Honors World Lit Midterm Review Guide

Vocabulary
Archetype

concrete language

an epic

Conflict

abstract language

epic hero

Quest

paradox

epic simile

Parallelism

connotation

haiku

Irony

theme

Metaphor

tone

Fable

analogy

Folk tale

didactic literature

Simile
Personification

envoy

stock epithets
in medias res

Friday Vocabulary
Abdicate (L1)

Morose (L4)

Expedite (L1)

Opulent (L4)

Pacify (L7)

Plethora (L1)

Prudent (L4)

Squander (L7)

Coalesce (L2)

Broach (L5)

Laud (L2)

Hapless (L5)

Vapid (L2)

Reiterate (L5)

Languish (L3)

Integral (L7)

Awry (L8)
Nepotism (L8)
Verisimilitude (L8)

Depravity (L6)

Ameliorate (L9)

Revere (L3)

Reticent (L6)

Fortuitous (L9)

Tirade (L3)

Zealous (L6)

Relegate (L9)

You should be able to

-identify themes from texts we read
-identify the purpose of texts we read
- tell how a text offers a commentary on a social or political issue of the
time period
-Compare/contrast two texts from different cultures
-write an original haiku in the correct form

Format
Short answer, matching, multiple choice

Texts we have read

Sumerian/Egyptian/Hebrew
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Book of Ruth
Genesis
Egyptian Poetry

Chinese
Persian/Arabic
The Analects
The Thousand and One Nights
Substance, Shadow, SpiritThe Rubaiyat
Tao Te Ching
Masnavi
The Book of Songs

Indian
Numskull & the Rabbit
Rig Veda
The Mystery of Brahman
The Yoga of Knowledge
Mahabarata Sibi

Japanese
Greek
Poems from Hitomaro
Tanka & Haiku

The Stranger
The Iliad