FablesFables PoemsPoems IlyasIlyas Lit devicesLit devices Pyramus & Pyramus & ThisbeeThisbee
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A fable is an anecdote describing a single incident designed to
teach a moral, usually by using ___________ as characters.
Which fable (2 animals) taught the following moral: “In time of
need the weak may help the strong.”
Lion and the mouseLion and the mouse
What was the moral of “The Wolf and the Shepherd”
A false friend is more A false friend is more dangerous than an dangerous than an
open enemyopen enemy
Who is the author of the fables we read in class?
DAILY DOUBLE
Which fable taught the following moral: “Misfortune tests the
sincerity of friends.”
The Bear and the Two The Bear and the Two TravelersTravelers
How old was the child from the poem “On Early Death”?
5 years old5 years old
In “The Dying Christian to His Soul” who/what is the author
talking to?
What term does the book use to refer to non-believers?
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.
Who wrote the poem “Death be not proud”
John DonneJohn Donne
How many children did Ilyas have?
Who invited Ilyas and his wife to live with them when they lost all
of their money?
Their neighbor – Their neighbor – Muhammad-ShahMuhammad-Shah
Finish this quote: “Fortune turns like a ___________.
One man it lifts, another it sets down.”
What was the name of the fermented drink made from
mare’s milk that they drank in the story?
How many years did Ilyas and his wife seek happiness before
they finally found it?
What lit device is used in “Death Be Not Proud”?
personificationpersonification
What type of Irony is used in the story of Pyramus & Thisbee?
Dramatic ironyDramatic irony
What lit device is used in the following: “Oh, the pain, the
bliss of dying!”
What lit device is used in the following: “Mourn not my early
passing from this stage!”
What lit device is used in “When pitiless Hades snatched me from
the light.”
Allusion : Hades being Allusion : Hades being referred to from Greek referred to from Greek
MythologyMythology
Definition of allusion: 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?
How would the two lovers talk?
Through a chink (hole) Through a chink (hole) in the wallin the wall
What type of tree were the lovers going to meet under?
DAILY DOUBLE
A mulberry treeA mulberry tree
What did Pyramus find that made him think Thisbe was dead?
Thisbe’s veil, which was Thisbe’s veil, which was covered in blood and covered in blood and torn from the lionesstorn from the lioness
What request did the gods grant Thisbee on her deathbed?
That the mulberries That the mulberries would keep their red would keep their red
color to remind people color to remind people of their tragic deathof their tragic death
FINAL JEOPARDY FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTIONQUESTION
Score Keepers: Score Keepers: What’s the score? What’s the score?
Teams:Teams:Make your Make your
final wager nowfinal wager now
What is the last line of the poem “Death be not Proud”
Death, thou shalt die