a decrease decrease

Crabs (A) Crabs (A) living inliving in polluted waters polluted waters will come (B) will come (B) in contact within contact with large large numbers of disease-causing numbers of disease-causing microorganisms because (C) microorganisms because (C) it it feedsfeeds (D) by filtering nutrients (D) by filtering nutrients from water. (E) from water. (E) No errorNo error

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C. it feedsC. it feeds

The frequent name changes that The frequent name changes that the country has undergone the country has undergone _________ the political turbulence _________ the political turbulence that has attended its recent that has attended its recent history.history.(A)(A)Argue againstArgue against(B)(B)Contrast withContrast with(C)(C)Testify toTestify to(D)(D)JeopardizeJeopardize(E)(E)SustainSustain

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C. Testify toC. Testify to

Some interactive computer games are so Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such elaborately contrived and require such ______________ strategies that only the most ______________ strategies that only the most ____________ player can master.____________ player can master.(A)(A)byzantine…adroitbyzantine…adroit(B)(B)nefarious…conscientiousnefarious…conscientious(C)(C)devious…lackadaisicaldevious…lackadaisical(D)(D)onerous…slipshodonerous…slipshod(E)(E)predictable…compulsivepredictable…compulsive

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A. byzantine…adroitA. byzantine…adroit

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Government by Government by the few, the few, especially a small especially a small factionfaction

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What is an What is an oligarchy?oligarchy?

To certify, perhaps To certify, perhaps with a stamp or a with a stamp or a sealseal

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What is notarize?What is notarize?

Full of or exhibiting Full of or exhibiting servile compliance – servile compliance – like Roderigo in like Roderigo in OthelloOthello..

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What is What is obsequious?obsequious?

An extreme form An extreme form of skepticism that of skepticism that denies existence denies existence is realis real

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What is nihilism?What is nihilism?

A half, part, A half, part, portion, or shareportion, or share

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What is moiety?What is moiety?

Jurgis and his family get taken Jurgis and his family get taken advantage of in this type of advantage of in this type of

bank loan scam, in which the bank loan scam, in which the lenders target vulnerable and lenders target vulnerable and

ignorant people who need ignorant people who need moneymoney

What is What is predatory predatory mortgage mortgage lending?lending?