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Jocasta

(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus

King Oedipus Location

Thebes, Oedipus at Colonus in Colonus (near Athens)

How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet

14

All American Boys

2000s

Dramatic foil

A character who highlights the traits of another character through contrast

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Exposition

A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

Hamartia

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Quatrain

A group of four singers or musicians who perform together

Monologue

A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

Symbols

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Characterization

A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

Bildungsroman

A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.

Couplet

A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem.

Sonnet

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Conflict

A struggle between opposing forces

Foil Characters

A supporting character who has a contrasting personality and set of values.

Oedipus

A tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta

Syllables

A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Soliloquy

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Delphi

An ancient city in central Greece, in Phocis: site of an oracle of Apollo

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Sphinx

An imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion that was often shown on Egyptian statues

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text?

Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25) if author's name is said in quote then it is only page number in parenthesis.

Shakespeare significant dates

Born in 1564 Dies in 1616

All American Boys

Brandon Kiely and Jason Reynolds

What are the final two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet called and what are 4 lines of poetry called

Couplet and Quatrain

Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Huberus

Excessive pride, in insult to the gods. Stating without words that one is like the gods.

Romeo and Juliet

Fourteenth Century

Narrating

Give a spoken or written account of.

Shakespeare kids names

Hamnet, Susanna, Judith

Oedipus real mom

Jocasta

Polybus

King of Corinth, adoptive father of Oedipus

Oedipus (now a young man) seeks to find the truth about his upbringing, who does he ask?

Oracle of Delphi

Who adopted Oedipus?

Polybus and Merope, king and queen of Corinth

Merope

Queen of Corinth, adoptive mother of Oedipus

Themes in All American Boys

Racism and Discrimination

In Text Citation (Books/Plays)

Shows where you've quoted or paraphrased another person's work.

King Oedipus Author

Sophocles

All American Boys Location

Springfield, New York City

Writing

The activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text.

Setting

The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

Dramatic Irony

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Point of View

The perspective from which a story is told

Catharsis

The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Sonnet Structure

The structure can be divided into three quatrains (four-line stanzas) plus a final rhyming couplet (two-line stanza).

Themes

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Tiresias

The truth rejected by a willful and proud king, almost the personification of Fate itself.

Climax

The turning point of the story

King Oedipus

Thirteenth Century B.C.

Who is the seer of knowledge and truth

Tiresias

Hamartia

Tragic Flaw

Romeo and Juliet

Veronna, Italy

Dramatic irony

When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

People Question if Shakespeare

Wrote his own plays

Denouement

an outcome; result; conclusion

Hubris

excessive pride or self-confidence

Shakespearean Genres

tragedy, comedy, history