FablesPoemsIlyas Lit devices Pyramus & Thisbee
A fable is an anecdote describing a single incident designed to teach a moral, usually by using ___________ as characters.
animals
Which fable (2 animals) taught the following moral: “In time of need the weak may help the strong.”
Lion and the mouse
What was the moral of “The Wolf and the Shepherd”
A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy
Who is the author of the fables we read in class? DAILY DOUBLE
Aesop
Which fable taught the following moral: “Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.”
The Bear and the Two Travelers
How old was the child from the poem “On Early Death”?
5 years old
In “The Dying Christian to His Soul” who/what is the author talking to?
His soul
What term does the book use to refer to non-believers?
pagans
What is the rhyming pattern: A child I was, Callimachus, five years of age, With heart still free from care, When pitiless Hades snatched me from the light. Mourn not my early passing from this stage! Had I of life brief share? Brief share had I too of its evil plight.
ABC, ABC
Who wrote the poem “Death be not proud”
John Donne
How many children did Ilyas have?
3
Who invited Ilyas and his wife to live with them when they lost all of their money?
Their neighbor – Muhammad-Shah
Finish this quote: “Fortune turns like a ___________. One man it lifts, another it sets down.”
wheel
What was the name of the fermented drink made from mare’s milk that they drank in the story?
kumiss
How many years did Ilyas and his wife seek happiness before they finally found it?
50 years
What lit device is used in “Death Be Not Proud”?
personification
What type of Irony is used in the story of Pyramus & Thisbee?
Dramatic irony
What lit device is used in the following: “Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying!”
oxymoron
What lit device is used in the following: “Mourn not my early passing from this stage!”
Metaphor
What lit device is used in “When pitiless Hades snatched me from the light.”
Allusion : Hades being referred to from Greek Mythology Definition of allusion: Allusion : Hades being referred to from Greek Mythology Definition of allusion: a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
Which of the two characters is the boy?
Pyramus
How would the two lovers talk?
Through a chink (hole) in the wall
What type of tree were the lovers going to meet under? DAILY DOUBLE
A mulberry tree
What did Pyramus find that made him think Thisbe was dead?
Thisbe’s veil, which was covered in blood and torn from the lioness
What request did the gods grant Thisbee on her deathbed?
That the mulberries would keep their red color to remind people of their tragic death
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What is the last line of the poem “Death be not Proud”
Death, thou shalt die