Bartholomew Muehlberg 2nd semester exam review – Flashcards
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DOAS Author
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Arthur Miller
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DOAS Willy
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Salesmen big dreams wants to be like ben
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DOAS Linda
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Enables willy and stands up to boys, to rough with girls
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DOAS Biff
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Dime a dozen not a leader of men, better to be outside
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DOAS Happy
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Big dream, at end more like willy
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DOAS Charley
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Next door neighbor, Willis friend, "nobody is worth nothing dead"
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DOAS Ben
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Older brother jungle-diamonds
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DOAS Bill Oliver
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Biffs boss (basketball)
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DOAS Dave singlemen
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83 year old salesmen big funeral
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DOAS Howard
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Willys boss - Tape recorder- new world of business
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DOAS Bernard
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Chaleys son successful lawyer helped biff cheat in math
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DOAS The women
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The women Secretary willy had an affair with
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Setting of DOAS
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New York
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Themes of DOAS
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Sins of their father... Pride comes before fall
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DOAS Motif
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Pride is above reality
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Symbolism of DOAS
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He planted plants in his backyard to leave behind when he killed himself in a car crash
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Major Plot Points of DOAS
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- Willy cheats on Linda - Biff and Willy hate each other - Happy is a ladies man and immature - Willy gets fired and goes to Charley for money after Charley he meets his sons where he has a flashback - Willy then kills himself later that night after Biff told Willy he always loved him
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Irony DOAS
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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
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Dramatic Irony DOAS
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audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of
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Virbal Irony DOAS
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use of words to mean something different from what a person is actually saying
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Situational Irony DOAS
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the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens
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DOAS Flashback
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Something that reacquires in your mind that happened in the past. (When Willy talks to Ben and when Biff and Happy were children are all flashbacks)
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DOAS vocab Laconic
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using very few words
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DOAS vocab Candidly
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frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic
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DOAS vocab Stolid
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calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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DOAS vocab Anemic
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lacking in color, spirit, or vitality
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DOAS vocab Elegiacally
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having a mournful quality
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DOAS vocab Valise
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a small traveling bag or suitcase
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DOAS vocab Philandering
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readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women
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DOAS vocab Dictation
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the action of saying words aloud to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape
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DOAS vocab Comradeship
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the company and friendship of others with common aims
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Connotations
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emotional feeling attached to a word
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Negative Connotation
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Bedford is an uppity neighborhood, but the rents are cheap.
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Positive Connotation
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James Smith was an adventurous and courageous traveler.
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Neutral Connotation
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Bob is quite outspoken at every staff meeting.
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End of DOAS
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End of DOAS
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Tragic Hero
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A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. This person is fated by the Gods or by some supernatural force to doom and destruction or at least to great suffering. But the hero struggles mighty against this fate and this cosmic conflict wins our admiration.
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Author of the short story's
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Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is an American poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American with ancestry of several tribes, growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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Every Little Hurricane summary
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A Indian boy who pictures all the fights and things that ruin peoples lives as hurricanes and storms.
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Superman and Me summary
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Alexie talks about his childhood and his education a little. Paragraph is a fence with words in it. He then compares himself to Superman.
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Indian Education summary
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It talks about all of the lessons he learned when he grew up. It also talks about all of the struggles he went through. It also talks about how Indians don't do anything with their life.
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Smoke Signals summary
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Victor and Thomas go pick up his fathers ashes "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"
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Superman & Me vocab Avid
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having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.
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Superman & Me vocab Prodigy
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a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.
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Superman & Me vocab Subverted
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undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
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Superman & Me vocab Submissively
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inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; humbly obedient:
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Superman & Me vocab Desperation
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a state of despair, typically one that results in rash or extreme behavior.
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Superman & Me vocab Arrogant
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having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
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Superman & Me vocab Sullen
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bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.
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Indian Education Vocab horn-rimmed
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having the frames or rims made of horn or tortoise shell
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Indian Education Vocab symmetrical
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characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
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Indian Education Vocab scrawny
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excessively thin; lean; scraggy
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Indian Education Vocab circulated
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to pass from place to place, from person to person.
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Indian Education Vocab intercepted
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to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from oneplace to another); cut off from an intended destination
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Indian Education Vocab confiscated
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to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
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Indian Education Vocab ultimately
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last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series
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Indian Education Vocab commodities
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an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
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Indian Education Vocab valedictorian
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a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
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Symbolism
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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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Extended Metaphor
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The term extended metaphor refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph.
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Imagery
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visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
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Foreshadowing
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be a warning or indication of (a future event).
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Characterization
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The act or an instance of characterizing. A description of qualities or peculiarities: a list of places of interest, with brief characterizations of each. Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches.
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Indirect Characterization
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the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
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Direct Characterization
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Direct characterization is how an author tells his or her reader about a character. Direct characterization occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner. Direct characterization is also important in showing the character's motivation.
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Hyperbole
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Literal vs. Figurative Language
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Literal language means exactly what it says, while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something often through comparison with something different. See the examples below.
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MLA intext citation
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quote" (Author name pg.#).
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MLA layout
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12 pt font times new roman Header (last name pg#) title centered 1 in margins Work Cited centered hanging indent alphabetical order
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MLA header list
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Your Name Teacher Name Class Date (Day Month Year)
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Ethnography
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the scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
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Informed consent
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permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
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Field Notes
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Field notes refer to qualitative notes recorded by scientists during or after their observation of a specific phenomenon they are studying. They are intended to be read as evidence that gives meaning and aids in the understanding of the phenomenon.
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Subculture
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a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.
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Culture
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the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
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Lore
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a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth.
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Artifact
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an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest
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Primary Source
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In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.
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Secondary Source
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A secondary source is any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed. Aside from a textbook, the most commonly assigned secondary source is a scholarly monograph - a volume on a specific subject in the past, written by an expert.
