Soph English Terminology & Stories
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| 272841549 | Tone | The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or character | |
| 272841550 | Motif | A recurring idea in a work of literature | |
| 272841551 | Mood | The overall emotion created by a work of literature | |
| 272841552 | Conflict | A struggle or clash between opposing forces | |
| 272841553 | Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses | |
| 272841554 | Symbol | An object that stands 1. for itself and 2. for something beyond itself | |
| 272841555 | Simile | Comparison using like, as, or than | |
| 272841556 | Homeric simile | A detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length | |
| 272841557 | Metaphor | Comparison of 2 seemingly unlike things | |
| 272841558 | Theme | The central idea or insight of a work of literature | |
| 272841559 | Foreshadowing | Clues in the text that hint at what is going to happen | |
| 272841560 | Personification | A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics | |
| 272841561 | Characterization | A process where the author reveals the personality of a character | |
| 272841562 | Setting | Time and place | |
| 272841563 | Plot | The series of events that make up a narrative | |
| 272841564 | Point of view | The vantage point from which an author tells a story | |
| 272841565 | Compare and contrast | A written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things | |
| 272841566 | Concrete detail | Details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events | |
| 272841567 | Implicit detail | The connotation of the story; what the story implies | |
| 272841568 | Character | An individual in a story, play, or poem | |
| 272841569 | Dialogue | Conversation between 2 or more people | |
| 272841570 | Monologue | A long, formal speech made by a character | |
| 272841571 | Parallel structure | The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures | |
| 272841572 | Sumerians | Who invented the use of writing? (used cuneiform) | |
| 272841573 | Cuneiform | The world's first system of writing; wedge-shaped | |
| 272841574 | City-state | A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | |
| 272841575 | 24 | How many books are in the ancient Hebrew text? | |
| 272841576 | Dead sea scrolls | Found in 1947, these are the oldest written fragments of the Bible | |
| 272841577 | Pathos | Emotional appeal | |
| 272841578 | Logos | Appeal to factual and statistical foreknowledge | |
| 272841579 | Ethos | Appeal to moral values | |
| 272841580 | Epic | Long narrative poem that focuses on a main subject or hero | |
| 272841581 | (Qualities of an) Epic hero | King or warrior, clever, saves his people, individualistic | |
| 272841582 | Situational irony | An outcome that is not expected by the readers | |
| 272841583 | Verbal irony | sarcasm | |
| 272841584 | Dramatic irony | When the reader knows something the character doesn't | |
| 272841585 | Gilgamesh | Protagonist, arrogant, hated by his people; heroic yet loving in some ways | |
| 272841586 | Enkidu | Wild and hairy, but tamed by man. Dies in the epic of gilgamesh | |
| 272841587 | U guy | very wise flood survivor that advises gilgamesh | |
| 272841588 | Siduri | Young, wine-making goddess | |
| 272841589 | There is no permanence | U guy's view on life, even though he is an eternal being | |
| 272841590 | Sleep | Symbol of Gilgamesh's mortality | |
| 272841591 | Man vs self | Type of conflict in the epic of gilgamesh | |
| 272841592 | Ham | Son that gossips about Noah after seeing him in a drunken state | |
| 272841593 | Rainbow | Symbol of God's covenant with man to never flood the earth again | |
| 272841594 | Final thought | insights the reader had never seen or thought about and will never forget | |
| 272841595 | Lord Wilmore | Persona of the Count that is a representative for the Thomson and French firm. He gave the Morrels financial aid in their distress | |
| 272841596 | Abbe Busoni | Persona of the Count that interviewed Caderrousse; protected and prayed over Valentine | |
| 272841597 | Sindbad | Persona of the Count that is a sailor and does good deeds for people for 10 years | |
| 272841598 | Chateau d'If | Where the gendarmes take the Count and where he remains for a long period of time. Meets Abbe Faria here | |
| 272841599 | Villefort | Who changes Dantes' story to protect himself? | |
| 272841600 | Homeric values | Glory, excellence, honor, avoidance of shame, and hospitality | |
| 272841601 | Susa (persia) | Setting of Esther | |
| 272841602 | Xerxes | Demotes his old wife to set a standard for women before marrying Esther; king of persia | |
| 272841603 | Haman | The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them | |
| 272841604 | Mordecai | This man raised his younger cousin. Both he and his cousin were descendants of exiles who remianed in Babylon; uncovers assassination plot of Xerxes and is promoted | |
| 272841605 | Esther | Queen of Persia but also a Jew; saved the Jews from being killed | |
| 272841606 | Ruth | Was not an Israelite, but married an Israelite; stayed with her mother-in-law after her husband died | |
| 272841607 | Naomi | She urges her daughters in law not to accompany her back to Israel because of the misery that surely awaits them there | |
| 272841608 | Boaz | kinsman-redeemer of Ruth | |
| 272841609 | Edmond dantes | Has many aliases, most notable the Count of Monte Cristo. Thrown in jail after being framed | |
| 272841610 | Baron Danglars | A greedy, envious cohort of Mondego. he becomes wealthy and powerful, but loses everything when Monte Cristo takes his revenge | |
| 272841611 | Mercedes | Dantès's beautiful and good fiancée; marries Fernand Mondego | |
| 272841612 | Fernand (Count de Morcerf) | Betrays Dantes to marry Mercedes; Betrays and kills the Ali Pasha and sells his daughter into slavery. kills self | |
| 272841613 | Caderrousse | A lazy, drunk, and greedy man. Knows about plot to frame Dantes, but doesn't do anything | |
| 272841614 | Louis Dantes | starves himself to death when Dantes is imprisoned | |
| 272841615 | Albert | The son of Fernand Mondego and Mercédès; brave, honest, and kind. Originally supposed to marry Eugenie Danglars | |
| 272841616 | Valentine | Villefort's saintly and beautiful daughter; in love with Maximilian; falls under care of the Count | |
| 272841617 | Noirtier | One a powerful french revolutionary that is now confined to his wheelchair. Very witty and kind although he cannot move | |
| 272841618 | Haydee | daughter of Ali Pasha that is sold into slavery to the Count; eventually falls in love with him | |
| 272841619 | Bertuccio | Dantès's steward;loyal and adept; chosen as steward not for his personal qualities but because of his vendetta against Villefort | |
| 272841620 | Andrea Cavalcanti | Illegitimate son of Villefort and madame Danglars; raised lovingly by Bertuccio; supposed to marry Eugenie Danglars | |
| 272841621 | Madame Villefort | Murderous wife who turns to evil to attempt to ensure her son's fortune. poisons self | |
| 272841622 | Emmanuel | Julie's husband; noble and happy | |
| 272841623 | Baroness Danglars | Wife who is greedy, conniving, and disloyal | |
| 272841624 | Luigi Vampa | A famous Roman bandit who is indebted to Dantès for once setting him free | |
| 272841625 | Ali Pasha | A Greek nationalist leader whom Mondego betrays |